Environmental news from Thailand — climate, air quality, conservation and sustainability, in English from Thai PBS World.
The first pair of captive great hornbills were released into the wild in Chae Son National Park in Thailand’s northern province of Lampang on Thursday. Zoological Park Organisation Director, Atthaporn Srihayrun,said that great hornbills have not been found in the wild in northern provinces for more than 20 years and the release of the two
The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an “ominous” sign as war in Ukraine, rising costs of food and fuel, and other worries have elbowed in on longtime concerns about global warming in recent months. “More bad news for the planet,”
The Thai cabinet endorsed an edict by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment today (Tuesday), declaring specific areas in Pak Khlong, Chum Kho, Bang Son and Saphli sub-districts in Pathio district of the southern province of Chumphon to be environmental protection zones, in which construction, fishing and dredging of sand will be prohibited. Deputy
Worried about her hometown, 75-year-old Manee Boonrod is flying a green flag at her home to signal that she will keep fighting to protect the environment and the health of local residents. “If you want to mine, do it in your area, not ours,” said Manee, a leading force behind the Udon Thani Environment Conservation
There are no pearls growing on the oyster reefs in San Diego Bay, but scientists hope they will yield an even more valuable treasure: protection against coastal erosion wrought by rising sea levels. Thousands of the tiny mollusks have begun growing on the artificial reefs dropped in the bay as part of a plan to
Experts recently agreed that Bangkok is getting closer to becoming a green metropolis, though only if every stakeholder lends a hand. At the “Bangkok Green Link”, part of the Sustainability Expo 2022 (SX2022), a panel made up of Adisak Guntamueanglee from the Urban Design and Development Center (UDDC), landscape architect Yossapon Boonsom from we!park, Anunta
The brightly colored coral reefs teeming with marine life are far more than just a magnificent sight. The natural undersea attractions that beckon snorkelers and divers also create recreational and job opportunities, generating income for local communities and businesses. More importantly, coral reefs provide a habitat for a diversity of marine creatures and buffer the
135 people have been killed and 116 injured by wild elephants in the past six years, including 27 deaths in the first nine months of this year alone, according to the Office of Wildlife Conservation Information of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. Dr. Supakit Vinitpornsawan, director of the office, attributed the
Discarded household items, like old mattresses, furniture and other refuse, which have been dumped into Bangkok’s canals, are being blamed for blocking the flow of water into the Chao Phraya River. According to the Department of Drainage and Sewerage of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), 5-10 tonnes of the garbage are fished out of the
The Thai Fisheries Department has ordered all commercial tropical fish breeders to turn over their genetically-modified (GMO) fish, such as GloFish, to the department for destruction by November 30th, to prevent them from being released into natural water sources, which could threaten local species. A tropical fish expert at the Fisheries Department, Arunee Rodloy, told
More frequent and intense heatwaves and wildfires driven by climate change are expected to worsen the quality of the air we breathe, harming human health and ecosystems, the UN warned Wednesday. A new report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) cautioned that the interaction between pollution and climate change would impact hundreds of millions
The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel. The last coal shipment arrived in the islands at the end of July, and the AES Corporation coal plant closed Thursday
