A school of Blacktip Reef Sharks have been seen swimming in Maya Bay, boosting park officials’ hopes as they try to restore the damaged ecosystem of the famed tourist destination.
Category: Thailand
Farmers pay the price for EEC
An increasing number of people in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) provinces are finding themselves victims of unjust expropriation and land-grabbing, as developers hunt for sites.
Thailand’s Weak Education System A Big Drawback For Development
Thailand’s outdated and somewhat defunct education system is holding back a new generation from becoming productive and innovative, it turned out in the new Human Capital Index issued by the World Bank and released on October 11.
Thailand plants new Sadao SEZ investment of B20bn
The new special economic zone (SEZ) in Sadao, Songkhla will be able to attract investment worth 20 billion baht and create roughly 6,000 jobs.
20-year National Strategy comes into effect
The first National Strategy has taken effect, with the aim of turning Thailand into a developed country by 2037.
Creating the virtuous circle
A sustainable economic model based on recycling, remanufacturing and reuse is gaining adherents around the globe and in Thailand.
Thailand to ban foreign plastic waste from 2021
Needs two years to implement the ban as some recently granted import licences ran until 2021, and time to set up an efficient system for sorting its own plastic waste, which was more expensive to process.
Thai government pushes reform in agriculture sector
Plan to increase livelihoods for 1.3 million rice farmers by growing alternative crops and help offered to sugarcane growers