Environment and natural resources
EEC threat to water resources
The risk of water scarcity is looming in the East, thanks mainly to a boom in industrial development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Experts have been expressing concerns that the rising demand for water in the three EEC provinces – Chon Buri, Rayong and ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Network reports big gains in plastic-use reduction
A network of 30 universities across the country has succeeded in reducing the number of single-use plastic bags, utensils and cups by 41 million pieces so far this year, it was announced during the Sustainable University Network of Thailand Conference 2018 hosted by Thammasat University ...
The Nation Reporter
Illegal fishing key threat to reefs
Though excessive tourism has garnered recent headlines over threats to the health of Thailand’s diverse saltwater seas, illegal fishing presents another big challenge to preserving their rich natural resources.Remote off-shore islands and underwater rocks are at the greatest risk of damage from illegal fishing activities, ...
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Marine protections ordered for Samui to preserve ecosystem
The Dapartment of Marine and Coastal Resources has decreed protective measures for tourist destinations Samui, Pha-ngan and Tao islands in Surat Thani province that will halt several routine practices and popular activities.Department director Jatuporn Burutpat signed the order in mid-August but it will not come ...
The Nation Reporter
SPECIAL REPORT: Wildlife forensics gives a new voice to illegally hunted wildlife
Young wildlife researcher Kanita Ouitavon was shocked when she first saw the number of animal species, many unknown to her, that were up for sale at a local market in the North some years ago, when she had just joined the National Parks Department (DNP).Keep ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Delay in turtle’s status upgrade threatens marine species with extinction
It may be too late to save leatherback turtles from extinction in Thailand’s seas, as a legal deadlock prevents a conservation status upgrade to protect this critically endangered turtle species and three other rare marine animals.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Two million stray cats and dogs by 2027 if no action taken to register and sterilise, forum told
Stray dogs and cats must be registered and sterilised, otherwise their population will reach 2 million in 10 years, the Livestock Development Department has warned.The number of stray cats and dogs was estimated at 820,000 last year, and the total will reach 2 million by ...
Kornrawee Panyasuppakun
Special Report: Unique way to life at upper Songkhla Lake under threat
The RID’s sluice gate against sea-water intrusion is being introduced on Pak Pra canal without Residents’ knowledge, posing threat livelihoods and their self-sufficient economy as much as the lake ecosystems.“Lom Nok”, or the seasonal easterly wind, has started to blow inland, signalling 64-year-old farmer Samruay ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Protest held against planned dam in Phatthalung
A group of about 150 “photographers” on Sunday (Oct 7) morning gathered on the bridge across Khlong Pak Pra canal in Khuan Khanun district of this southern province in a symbolic protest against the Royal Irrigation Department’s plan to build a dam across the canal. ...
Assawin Pakkawan
SPECIAL REPORT: A refuge for impounded wildlife
Three-year-olds Shizuka and Nobita are no longer frightened and stressed. They no longer tremble and hug one another tightly as they did upon first arriving at the Khao Prathap Chang Wildlife Breeding Centre in Ratchaburi province a few years ago. Instead, the pair play separately, ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
