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VOICES ON CLIMATE CHANGE (THAILAND) - Coggle Diagram
VOICES ON CLIMATE CHANGE (THAILAND)
POLLUTION
Canal is smelly now in the city
Water pollution
Not drinkable (rainwater as well)
Aquatic life is dead
Factories
Dumping of chemical substances
fishes killed
No clean up & unsafe due to accumulated toxins
Public complained to the government but NOTHING was done
POSSIBLE CAUSES:
Expansion of agriculture
more cultivation of land now
Rain (pushes soil into river)
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Village guardian predicts if enough rain will fall
PHI FAH
Dance to the Holy Spirit around a tree
A ceremony done to provide rain, cure people & get rid of bad luck
Traditions might die
Dancers/people might move to the city to work instead due to unpredictable rain
UNPREDICTABLE RAIN
Bang Fai
Lighting of ceremonial rocket
Rocket flies high = more rain
Rocket flies low/explode = drought
Tradition of provinces in Isan, northeastern Thailand
TULIPS
Importance of education
Discussion with low water level in dam affecting people not having enough water (member of cycling club)
"why don't we use tap water'
To the new generation, water management & climate change seem intertwined
Siam tulips are not able to be exported (past 2-3 years)
Flowers bloom for only 3 months -> unable to be seen by tourists
Tourism affected
CLOUD SEEDING
Program led by Department of Royal Rainmaking & Agricultural Aviation
MIGRATION
Many people move to take refuge from unpredictable rain patterns (told through story of modern dancer)
A need for steady & semi-predictable supply of water to survive
Implications:
Farming
Farmers
No more work
Due to sudden drought
UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER
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Governed by monsoon season
Shift in direction of winds that dump rain, fill river basins & irrigate crops (may-sept)
Throughout the reading, as she cycles around it is described that heat is unbearing (climate change & air pollution)