Want to Solve Bangkok’s Bad Air? Get Cars Off Roads, Experts...
Environmental academics on Monday brainstormed ideas for how to mitigate Bangkok’s air-pollution disaster, agreeing that a limit on the number of vehicles on the...
Thai Buddhists Revere Elephants, but That Hasn’t Stopped Jumbos from Killing...
3 monks killed in 3 incidents in 3 weeks
Year-End Floods to Hit South, Drought in Far North
Thailand’s South is bracing for severe flooding predicted to hit the region next month even as the North faces drought. Office of National Water Resources...
Endangered Leatherback Turtles Return to Phangnga Beach for 1st Time in...
Absent for 20 years, leatherback sea turtles have returned to Bang Sak Beach in Phangnga to lay eggs, another sign of nature’s resurgence during...
Bangkok Banned Trucks Without Planning Where to Park Them During Day
Bangkok banned big trucks but didn’t plan what to do with the heavy vehicles while they waited all day to enter the city limits. The...
Phuket Hotels’ Ecotourism Efforts Win HICAP 2020 Sustainability Awards
Six Senses Ko Yao Noi, Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism in Thailand meet sustainable-development challenges
11 Foreign Consulates Bless Chiang Mai 2021 Dust-Prevention Plan
Chiang Mai’s governor apologized to envoys from 11 foreign countries about the northern province’s abysmal air quality and laid out plans to do better...
Bangkok to Detail PM 2.5 Battle Plan Next Week
Bangkok City Hall will announce its plan to tackle fine-dust pollution next week and will implement it on Dec. 1. Gov. Aswin Kwanmuang said Friday...
Food-Delivery Apps Pledge to Cut Single-Use Plastic
Leading food-delivery companies joined the government and state enterprises in a pledge to reduce use of single-use plastics in their services. Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa...
Thailand Under Pressure to Thwart Laos, China’s Sanakham Dam Project
Opponents say a refusal to buy power from the dam could stymie its progress saving the Mekong’s ecosystem
Fishing, Boat Anchoring Banned on Sensitive Reefs in 5 Provinces
The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has banned fishing and boats from anchoring in sensitive areas of five provinces to protect coral and...
Despite Horrendous Green Record, Thailand Cuts Environment Funding for ’21
A group of legislators from Thailand – among the world’s worst air and ocean polluters with a long track record of exploiting endangered wildlife...
Return to Sender: Thai National Park Mails Back Litter to Campers
Nature lovers who flocked to Khao Yai National Park and then spoiled it with trash got their litter returned in the mail, with a...
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WATCH: Elephant Conservation in Chiang Mai in the Covid Era
Chiang Mai’s elephant-touring industry has been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic and the loss of foreign tourists, but some camps focusing on breeding an...
‘Nuisance’ Trees, ‘Unnecessary’ Parks Taking Root as Bangkok Slowly Gets Greener
Environmental movement branches out, converting concrete-loving stalwarts
Time Running Out for Mighty Mekong
The scarcity of water in the river is causing an ecological disaster in Southeast Asia — and China is the culprit
Plant a Tree in Thailand From Your Phone
Too lazy to pick up a shovel and get your hands dirty? Locked out of Thailand but love the Land of Smiles? Now you...
Facebook to Send Flood, Drought Alerts to Lower Mekong Communities
Residents and local governments along the Lower Mekong can now get flood alerts and drought-monitoring information through Facebook under a new partnership with the...