BANGKOK, 23 September 2016 (NNT) – The Pollution Control Department is moving ahead with the ASEAN Transboundary Haze Free Roadmap to eradicate haze from the region by the year 2020.

Director-General of the Department of Pollution Control Wicharn Simachaya said environmental ministers from the ASEAN member countries praised and thanked Thailand for doing its best in tackling the problem of transboundary haze in a sustainable manner. The ministers voiced their agreement with the roadmap and said they would cooperate to achieve goals in the roadmap.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha introduced the roadmap in his speech at the 26th and 27th ASEAN Summits.

Thailand and Myanmar has cooperated on environmental conservation with Thailand providing support for Myanmar in terms of wildfire control.

The department will host the 6th Greater Mekong Subregion Ministerial Meeting on the Environment on pollution from transboundary haze at the end of this year.