“Sadly, the Asean region’s marine ecosystem is one of the world’s most threatened in terms of coastal marine resources degradation. This has a profound impact on the planet and its inhabitants, inevitably threatening food security, local tourism, and global warming mitigation,” said Ambassador Noel Servigon, the Permanent Representative of the Philippines…
Two piers in South get upgrade
published : 3 Jun 2021 at 04:00
The Marine Department is upgrading two piers in Trang and Krabi.
The total budget is almost 200 million baht of which 140 million baht has been allocated to refurbish Pak Meng Pier in Trang province and 59.6 million baht to expand the Sala Dan Pier in Koh Lanta in Krabi.
Both projects are more than 70% complete.
The Pak Meng Pier in Trang was built over 20 years ago and needs to be expanded as the facility is too small to handle the increasing number of tourists. The new facility will have a building to accommodate additional passengers, two piers and longer bridges so that more vessels can dock.
February 26, 2021
Danial Norjidi
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) announced that a protected area in Thailand touted as the world’s oldest tropical evergreen forest, Khao Sok National Park, has been declared an ASEAN Heritage Park.
The ASEAN environment ministers the nomination of Khao Sok National Park as the 50
th ASEAN Heritage Park as endorsed and recommended virtually by the 31
st Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) and the 22
nd Meeting of the Governing Board of the ACB, with Vietnam as host, on November 24-25, 2020, an ACB press release stated.
“We are pleased to share the news that Khao Sok National Park has joined the list of designated ASEAN Heritage Parks,” said ACB Executive Director Theresa Mundita Lim.
Khao Sok National Park has the world’s oldest tropical evergreen forest. Photo by Robert Mather
LAGUNA, Feb. 18 A protected area in Thailand, touted as the world’s oldest tropical evergreen forest, Khao Sok National Park, was declared an ASEAN Heritage Park (AHP), the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) announced.
The environment ministers of the ASEAN approved the nomination of Khao Sok National Park as the 50th ASEAN Heritage Park as endorsed and recommended virtually by the 31st Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) and the 22nd Meeting of the Governing Board of the ACB, with Viet Nam as host, on 24-25 November 2020.
Khao Sok National Park named 50th Asean Heritage Park
Khao Sok National Park named 50th Asean Heritage Park
Touted as the world’s oldest tropical evergreen forest, Khao Sok National Park, located just north of Phuket, has been declared an Asean Heritage Park (AHP).
Khao Sok National Park has the world’s oldest tropical evergreen forest. Photo: Supplied via ACB
Khao Sok National Park has the world’s oldest tropical evergreen forest. Photo: Supplied via ACB
Khao Sok National Park has the world’s oldest tropical evergreen forest. Photo: Robert Mather
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The Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) announced in a statement issued today (Feb 18) that the environment ministers of the Asean approved the nomination of Khao Sok National Park as the 50