Posted on January 1st, 2010 by Green Assembly
HOPE in a Changing Climate – the groundbreaking BBC documentary that shows how ecological damage can be reversed – may provide one of the key solutions to global warming and climate change, but only if it is adopted as a matter of urgency.
The 22-minute film shows how farming and over-grazing led to soil erosion on [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ An amazing 300,000 tree species, including beech and mangrove as well as lowland, wetland and highland forest species are expected to be planted in a new 288-hectare park just opened in Bangkok.
Called the Sirindhorn International Environment Park (SIEP), the park also features a regional centre for expertise on education for sustainable development and a [...]
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Posted on July 26th, 2008 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ Toyota Thailand is planning to plant 500,000 trees at its plant in Chachoengsao between now and 2010, and hopes to plant a further 500,000 soon thereafter to become the first company in the Kingdom to plant one million trees.
“With a little help from our friends, we will be starting off with 100,000 seedling trees this [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ PATT (Plant A Tree Today) Foundation’s forest-restoration project in Tha Yang (Phetchaburi), underwent its first tree-planting event on Sunday when school-children, monks, government officers, villagers, PATT and local wildlife centre staff planted 2,500 trees, the first of 50,000 to be planted there by mid 2010.
When it matures, the 20-rai restored forest area will [...]
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