Naiyang beach cleanup draws in crowds

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Divers collected fishnets, fishing tools and other rubbish that accumulated on top of coral reefs.

PHUKET: More than 90 people, including professional divers from four Andaman provinces, are joining Phuket International Airport (PIA) and Sirinath National Park officials from today (Apr 30) for a two-day event for the “Phuket [Heart] Coral” campaign to collect rubbish from the sea and try to restore the marine ecosystem along the coral reef at Naiyang Beach.

Phuket International Airport Director Monrudee Gettuphan presided over the opening ceremony this morning at Naiyang Beach. The two-day event is scheduled for today and tomorrow.

PIA Deputy Director Thani Chuongchoo, Khao Prataew Nature and Wildlife Education Centre Chief Chartpong Cheurhom, divers from Krabi, Phang Nga, Ranong and Phuket gathered at the beach for the opening of the event.

Mr Thani said “PIA is adjacent to one of the island's tourist spots, Naiyang Beach on Sirinath National Park. The large numbers of tourists visiting the area each year result in a deterioration of our natural resources. The PIA places a high value on the island's natural resources, especially our marine environment, which makes the removal of rubbish from the sea necessary in the area.”

He continued “Today's activity is aimed at bringing people together to keep our environment alive and litter-free, by promoting a love for environmental preservation in the future.”

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/naiyang-beach-cleanup-draws-in-crowds-57254.php

-- Phuket News 2016-04-30

Probably looks a lot nicer now. The perfect setting for a beach picnic replete with plastic bags and bottles to be left on the newly cleaned beach.

Good effort. I wonder if any of the 90 that participated, were local fishermen?

From the headline I expected to see pics of the army and razed buildings.

Good on them. Looks like a good day and the water looks nice too, looks pretty flat.

Well done, to those who took part.

This is the nice side of Thailand everyone wants see. I congratulate them all.

Sadly we seem to see more of the darker side as in street violence, family violence and road tragedy.

Please bring back the Thailand that was.

Can a military rule make that happen?? That is the big question.

locals and tour operators / stand owners should be made to cleanup, after all they contributed to most of these pollutions...