Local communities rely on the forest to live. It should be reserved for environmental reasons and community use.
Category: Thailand
Plastic panic
Some aspects of the lockdown aren’t as environmentally friendly as the photos of sea animals may lead some of us to believe after all.
Plastic use soaring in pandemic
Another type of waste which has significantly grown in volume during the pandemic, is infectious waste — especially used surgical masks.
Superbugs in livestock might kill more than the Covid-19, alerts NGO
The main zones are dangerously close to Thailand: the northeast of India, the northeast of China and the Red River delta in Vietnam.
Sugarcane leaves a bitter aftertaste
Two of Thailand’s country’s major environmental problems — PM2.5 ultrafine dust and toxic contamination — stem largely from sugarcane farming, which ironically receives a big chunk of state subsidies.
Justice vowed after forest protection officer killed
The sanctuary houses many protected animals including fishing cats, leopards, pangolins, civet, serows, slow lorises and paradoxurus, which may attract poachers.
New UN initiative to reduce plastic pollution from ASEAN cities
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand and Da Nang, Viet Nam are among the cities to participate in the ‘Closing the Loop’ project that supports governments to address plastic waste pollution and leakages into the marine environment.
Committee votes to ban harmful pesticides from June 1
The National Hazardous Substance Committee (NHSC) is standing by its scheduled ban on the herbicide paraquat and pesticide chlorpyrifos and restrict use of glyphosate instead of banning it.