News surfaced just a few days after environmentalists were celebrating the return of reef sharks in the shallow sea in Maya Bay, a popular holiday destination .
Category: Thailand
Tourism and marine parks threaten Thailand’s ‘people of the sea’
The land where their ancestors were buried now heaves with daytrippers taking selfies, while the Urak Lawoi community of the Chao Lay are confined to a small patch of beach.
Shun plastic, public urged
On Thai environment day, experts want people to make small changes in lifestyle to help tackle huge generation of waste.
What Thailand needs to do to kick its plastic addiction
The government must shed its close ties to the private sector, including the powerful plastic industry, so that taxes and other remedies can be implemented.
We can eat our fish and fight climate change too
Creative management of a small lake in Northern Thailand illustrates how small-scale fisheries and aquaculture can be key to our collective future.
China’s Belt & Road needs to listen more
The north-south train project in mainland Southeast Asia has thus moved at a glacial pace. China’s not loseing interest but it may need to revise terms and be more consultative.
Fear China to Proceed with Mekong Rapid Blasting
No need for a “new” public hearing on China’s rapid-blasting plans in Thailand and Laos as the public has already said “no” at previous meetings.
Worry over worsening conflicts after EEC land use changes
Worsening land conflicts in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) due to revised city plans for the three provinces involved that will enlarge the industrial zone and swallow vast swaths of farmland, displacing farmers.
New forest monitoring system to help fight climate change
Wants to measure its success at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and carbon stocks preservation (REDD+).
Thailand eyes 1GW of floating solar panels
State-run utility Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is planning to facilitate 1GW of hybrid floating solar-hydro projects across eight dams throughout the country.