• Global warming • Climate change • Genetic modification • Ocean acidification • Water pollution • Over fishing • Deforestation • Acid rain • Ozone depletion There are about 5.3 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. This forum has the speaker, from International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), who talks about how to mitigate this problem with the project “Close the plastic tap”. An estimate 18 million acres of forest have been cut each year. We need more trees planted to compensate this loss. The works done by the staffs of Sirindhorn International Environmental Park (SIEP), Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR), Land Development Department (LDD) and Chiva- Som International health resort are the good projects that address this problem. There are two speakers who talk about solar energy. As Thailand has been ranked third in the world, after USA and Australia, in term of the potential to capitalize solar energy for use, turning to utilize this solar energy should reduce the need to use fossil for generating energy. In the 10 months period (between October 2018 to July 2019), there were 3,067 cases of injuries and 407 fatalities of farmers as a result of the misuse of chemical pesticides in Thailand. Three speakers, from Silpakorn University (SU), talk about an alternative measures to control disease in rice. The simple preparation of galangal extract has been proven to be effective to control grain discoloration disease of rice. SAO functions to ensure the effective use of the state budget for the benefit of the Thai people. The transparency and accountability in using the state budget to execute the projects in environment is as important as the technical know-how used to solve the problem applied to attain the objectives of the projects itself. The SAO’s work is to enforce good governance among the stakeholders for the benefit of the environment and the people. WHAT NEXT? It depends on us to continue working to protect and preserve the environment for the following generations.
International Forum on Research of Natural Resources Rehabilitation, Environment and Energy
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