Koh Mak included in 'Top 100 Green Destination Stories' list
The island of Koh Mak in eastern Thailand has been included in the Green Destination Foundation's 'Top 100 Green Destination 2022 Stories'. The island of Koh Mak is located The Green Destinations Foundation is located in the Netherlands and is committed to sustainable tourism.
Thailand photo of the day: Electric cars in Thailand
Thailand aims to reach 30% electric car production by the end of the decade to tackle air pollution. Air pollution and particulate matter is a major problem in the country and especially in Bangkok.
Climate summit in Europe (readers' entry)
Our garden, or rather the piece of land behind our house, is infested with dirt. When we came to live there it was a barren place with a lot of bare, dry soil, a few shrubs, one tree and some banana plants.
Deposit in Thailand
There is no real deposit in Thailand, but there is "a lively trade" in empty bottles and cans. The production of all that empty good is not insignificant, just think of the countless beer bars, discos and restaurants that produce a veritable mountain of empty bottles and empty cans every day.
The Thai 'Department of Marine and Coastal Resources' has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dutch environmental NGO 'The Ocean Cleanup' about a pilot project in Samut Prakan. The Dutch organization will intercept waste in the Chao Phraya before it flows into the sea. Director General Sopon and OC director Boyan Slot signed the agreement on Wednesday.
Reader question: “Thai national park sends tourists its own mess”
Visitors to Khao National Park last weekend could have a package of abandoned rubbish delivered to their homes and a fine for violating the National Park Act.
The Thai government plans to close the country's national parks for several months each year to reduce environmental damage from mass tourism, said Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources.
Reader question: What about the plastic bags?
Thailand would reduce plastic bags, wouldn't it? My girlfriend just came home from shopping here in Pattaya with a mountain of plastic. Plastic packaging in plastic bags, as always. Wouldn't there be less plastic bags being used? Or another typical case of TIT?
Prime Minister Prayut is considering a car ban in the fight against particulate matter and smog
Prime Minister Prayut says he is prepared to take draconian measures if the concentration of PM2,5 particulate matter exceeds 100 micrograms per cubic meter of air, so twice the safety limit used by Thailand and four times the limit used by the WHO. As an example, he mentions a driving ban for cars.
Endangered Paradise: The Harmful Impact of Mass Tourism on the Environment in Thailand (Video)
This documentary from the Deutsche Welle tells about the harmful influence of mass tourism on the environment in Thailand.
Statement of the week: 'Flying to Thailand will be a luxury!'
The discussion about CO2 is still in full swing, but a new environmental discussion has already started and it concerns nitrogen. The, everything must give way to green, adepts have already found something new to make our lives a bit more complicated and certainly less fun.
Lilly, Thailand's Greta Thunberg and the fight against plastic pollution
Ralyn Satidtanasarn aka Lilly, age XNUMX, has been waging war against plastic waste since she was eight years old.
Shops in Thailand will stop using plastic bags
Retailers, manufacturers and department stores will stop providing disposable plastic bags to customers. 26 parties agreed on this yesterday. Customers have four months to get used to this, because from now on they will have to take a bag with them.
The death of a female dugong (Dugong or Indian manatee)
An 8-month-old dugong was found near a beach in southern Thailand. She was injured and weakened. The marine experts did their utmost to care for the animal. Unfortunately it was to no avail and the animal died.
Aviation must be held responsible for the consequences for the environment. This also means that flying must become more unattractive and therefore more expensive. This is stated by the independent Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) in an advice to Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (Infrastructure).
Are you embarrassed about flying to Thailand?
In the Netherlands, environmental fetishists are trying to make everyone feel guilty. Besides the fact that every middle-aged white angry man is at least a pervert and racist, because he sometimes looks at a beautiful woman and cherishes the Sinterklaas party with Zwarte Piet, there is something new to hit you with: fly shame .
ANWB: Consumer wants flight tax per flight
If the cabinet introduces a flight tax, tax must be charged per flight and not per ticket. In addition, the tax revenue generated in this way must be used for green measures. These are the main outcomes of a representative survey of ANWB members that the union commissioned at the end of 2018.
Introduction of flight tax: ANVR wants the government to tax the aircraft and not the traveler
As part of the coalition agreement, it has been agreed that an air passenger tax will be introduced again in 2021. That also happened in 2007, but after a year of fierce resistance by, among others, the travel sector, that was swept off the table.
Climate change? There were concerns about this as early as 1900! And Thailand is very vulnerable
The existing or non-existent reality of global warming, the connection with CO2 and human actions is a hot topic and has flared up again after this very hot summer. Opinions range from complete denial to the prediction that the earth will be uninhabitable in 100 years. It is less well known that this matter was news in many countries, including the Netherlands, more than a hundred years ago. Thailand is very vulnerable.
Airline tickets are becoming more expensive, the Dutch government wants to introduce flight tax
The government wants to introduce a flight tax in 2021. Preferably in a European context, but if that does not work, the plan will still go ahead. For flights to Thailand, this will mean that a ticket will become € 22 per person more expensive.
Waste disposal on Koh Larn, an unsolvable problem
Ampai Sakdanukuljit, assistant director of the Tourism and Sports Board, presented Silapakorn University's report on Koh Larn's tourism capacity to Deputy Mayor ApichartVirapal and the Tourism Authority of Thailand Pattaya. A first step towards new plans to protect the island's ecosystem.
From advertising to waste
The way in which waste is dealt with in Thailand certainly does not deserve a beauty prize in 'our' eyes. The article about the polluted beach in Pattaya and the reactions to it on June 19 speak volumes.