Srettha to call Cambodian PM about air pollution from his country

[snoop1130]

 

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said yesterday that he will call his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Manet, to discuss the transboundary airborne pollution being generated by the many hotspots in Cambodia.

 

A look at the satellite map shows that most of the relevant hotspots are in Cambodia and the wind is blowing from the east, he added.

 

On Tuesday, MODIS satellite images showed 644 hotspots in Cambodia. That number has now dropped to 171.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-02

 

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[LosLobo]

Seems there has been an increase in burning and deforestation in Cambodia in recent years.

The main drivers behind this are the conversion of forest lands for agricultural use and targeted logging of valuable species, such as rosewood, for the Asian furniture markets. 

At their peak during the dry season, thousands of fires burn throughout the forests of north and central Cambodia, more than in any other country throughout Southeast Asia.

 

As for the role of Chinese investment, China is the largest investor in Cambodia. 

Chinese investment in Cambodia has increased significantly over the years, with a large amount of this investment going into infrastructure projects and industries such as real estate and rubber plantations. 

These developments have sometimes led to the clearing of natural forests.
 

Cambodia Burning | Rainforest Journalism Fund
 

 

[lordgrinz]

"Hey Srettha, we'll get right on that after we finish burning" <wink-wink>

[daveAustin]

Clear up your own backyard, then you can legit have a go at your neighbors. 

[lordgrinz]

27 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Clear up your own backyard, then you can legit have a go at your neighbors. 

 

Exactly! "Hey Kettle, it's Pot calling"

[Gaccha]

"Nice country you've got there. Would be a shame if it got suffocated by pollution'

[zhounan]

A silly question: isn't the burning fields practice centuries old? How come only in recent years do we see such air pollution?

 

Thank you to those who would like to explain 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said yesterday that he will call his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Manet, to discuss the transboundary airborne pollution being generated by the many hotspots in Cambodia.

Best sort out your own burning issues before going round to the neighbours and asking them to put theirs out

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, zhounan said:

A silly question: isn't the burning fields practice centuries old? How come only in recent years do we see such air pollution?

 

Thank you to those who would like to explain 

When villages became cities and the population grew.

[spidermike007]

Man up, you coward. Take responsibility for your own nation. 

 

Though some smoke may be coming from fires across the border the vast majority is caused locally. It is the selfish sugar farmers and the refiners that are the real culprits in this horrific mess that Thailand's found itself in. They need to do something and they need to do something quick, and it seems like there's no willingness to go up against Big Agra.

 

Sretta is a huge coward and half a man. He is all talk and absolutely no action, and incredibly unimpressive PM to date. 

[LosLobo]

6 hours ago, zhounan said:

A silly question: isn't the burning fields practice centuries old? How come only in recent years do we see such air pollution?

 

Thank you to those who would like to explain 

Answer to your silly question:
                                                             Here
 

 

[ujayujay]

Keep clean your own Country before you blame others

[Mr Meeseeks]

On 2/3/2024 at 6:23 AM, spidermike007 said:

Sretta is a huge coward and half a man. He is all talk and absolutely no action, and incredibly unimpressive PM to date. 

 

Funny socks though. Sanuk sanuk. 

[retarius]

Sounds like a distraction to me. Why not sort the problem out in Thailand first, and then call Cambodia. Doing nothing at all in Thailand to combat pollution and calling Cambodia is a pitiful response to Thailand's problem. We all see the problem on a daily basis fields set alight by farmers, with the police nowhere to be seen.

Edited February 4 by retarius

[spidermike007]

1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

Funny socks though. Sanuk sanuk. 

Quite an impressive man, between the height (6'3"), the $800 million smile, and the socks. Would be great if he had some actual policy and implementation to go along with the show pony stuff. 

[Tingtong69]

How about fixing his own country first. Kanchanaburi is terrible for burning 

[Gknrd]

Anybody want to see what Thailand was like 75 years ago go to Cambodia. The forests are burning day and night. After the forests are gone the real burning starts with crops.

So he is going to say, Do with we say not what we do? 

Joke of the day!

Edited February 4 by Gknrd

[StayinThailand2much]

Is that a joke? So, the hazardous air pollution in both, Bangkok and Chiang Mai is caused by Cambodia?? - Nice if one can always blame someone else... Perhaps he could start limiting the sources of air pollution in Thailand.

Edited February 4 by StayinThailand2much

[JCauto]

On 2/3/2024 at 12:58 AM, zhounan said:

A silly question: isn't the burning fields practice centuries old? How come only in recent years do we see such air pollution?

 

Thank you to those who would like to explain 

 

There has been a massive increase in population during those centuries, and the people who are mostly rotational agriculturalists whose modus operandi is to get away from the lowlanders and just live their lives in peace have been pushed and pushed and pushed into smaller and smaller spaces mainly by plantation agro-industry. This is also the case in Thailand, where CP Group are the primary cause of the annual burning because of their support to farmers to grow corn for their livestock business.

 

There has always been such air pollution, it varies according to different factors. For example, in the 1990s there were massive fires in Malaysia and Indonesia where they were clearing land for oil palm plantations and that massive amount of smoke ended up in mainland Southeast Asia in Thailand, Cambodia etc. Some years are worse than others. If you want to know what's driving this year's from outside of Thailand, just look at export figures for agricultural products like corn, cassava, bananas, sugar cane and watermelons from the countries in the region. If you want to know what's driving it inside Thailand, just read CP Groups' annual report.