Environment and natural resources

The Mekong River Commission and the Japan International Cooperation Agency have launched a joint study on forest conservation and river basin management in the lower Mekong aimed at improving management and environmental conservation of the area.Keep reading ...

Governments throughout Southeast Asia have launched a war on plastic waste. But most are still in the early stages of creating waste management strategies and passing laws needed to implement them.According to the Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., more than ...

The government is seriously considering an immediate ban on the import of electronic waste.“We will determine if the use of Article 44 is necessary to enforce the ban,” Defence Ministry spokesman Lt-General Kongcheep Tantravanich said yesterday (June 20) , referring to the decision by a ...

Deputy National Police Chief Pol Gen Weerachai Songmetta found illegal electronic waste at a treatment plant in Samut Prakan province during a raid on Tuesday (June 19) . Keep reading ...

A Unesco-supported Biosphere Reserve in Chiang Mai has been so successful it’s serving as a model for programmes all over the region.Located at the head of the Mae Sa Watershed in the Mae Sa-Kog Ma Biosphere Reserve – a crucial component of the greater Chiang ...

Did you know that plastic takes 450 years to decompose? It takes even longer in landfills, about 1,000 years.The worst part is that plastic is literally everywhere, as it is something we use and throw away on a daily basis. It’s gotten to the point ...

A Thai man uses an average of 60 kilograms of paper a year, or a total of over 3.9 million tons a year. We cut 17 trees to produce 1 ton of paper. To serve the demand in Thailand, we have to cut more than ...

Basel convention ‘inadequate’ in protecting Thailand from dumping of hazardous wastes. There are no clear answers from officials about whether Thailand is changing its policy on the transboundary movement of hazardous waste under the Basel Convention, as the international agreement is seen by some officials and ...

More stringent checks planned to reduce rising trend of plastic and e-waste influx. Customs authorities  have tightened cargo inspection at Thailand’s seaports in a bid to control illegal imports of plastic and electronic waste. Keep reading ...

Natural capital has been a key contributor to the Greater Mekong Subregion’s rapid economic growth over the past 3 decades or so. However, the subregion’s key natural capital stocks are in a state of decline. This is evident by the degradation of arable land; considerable ...