Anti-land bridge banners emerge in Phato district of Chumphon province

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Banners opposing the government’s land bridge mega project have surfaced in Phato district of Chumphon province and conservation groups will hold a forum for discussion of the project at the Phato Tambon Administrative Organisation’s office on November 15th.

 

Sak-anan Plathong, a lecturer at the Department of Biology in Faculty of Science of Prince of Songkhla University, said that the proposed land bridge project would be located in the Andaman Sea Nature Reserves, which were nominated by Thailand for inclusion in the UNESCO world heritage site list two years ago.

 

He said that at issue is not that the project will delay the listing of the reserves, but that it could have extensive impacts on marine resources, mangrove and coastal forests, which are known to be the breeding grounds of sea turtles and other marine creatures.

 

One of the most worrisome aspects of the project, he pointed out, is the reclamation of about 1,120 hectares of land from the Andaman Sea, which is equivalent to the size of Payam Island in Ranong province. This would have an impact on sea currents and the movement of marine species in the area, claimed Sak-anan.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-11-06

 

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that at issue is not that the project will delay the listing of the reserves, but that it could have extensive impacts on marine resources, mangrove and coastal forests, which are known to be the breeding grounds of sea turtles and other marine creatures.

When did real conservation take presidence in Thailand?

[Elkski]

Is this the bridge from Pattaya to Hau Hin?

Is that consider6the Adaman sea? 

[Stocky]

Errr no, it's the proposed construction of two deep water container ports and fuel storage facilities one in Ranong Province the other in Chumpon Province. The two connected by road and rail links plus a oil pipeline. The idea is you unload on one coast and someone collects at the other, thus avoiding shipping around Singapore and through the Straits of Malacca.