At least 600 plantation companies have illegal operations in Indonesian forests, including in national parks, wetlands, and U.N. world heritage sites, Greenpeace said in a new report released Thursday. Palm-oil plantations occupy 3.12 million hectares of Indonesia’s so-called forest estate, encompassing more than 300,000 hectares of land previously mapped out as habitats for orangutan and […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Greenpeace Thailand and the civil network have held a march, demanding the government escalate its actions against the air pollution crisis, stressing the people’s right to clean air. People wearing N95 masks and holding campaign signs, one of which claimed the right to clean air, marched from Benchamabophit temple to the government’s […]
BANGKOK, Jan 24 (TNA) – Bangkok’s dust levels are considered critical and the government should declare the city as a pollution control zone to map out clear dust control measures and find long-term solutions to tackle the tiny dust problem, said Greenpeace Thailand country director Tara Buakamsri. The Air Pollution Control Department has reported the […]
BANGKOK, 29th January 2018 (NNT) – Greenpeace has organized an art exhibition displaying works created using particulates of less than 2.5 microns, to illustrate the dangers posed by air pollution. Artist Ruangsak Anuwatwimol contributed the piece “Memory” to the exhibition entitled “Right to Clean Air” currently taking place at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center. […]
SAMUT PRAKAN, June 26 – The Esperanza, the latest and largest vessel in the environmental activist organisation Greenpeace fleet has moored at Bangkok Port in Khlong Toei and will be open for public visits from tomorrow through Sunday. More than 50 trawlers in Samut Prakan downriver from the Thai capital welcomed the environmental campaign ship […]
BANGKOK, 24 September 2012 (NNT) – The Greenpeace has called for the Thai government to get more serious in solving environmental problems, urging them to come up with a concrete policy in reducing fossil fuels. On Sunday, Bangkok and many other cities throughout the world simultaneously organized the Global Car Free Day to encourage people […]
BANGKOK, 19 August 2011 (NNT) – Greenpeace Southeast Asia has encouraged the government to push forward a policy to develop a sustainable energy management system for greater security in terms of energy, economy, environment and social development. Greenpeace Southeast Asia Campaign Manager Tara Buakamsri and sixteen representatives of the group on Thursday met with Deputy […]
Indonesian police on Tuesday agreed to release a group of 14 Greenpeace activists, including four Thais, who were briefly detained for campaigning against use of coals in the country. Police said the group conducted the campaign without permission as they entered Indonesia with a tourist visa. Moreover they were alleged with causing chaos during their […]
