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Thailand makes extra efforts to fight forest fires

Thailand’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan on March 10 worked with forestry officials from 17 northern provinces to seek measures to combat forest fires.
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Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Natural Resources and Environment MinisterPatcharawat Wongsuwan on March 10 worked with forestry officials from 17northern provinces to seek measures to combat forest fires.

He stressed that increased surveillance andpatrols on protected forest areas will be enforced, and any trespassers caughtstarting forest fires, a major source of PM 2.5 pollution, will face strictlegal action.

The Pollution Control Department reportedthat air quality in most 17 northern provinces remained atunsafe levels on March 11, with concentrations of PM 2.5 pollutants in someareas of Chiang Rai province reaching 113.7 micrograms per cubic metre, threetimes higher than the national safe limit of 37.5.

According to the Thai Geo-Informatics andSpace Technology Development Agency, 1,031 fire hotspots were detected in theSoutheast Asian nation on March 10, mostly in conserved areas and nationalforest reserves.

In 2023, 10.5 million patients in Thailand,primarily in the northern and northeastern provinces, were diagnosed with airpollution-related diseases, a 3.6% rise from the previous year, Ministry ofPublic Health data showed./.
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