Environmental news from Thailand — climate, air quality, conservation and sustainability, in English from Thai PBS World.
Nearly a year after upstream mines in Myanmar began contaminating their rivers with heavy metals, locals in northern Thailand say the pollution is no longer just ruining their livelihoods, it’s taking a toll on their health.
A Taiwanese passenger was arrested at Don Mueang airport today, after he tried to smuggle several protected species of animal to Taiwan.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has been preparing to cope with potential flooding in communities along the Chao Phraya River unprotected by a permanent flood wall, due to a combination of northern runoffs, high tides and heavy rain forecast for this month.
The water quality in the Sai and Mekong rivers, and some parts of the Kok River, is below standard with high levels of arsenic, according to the Pollution Control Department.
Thai children and young people are taking action on climate change, but their voices are often overlooked, their efforts underfunded, and their safety at risk, according to a new UNICEF report
Lom Sak district of Phetchabun province is experiencing the worst flooding in 20 years, after the swollen Pa Sak River broke its banks and swept into the district’s township and surrounding areas, following heavy rainfall over the past few days.
Keeping our garbage segregated properly at source – at our homes and in the offices where most of the waste is generated – is the very first step toward a cleaner, greener and healthier city.
About 28 tonnes of Burma padauk (Pterocarpus macrocarpus) precious wooden planks, worth about 14 million baht, were seized from a Chinese-owned warehouse in Nong Khai province today, in a raid by park, Department of Special Investigation, customs and police officials.
After years of hazardous seasonal smog and other environmental crises, Thais have been given new hope as a draft clean air law moves through Parliament
Humanity today faces what the United Nations calls the triple planetary crisis: the interlinked emergencies of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution. These global challenges are already shaping everyday lives of the people in Thailand and across Asia—whether through the silent disappearance of wildlife, the spread of transboundary air pollution, or the hazards of industrial accidents.
Chiang Mai residents are voting today, not to elect a political representative, but to determine whether the ten geese deployed by the city’s administration, on a 7-day trial basis to get rid of duckweed in the city moat, have passed the test.
Several high-rise buildings in Bangkok experienced vibrations this morning, caused by an earthquake in the Andaman Sea off the southern coast of Myanmar, forcing office workers in some buildings to evacuate for safety.
