Laws on air pollution control

Abstract

Thailand has many laws relating to the environmental protection.  The Environmental Quality Act BE 2535, is considered a main law in the environmental protection.  The problem of air pollution control law is due to many causes, such as: 1. The law still lacks incentives in industrial production operations;  2. Punishment is manifested by the severity of the action;  3. Monitoring of the environmental impact; and 4. Natural phenomena, such as the greenhouse effect caused by the energy from the sun through the atmosphere regularly, changing patterns of agriculture and industrial development. These are causes for global warming, which causes the increase in various amount of gaseous.  The problem of air pollution control, in the case of cross-border haze pollution, coordination would be needed to address both multilateral and bilateral issues in accordance with the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Climate Change. However, Thailand has to comply with the Convention on Laws and the Protocol in three measures, namely, legal measures to protect the environment, to control, finding solutions, and rehabilitate environmental conditions. Legal measures for protection are important obligations, such as increasing the role of local people, the local community, the rights of people in the management of resources, and the campaign to prevent forest fires.