Conservation and environmental news from Thailand
11 Jun 2008
WWF Urges Krabi People to Prepare with Global Warming
On June 9, WWF and the Southeast Asia START regional centre based at Chulalongkorn University organized a workshop to explore the potential impacts of climate change on the province of Krabi in southern Thailand. The workshop entitled “Global Warming and the impacts on Natural Resources, Economy, and Local Communities in Krabi” was attended by over 100 people including representatives from senior government officials, local government, local businesses, NGOs, and local communities.
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06 Jun 2008
WWF, Coca-Cola Foundation Thailand and local people in Khon Kaen celebrated World Environment Day
(Khon Kaen, Thailand)
World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The Day was established by UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Another resolution, adopted by the General Assembly the same day, led to the creation of the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP).
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30 May 2008
Ministers commit to zero net deforestation by 2020
Bonn – As at 30 May 2008 when the 9th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP9) ended, 65 countries had signed on to support WWF's call for zero net deforestation by 2020. There is still time for others to join in the call. Contact us for a postcard!
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19 May 2008
Environmental protection vital to reducing natural disaster impact: WWF
Bonn, May 20, 2008 – Environmental degradation is a key factor turning extreme weather events into natural disasters, a new WWF report has found. WWF is urging governments to create suitable protected areas and to maintaining natural ecosystems, such as coastal mangroves, coral reefs, floodplains and forest, that may help buffer against natural hazards.
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16 May 2008
Missing biodiversity target puts people at risk
Gland, Switzerland: Future generations face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if we carry on trashing the environment, the conservation organization WWF cautioned today.
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14 May 2008
Beam-Kawee Tanjararak, WWF Thailand Ambassador, Takes Young Nature Lovers on a Study Tour at Kang Krachan National Park
WWF Thailand’s team has recently welcomed Beam-Kawee Tanjararak, who led thirty young nature lovers on a forestry management study at Kang Krachan National Park.
Other celebrities joining Beam during the May 7-8, 2008 study tour were Yui-Nop-apa Devakul na Ayutthaya and Pop-Sakayawat Wongratanakamol (Jo-Pop Band). » Read more
29 Apr 2008
New Nature Education Center Established to Honor HRH Princess Sirindhorn
WWF, Toyota and the Sirindhorn Foundation sign an MOU on 29th April 2008 to create an environmental education center for children and local adults on the Gulf of Thailand.
Three major organizations in Thailand gathered today to sign an MOU establishing an environmental education center on the country’s coast. Located in Cha-am district, Phetburi province the Center is designed to raise environmental awareness among local schoolchildren, villagers and the general public.
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25 Apr 2008
Bangkok market a hub for illegal international trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—Thailand is a major hub for the international trade in illegal freshwater turtles and tortoises, finds a new report, Pet freshwater turtle and tortoise trade in Chatuchak Market, Bangkok, Thailand, launched today by TRAFFIC, the wildlife monitoring network, a joint programme of WWF and IUCN. » Read more
11 Apr 2008
Marine protected areas in Southern Thailand to benefit from international cooperation
“The Strengthening Andaman Marine Protected Areas Network” (SAMPAN) Project is a three-year project led by the Royal Thai Government, with support from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM or French Global Environment Facility) and WWF Thailand. The FFEM is supporting this international cooperation with one million Euro grant. » Read more
07 Apr 2008
EU carbon market sets up another round of windfall profits for dirtiest power generators
Polluting electricity generators in Europe are set to reap another round of extraordinary windfall profits from the carbon trading scheme meant to curb their carbon emissions, a new report revealed today.
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