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Thailand to host ASEAN environment ministers’ meeting

Thailand will discuss the issue of marine debris with the ASEAN member countries at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment (AMME), scheduled to be held in Bangkok next year.
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Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - Thailand will discuss the issue of marinedebris with the ASEAN member countries at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting onEnvironment (AMME), scheduled to be held in Bangkok next year. 

The Director-General of the Department of Marine and CoastalResources, Jatuporn Buruspat, said on Wednesday that his agency has beenpreparing to organize the AMME during March 5 and 6, 2019. 

The meeting will focus on marine debris management, as manyASEAN countries have coastal areas and they have been blamed for producing alarge amount of marine plastic waste. Last year, the member countries hadmeetings with national organizations on environmental and marine waste issues. 

As Thailand is set to take over the chair of the ASEAN in2019, the issue of marine debris will be a key topic at the upcoming AMME.– NNT/VNA
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