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Environment

The latest and greatest in breaking daily news around the environment and environmental issues in Pattaya, Bangkok, and Thailand.

More structures at Sukhawadee House in Bang Lamung to be demolished for beach encroachment

Bang Lamung – More structures at Sukhawadee House are to be demolished over beach encroachment in an 11 rais plot of land. Structures at Sukhawadee House have been announced for demolishment over beach encroachment in an...

Pattaya City Officers renew focus on noise pollution, speaker trucks

Pattaya- Pattaya City Law Enforcement reported last evening at around 9:00 PM that they fined a pickup truck playing loud music on Jomtien Beach nearly directly in front of a sign warning against loud noise. This...

Legal battles, threats of suing Industry Minister, class action lawsuits begin over failure to...

A network of 686 civic groups, which support the ban on paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, has threatened to file charges against Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit for reneging on the previous resolution of the National...

75 retailers to stop providing plastic bags starting January 1st in Thailand

Around 75 brands and 24,500 distribution channels under the Thai Retailers Association will stop providing plastic bags from January 1 in a bid to reduce the whopping 9 billion, or 20 per cent, of...

30kg python caught after eating a kitten in Sri Racha

30kg python caught after eating a kitten in Sri Racha Sri Racha –A five meter long python has been caught after it devoured a kitten in Sri Racha. Animal Control staff was notified of the python...

Pattaya Tourist Police clean up Jomtien Beach

Pattaya -The Pattaya Tourist Police and Hero Company have cleaned up Jomtien beach today. The cleaning was led by Major General Woraphong Thongpaiboon of the Tourist Police Division 1 Commander and Lieutenant Colonel Piyathong Ensan...

Soi Dog Foundation hits 100,000 sterilizations for stray animals for the first time in...

Press Release Soi Dog hits 100,000 sterilizations for the first time in a calendar year     The day we see no suffering of stray animals on the streets and the eradication of rabies in Thailand are...

Thai farm chemical ban officially delayed after protests, research

BANGKOK(NNT) - The National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC) has resolved to delay the ban on two toxic farm chemicals, namely paraquat and chlorpyrifos, for six months to June 1, 2020, and to restrict the...

Starting in the New Year all tourists must bring their own bags to National...

Starting January 1st, tourists visiting national parks in Thailand will be required to carry their own plastic bags to contain the garbage they generate and take it out of the parks when they leave....

Sustainable tourism flagship project for Thai Tourism Authority for 2020, Pattaya joins effort to...

Pattaya- Yesterday, the city of Pattaya joined the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Bangchak Corporation Plc on a campaign to reduce plastic waste in the tourism industry. TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said responsible tourism will...
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