forest fires

  • Crime NewsSuspected forest fire arsonist arrested in Lampang
    ThaigerSunday, February 23, 2020
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    Suspected forest fire arsonist arrested in Lampang

    Despite prohibitions on agricultural burning, wildfires continue ravaging forests across Thailand’s North. Now, police have arrested an arsonist suspected of starting forest fires in the northern province of Lampang. Forest rangers suspect he started fires in the Mae Jang forest reserve. Udomsilp Thithamma was arrested at his shelter in the compound of a rock crushing plant. Bundles of mosquito repellent…

  • Northern Thailand NewsLess monitoring, more enforcement – Prawit warns northern officials
    ThaigerFriday, October 11, 2019
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    Less monitoring, more enforcement – Prawit warns northern officials

    PHOTO: The Thaiger Thai Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan and Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa were in Chiang Mai yesterday to give provincial governors and state agency officials a ‘heads up’ in preparation for another looming season of forest fires and haze. The North suffers perennial choking smog from approximately February to April, and Prawit passed on a message…

  • Environment NewsThai PM says Indonesian government promises to control air pollution from forest fires
    Maya TaylorSaturday, September 28, 2019
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    Thai PM says Indonesian government promises to control air pollution from forest fires

    PHOTO: AFP Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says he’s received assurances from a representative of the Indonesian government that it will do more about the devastating air pollution arising from forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. The Nation reports that although the PM would not reveal the name of the representative, he did say it was a government vice-president and Indonesia…

  • Environment NewsHaze from Indonesia’s forest fires affecting Thailand’s south
    Maya TaylorTuesday, September 24, 2019
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    Haze from Indonesia’s forest fires affecting Thailand’s south

    The ongoing forest fires in Indonesia are affecting Thailand’s south, bringing smog and a lingering haze to many provinces. Thai PBS World reports that school children at two municipal schools in Trang have received 3,000 face masks from Provincial Governor Luechai Charoensap and city mayor Apichit Wenothai. Distribution of the masks comes as local authorities warn residents to wear masks…

  • World NewsIndonesia’s forest fires causing air pollution in southern Thailand
    ThaigerFriday, September 6, 2019
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    Indonesia’s forest fires causing air pollution in southern Thailand

    Residents in Thailand’s southern provinces of Songkhla and Satun are being warned to protect their health by wearing face masks or staying indoors as the two provinces are blanketed with smoke from forest fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island. The 16th regional environment office reports that dust particles of less than 2.5 microns, were measured at 55 microns/cubic metre during the…