State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) plans to import an additional 1,200 megawatts of electricity from hydroelectric power plants in Laos under a long-term purchase contract.
Category: Thailand
Tigers under threat
The government’s commitment to double the population of wild tigers by 2022 is marked by uneven progress, according to the latest report by the World Wildlife Fund.
Plastic waste imports are ‘unwanted’
More than 100 environmental groups have called on the government to prohibit the import of plastic waste and instead encourage the use of domestic plastic waste for recycling as a way to safeguard the environment and promote the circular economy.
Beauty and the beasts
A newly minted Unesco World Heritage site, Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex offers the breathtaking natural splendour of Thailand and up-close views of wild elephants and endangered gaurs
A just transition requires a major paradigm shift
While “green” is in vogue today, the next generation must also perceive Thailand’s decarbonisation as transparent and inclusive.
We Support “World Heritage, Blood Heritage” Campaign!
We object in the strongest terms to the declaration of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC), the ancestral lands of the Karen people, as a World Heritage Site on 26th July 2021. The World Heritage Committee has set a dangerous precedent by disregarding severe cases of reported human rights violations and history of the Karen people. Further, the very act of the Committee’s adoption of the KKFC as a World Heritage violates the fundamental rights of the Indigenous Peoples living in the area and international human rights law.
China poised for Thailand’s solar move
With its factories and investments in Thailand, China will be increasingly important to the Southeast Asian nation’s transition from fossil fuels
Thai tiger population grows
Thailand has at least 177 Indochinese tigers roaming in the wild this year, an increase of 17 from last year, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
Kaeng Krachan added to world heritage list despite human rights protests
Before the Unesco decision came on Monday, the “Save Bang Kloi” network went to the Natural Resources and the Environment Ministry in Bangkok. It held the “World Heritage, Blood Heritage” activity and read a statement against the listing, citing at least two deaths of its campaigners. They subsequently threw red paint on the nameplate of the ministry.