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Environment2 months ago

Autopsy on dead 15 year old Hawksbill sea turtle held today

PHOTO: Thai PBS World Veterinarians from the sea turtle hospital at Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri, south of Pattaya on the Gulf of Thailand, are...
Environment2 months ago

Dead deer found in Thai national park with 3 kilos of plastic bags in its stomach

PHOTO: Coconuts Bangkok Plastic bags continue to take their toll, and not just on marine life. A dead deer has been found in Khao Yai National...
Environment2 months ago

Thai government to consider bringing forward plastics ban

That’s a ban on of single-use plastic bags, styrofoam (polystyrene) boxes, plastic straws and single-use plastic cups In a surprise announcement, the Thai Ministry of Natural...
Chiang Mai News2 months ago

Lamphun monks ahead of the trend to eliminate single-use plastic bags

Phra Samutnatthee Suvathato, the deputy Abbot of the Wat Pa Book, in the Pa Sang district of Thailand’s northern province of Lamphun, says their temple has...
Environment2 months ago

Thailand Prime Minister rejects calls to ban plastic bags

PHOTO: Chiang Rai Times In what some may see as a baffling contradiction, Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha promised to protect marine life, while simultaneously rejecting an...
Plastics2 months ago

Calls for total ban on use of single-use plastic bags

PHOTO: World Wildlife Fund The death of baby dugong Mariam, which was found to be caused from problems associated with plastic bags blocking her digestive system,...
Environment2 months ago

Marium, the baby dugong internet star, dies. Plastic found in stomach.

The orphaned female baby dugong, winning the hearts of many and helping to educate Thais about the importance of the local dugong population, has died with...
Environment2 months ago

Mariam the young Krabi dugong dies

PHOTO: กรมทรัพยากรทางทะเลและชายฝั่ง The Phuket Marine Biological Centre has announced the sad news about the special young dugong ‘Mariam’, who was found in Krabi back on April...
Chiang Mai News3 months ago

Making pillows out of recycled plastic drinking straws

PHOTOS: The Nation What to do with all those used plastic drinking straws. Here’s one local government’s attempt to re-use the plastic scourge of Thailand and...
Environment3 months ago

Fishermen find dead leatherback turtle on Saun Son beach, Rayong

PHOTO: Department of Marine and Coastal Resources A group of fishermen in Rayong, eastern Thailand, found a dead leatherback turtle on Saun Son beach in Rayong...
ASEAN4 months ago

ASEAN commit to eliminating marine plastic

“At present, four ASEAN members are the world’s top ocean polluters, namely Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand.” At the recent 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok last...
Krabi News4 months ago

Sperm Whale found on Krabi beach had digested plastic bottles

Plastic waste has been found inside a whale that was washed up along Krabi’s shoreline. A sperm whale was washed up near Koh Lanta, in Krabi...
Business News4 months ago

Mall Group shopping centres to charge customers 1 baht for a plastic bag

PHOTO: Mall Group The Mall Group, that runs some of Bangkok’s leading shopping centres, including Bluport in Hua Hin, will charge customers for plastic bags from July...
Pattaya News4 months ago

Hawksbill sea turtle killed by plastic waste in Gulf of Thailand

by Pratch Rujivanarom A hawksbill sea turtle which was found washed ashore Pattaya’s Na Jomtien Beach is just the latest victim of the Thailand severe marine...
Environment5 months ago

Thailand: Paradise Lost? Part 1.

by guest blogger Kent Bowie Thailand has seen rampant tourist development and expansion over the past 25+ years, but at what cost? Is this sustainable or...
Plastics5 months ago

First year report card for Thailand’s battle against plastics

“Plastic waste is a major environmental problem because it takes hundreds of years to degrade.” Yesterday was World Environment Day, a fitting day to give Thailand’s...
Plastics5 months ago

Thailand to ban three kinds of plastic by end of this year

By the end of 2019 Thailand will be free from three types of plastic – microbeads, cap seals and oxo-degradable plastics. Then by 2022 four other...

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