They said the situation is getting worse and will adversely affect the well-being, livelihood and seasonal farming of citizens.
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Cà Mau fortification of sea dyke a work in progress
There is a 94km sea dyke especially to protect the coast in the storm season. But in recent years the increasing occurrence of strong tides and waves has been causing more and more landslides, leading to loss of land and sometimes even protective forests.
MPs to visit tissue-culture banana farms in Kachin
Chinese firms are growing hundreds of thousands of acres of tissue-culture bananas that use excessive amounts of fertiliser and pesticides, damaging the environment.
Your Bowl of Rice Is Hurting the Climate Too
Bangkok-based, corporate-sponsored, Sustainable Rice Project works with thousands of farmers in countries like Thailand and Vietnam to give them a score based on climate change and sustainability guidelines.
Just how many hazardous chemicals are going through Laem Chabang port?
The containers were reportedly loaded with “dolls and toys”, but after the disastrous fire it was declared that the dolls and toys were actually calcium hypochlorite, a flammable and potentially dangerous chemical.
Seized ivory to be displayed
The Ministry of Environment wants to highlight the “brutality” of people, despite international conservation organisation Wildlife Alliance calling for them to be destroyed.
Survivors of Lao dam collapse want to grow rice, not bananas on compensatory land
Survivors of Laos’ worst flooding in decades are at odds with the government after land they were promised in compensation was granted to a Chinese-backed firm to grow bananas.
Boats in the “Venice of the East” riding an electric wave
UN Environment and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition announced they will be supporting Thailand’s Pollution Control Department to assess the impact of canal transport on air pollution in Bangkok.