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  • Environment NewsThailand: Paradise Lost? Part 1.
    ThaigerPublished: 16:32, 10 June 2019
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    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 even ethical? Social media has seen an explosive growth too over the last 15+ years, and one thing that annoys many governments worldwide is how the facts and figures delivered by their own agencies…

  • Pattaya NewsThe magic disappearing murky and muddy waters of Pattaya’s Jomtien Beach
    ThaigerPublished: 10:46, 26 May 2019
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    The magic disappearing murky and muddy waters of Pattaya’s Jomtien Beach

    PHOTOS: Pattaya Message Officials from Chon Buri Municipality says there is no source of wastewater found after inspections along the canals. The video of the untreated sewage and wastewater gushing into the Gulf of Thailand has accumulated 1.5 million views already. Read more and see the video HERE. The ‘stop gap’ solution was a real STOP GAP solution as they rammed…

  • Northern Thailand NewsThai government desperately needs a ‘clean air act’
    ThaigerPublished: 16:13, 12 May 2019
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    Thai government desperately needs a ‘clean air act’

    by Pratch Rujivanarom Environment campaigners are urging the government to approve a clean-air act to solve the country’s chronic smog problem and honour citizens’ right to breathe clean air. Dr Wirun Limsawart, a policy analyst at the Society and Health Institute and member of the Clean Air Network Thailand, said at a press conference there was no more time for…

  • Environment NewsDeja vu: Dirty, smelly, blackwater flows into the Andaman Sea, again
    ThaigerPublished: 12:09, 12 May 2019
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    Deja vu: Dirty, smelly, blackwater flows into the Andaman Sea, again

    PHOTOS: Newshawk Phuket Phuket’s Governor has given an urgent order to solve the problem of wastewater flowing into Bang Tao Beach yesterday after the issue went viral in social media. If you suddenly having a sense of deja vu and are SURE you’ve read this before, that’s because the issue has been brought up hundreds of time in the past…

  • Environment NewsForest fires very close to a revered shrine in Mae Hong Son
    ThaigerPublished: 17:48, 06 May 2019
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    Forest fires very close to a revered shrine in Mae Hong Son

    Fires continue to rage in the northwestern province of Mae Hong Son over the weekend. One of them got very close to a revered Guan Yin shrine in Muang district last night (Sunday). A fire broke out in the forest behind the shrine on the Mae Hong Son bypass in Ban Mai Ngae village of Tambon Pang Moo at 7pm,…

  • Northern Thailand News“Toxic air pollution shortens children’s lives by 20 months”
    ThaigerPublished: 13:23, 07 April 2019
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    “Toxic air pollution shortens children’s lives by 20 months”

    In the wake of the PM’s visit to Chiang Mai this week, and more than two months of high levels of hazardous air pollution, a report emerges that links air pollution to the life expectancy of children. The international report says that air pollution will shorten life expectancy of children by up to 20 months on average. The 2019 State…

  • Northern Thailand NewsBig farm companies causing the smoke problems in the north
    ThaigerPublished: 08:50, 02 April 2019
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    Big farm companies causing the smoke problems in the north

    by Chularat Saengpassa, Sakaorat Sirima Experts see little changing, even after Prayut’s visit to Chiang Mai today, and blame the government’s policy to push corn cultivation. The PM is in Chiang Mai today speaking to provincial governors. But eminent medical specialists based in Chiang Mai are warning that the health impacts from prolonged exposure to smog are real and urgent tangible…

  • Northern Thailand NewsPM heads north tomorrow to tackle smoke and haze issues
    ThaigerPublished: 08:30, 01 April 2019
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    PM heads north tomorrow to tackle smoke and haze issues

    Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha flies to Chiang Mai tomorrow morning (Tuesday) to host a meeting of the upper northern provincial governors to discuss the haze and smoke which has enveloped the region for the past two months. A deputy spokesman for the Government, Lt-Gen Weerachon Sukondhapatipak, says the PM has been closely monitoring the haze situation and wants first-hand information…

  • Environment NewsChiang Mai ‘s tourism holds up despite smoke and smog
    ThaigerPublished: 09:14, 24 March 2019
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    Chiang Mai ‘s tourism holds up despite smoke and smog

    by Siriarpa Kamjan, ttgasia.com Chiang Mai’s current poor air quality and smoke haze is raising concerns on the potential impact on tourism as Thailand’s Songkran water festival approaches. Smog has been a yearly occurrence in Northern Thailand, but this year the situation appears to be the worst with Chiang Mai topping the air pollution ranking and the media tracking daily…

  • Environment NewsHazardous: Chiang Mai again leads the world in air pollution
    ThaigerPublished: 13:52, 23 March 2019
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    Hazardous: Chiang Mai again leads the world in air pollution

    Chiang Mai is back on top of the world’s list of most air-polluted cities, according to the AirVisual.com website. AirVisual reports at 1.45pm that the air quality index (AQI) of Chiang Mai on Saturday stands at 471 (##!!??!!) , much higher than the 100 AQI safety standard (the WHO lists the safety limit as 50 on the AQI scale). It’s…

  • Northern Thailand NewsNorthern haze to go onto ‘national agenda’
    ThaigerPublished: 08:27, 15 March 2019
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    Northern haze to go onto ‘national agenda’

    by Chularat Saengpassa – PHOTOS: The Nation Flights cancelled, schools closed, locals visiting hospitals in record numbers and the visual proof is overwhelming. Some of Thailand’s most beautiful areas and popular locations are shrouded in a dense smog and an equally hazy list of solutions. Calls for the government to tackle the problem of serious air pollution as a vital part…

  • Northern Thailand NewsChiang Mai has world’s worst air quality as fires rage in the north
    ThaigerPublished: 17:38, 12 March 2019
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    Chiang Mai has world’s worst air quality as fires rage in the north

    This morning Chiang Mai had the world’s worst air quality.In the WHOLE world! Thailand’s northern city was ranked the #1 most air-polluted city on earth with a 209 air quality index score on airvisual.com. The air worsened to an AQI of 233 around noon. Meanwhile the Pollution Control Department reports the average 24 hour level of PM2.5 dust particulates had…

  • Northern Thailand NewsAir pollution: Cabinet asked to allocate 6 billion baht to help buy sugarcane harvesters
    ThaigerPublished: 10:35, 18 February 2019
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    Air pollution: Cabinet asked to allocate 6 billion baht to help buy sugarcane harvesters

    Thailand’s Finance Ministry was asking cabinet for approval of a 6 billion baht budget to help the government tackle the northern and north-eastern smog and air-pollution problems. The funds would be distributed by the state-run Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to help farmer cooperatives and farming communities to buy sugarcane harvesting machines. BAAC manager Mr. Apirom Sookprasert says that…

  • Environment News“Close down the schools” – Chiang Mai University academic
    ThaigerPublished: 10:19, 14 February 2019
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    “Close down the schools” – Chiang Mai University academic

    PHOTO: Measuring the PM2.5 particles and pollution from public transport in Chiang Mai With Chiang Mai making the list for worst air pollution in the world (Number 3), calls are growing for schools and educational institutes in the northern province to close down temporarily. “The Chiang Mai University, in particular, should suspend its classes until the situation improves. Not only…

  • Northern Thailand NewsNorth-east wallows in heavy air pollution, Bangkok improves
    ThaigerPublished: 10:20, 09 February 2019
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    North-east wallows in heavy air pollution, Bangkok improves

    Bangkok has had a respite in the past week from almost two months of heavy air pollution. Whilst the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority, government and pollution control department dithered around with spurious explanations, the pollution persisted. Water cannons, fire departments spraying water from atop city towers, amateur drones flying tiny ‘clearing’ missions and asking factories to shut down, kept the media…

  • Thailand NewsAuthorities urge curbs on burning incense sticks for Chinese New Year
    ThaigerPublished: 08:50, 30 January 2019
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    Authorities urge curbs on burning incense sticks for Chinese New Year

    The Public Health Ministry is calling on people to burn shorter incense sticks and avoid setting fire to paper offerings during this Chinese New Year in order to help prevent the air pollution situation from getting worse. Chinese people usually burn paper offerings in dedication to gods, goddesses or ancestors on special occasions such as the Chinese New Year, which…

  • Bangkok NewsBangkok’s air-pollution alarming, rain-making being considered
    ThaigerPublished: 15:20, 13 January 2019
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    Bangkok’s air-pollution alarming, rain-making being considered

    PHOTO: An eerie start to Sunday in Bangkok – The Nation Bangkok’s air pollution has reached dangerous levels for multiple days in the past few weeks. Today, air pollution in the greater Bangkok area was again threatening residents’ health. The amount of PM2.5 – airborne dust particles 2.5 microns in diameter or less – exceeded the safe level of 50…

  • Bangkok NewsBangkokians advised to stay inside until smog clears
    ThaigerPublished: 10:45, 23 December 2018
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    Bangkokians advised to stay inside until smog clears

    • Bangkokians warned that cheap face masks are useless • Weather Bureau says the current smog should clear in a few days PHOTO: Framepool The hazardous ultra-fine dust that has been sweeping through 20 districts of Bangkok will last for a few days, City Hall’s Environment Department warned on Friday. The Bangkok Post say that the warning corresponded with dust levels measured…

  • Krabi NewsKoh Phi Phi has to address critical water problems
    ThaigerPublished: 08:16, 03 December 2018
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    Koh Phi Phi has to address critical water problems

    Special Report by Pratch Rujivanarom – PHOTOS: Sitang Pilailar “The groundwater is currently unsafe for consumption and a threat to health. Harmful pathogens and heavy metals originating from water pollution offshore have contaminated it.” The administrative authority of the Phi Phi Islands has once again called for help from the central government and state agencies to help address the chronic house…