Artikel tagged “environment”

  • A pair of 200 year old trees in Chumpon on Thailand’s National Heritage List

    A pair of 200 year old trees in Chumpon on Thailand’s National Heritage List

    PHOTO: Star2.com The Thai Ministry of Culture has declared a Durian tree and one Takien Thong tree, both about 200 years old, in Chumpon, to be part of the country’s national heritage.

  • Mariam Live – the Trang baby dugong show

    Mariam Live – the Trang baby dugong show

    Mariam LIVE. Coming soon to your laptop or smartphone.

  • Chon Buri provincial government aims to protect Pattaya’s Near Islands

    Chon Buri provincial government aims to protect Pattaya’s Near Islands

    Scuba divers, sea walkers and restaurant boats are poised to face new restrictions as the government aims to protect Pattaya’s islands, Koh Larn, Koh Sak and Koh Krok. The Chonburi Deputy Governor met with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to draft an announcement that would designate the three islands as protected environmental areas. The latest draft will be the third in the past nine years but none of the others have ever been implemented. The deputy governor explained the contents of the draft announcement and promised that meetings and public hearings will be scheduled

  • change.org petition calls on Phuket locals to take action on construction dump

    change.org petition calls on Phuket locals to take action on construction dump

    Locals have launched a petition on Change.org to draw attention to a construction dump operating in central Phuket, in the suburb of Cherng Talay, which adjoins the coastal towns of Bang Tao, Layan and Surin.

  • Electric boats will help alleviate some of Bangkok’s air pollution

    Electric boats will help alleviate some of Bangkok’s air pollution

    By Pratch Rujivanarom As part of yesterday’s World Environment Day, the UN Environment Program Agency says they’re working with local partners in Thailand to find new ways to mitigate dangerous emissions. One idea put forward yesterday was the development of electric public transport in Bangkok’s klongs (canals) that could help solve two of the city’s biggest problems – traffic congestion and air pollution. UNEP says a team was now working with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition as well as the Thai Pollution Control Department on a project to assess the impact canal-based public transport can have on air pollution in the city

  • Harsher penalties for encroachers and illegal loggers in Thai forestry areas

    Harsher penalties for encroachers and illegal loggers in Thai forestry areas

    Yesterday four marine species were added to the ‘reserved’ list, providing addition legal protections for the animals. Read that story HERE . Now it’s been announced that forest encroachers caught clearing land or burning trees, in any of Thailand’s national parks or gardens, in order to occupy the land, will soon face jail terms of up to 20 years and/or a fine of as much as two million baht

  • Coral bleaching off Koh Phi Phi

    Coral bleaching off Koh Phi Phi

    Corals at Koh Phi Phi near a famous driving point has started to bleach.

  • Patong municipality reports untreated wastewater from Kalim hotel to police – VIDEO

    Patong municipality reports untreated wastewater from Kalim hotel to police – VIDEO

    VIDEO: Bong Marquez    The video of the untreated wastewater bursting on Kalim beach on Sunday afternoon has caused an official report made to Patong police. A Facebook user “Bong Marquez” posted a video of the black water gurgling up through the sands at Kalim Beach and into the Patong Bay on Sunday. The video has had 230,000 views.

  • Koh Lan stinks! Environmentalist calls for limit on tourism.

    Koh Lan stinks! Environmentalist calls for limit on tourism.

    “The atmosphere at the island’s Ta Waen Beach resembles that of a disaster refugee camp.” An environmental health expert is calling for the number of visitors to Koh Lan in Chon Buri to be cut to less than 5,000 a day to tackle the overwhelming garbage problem. Ko Lan is 10 kilometres off the coast of Pattaya

  • Update on Chikungunya cases in Thailand

    Update on Chikungunya cases in Thailand

    “Chikungunya Virus is an arbovirus of the alphavirus genus, transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, same way Dengue is spread.” The Bureau of Epidemiology, along with the Thailand Health Ministry, are reporting 3,379 chikungunya cases in 23 provinces up to May 13 this year.