Environmental news from Thailand — climate, air quality, conservation and sustainability, in English from Thai PBS World.
Since November 27, the first seven EV (electric vehicle) boats have been carrying passengers over five kilometres of Klong Phadung Krungkasem. The route covers 11 piers between Hua Lamphong train station and Talad Tewalat. Other stops include Yotse, the Ministry of Energy, Ratchadamnoen Nok and Thewet. Initiated by Krungthep Tanakom, a holding company under the
A shady story A decade after their first mission to stop a mature tree being felled, the Big Trees Project is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the “BigTrees Festival 2020” on December 11-13 at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. The festival features a variety of activities – talks, workshops, games, shopping and an exhibition –
Powerful Typhoon Molave is expected to weaken into a tropical storm when it hits Thailand’s northeast later today. It will bring widespread heavy and isolated very heavy rainfall to several northeastern, eastern and southern provinces today and tomorrow, according to the Thai Meteorological Department this morning (Wednesday). Provinces expected to be affected by the
Excess water from the Lam Phra Ploeng River gushed into the municipal area of Pak Thong Chai district, of Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, early this morning and the water level is still rising. District Chief Officer Mr. Banlang Waisiri told Thai PBS this morning that the municipal area, including the fresh market,
People living along the Lam Phra Ploeng River in the Chokechai district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima have been advised to move their valuables to higher ground in anticipation of flooding. The swollen river reached the top of the spillway at about 3am this morning and the level continues to rise steadily,
Effective Wednesday, sea grass, coral reefs and undersea rock formations in four southern coastal provinces of Thailand are legally protected and violators will face one-year in prison and/or a maximum fine of 100,000 baht. According to the two orders, issued by virtue of the Marine and Coastal Resources Management Promotion Act, sea grass, coral
Thailand’s Meteorological Department reported today that tropical storm Noul is gaining strength and is expected to turn into a typhoon as it makes landfall in central Vietnam around noon tomorrow. At about 4am this morning, Noul was still a level-3 storm, with its eye about 600 kilometres to the southeast of the Vietnamese town
Thailand’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varavuth Silpa-archa has come up with a way to deal with littering at Khao Yai national park, by sending the trash back to those who left it. He also ordered park officials to file a complaint with Moosi police, in the Pak Chong district of the northeastern province of
Thousands of people fled their homes in northern California on Wednesday as hundreds of fast-moving wildfires spread across the region, burning houses and leading to the death of a helicopter pilot. In Vacaville — a city of about 100,000 people located between the state capital Sacramento and San Francisco — residents were urged to evacuate
A powerful earthquake struck a central Philippine region Tuesday, trapping a family in a collapsed house, damaging other houses and a seaport and prompting people to dash outdoors for safety. Roads were cracked in Cataingan, the coastal town nearest the epicenter, according to Rino Revalo, a Masbate provincial administrator, and initial images of the quake
NEW DELHI (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 221 people across South Asia over the past month, officials said Friday. More than 1 million people have been marooned in Nepal, Bangladesh and India and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes for higher ground. Indian officials
TOKYO (AP) — Parts of Japan still searching for missing people and evacuating those stranded by deadly floods and mudslides were bracing for more pounding rains through the weekend. The death toll has risen to 66 as of Friday morning, with 16 others still missing, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said. Most of them
