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Droughts in Thailand

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Outline

Causes of droughts in Thailand

Effects of droughts in Thailand

Strategies to reduce effects of droughts in

Thailand

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What are droughts?

Drought, a natural phenomenon, causing waterdeficiencies has both directly and indirectly seriouseffect on human life.

 A period of abnormally dry weather sufficiently

prolonged for the lack of water to cause serioushydrologic imbalance in the affected area 

In particular, the effects of prolonged drought aredevastating in the countries where a majority of thepopulation is dependent on agriculture.

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Causes of droughts in Thailand

Global warming Worst El Nino phenomenon 

encountered in the past 10years

The falling level of theMekong River 

“ Climate change and El Nino are variously being blamed for the unusually hot weather and lack of rainfall,which began with an early end to last year ’ s tropical rainy season.”  

 Asia Times Online

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Effects of droughts in Thailand

 Affected various provinces in the North, Northeast,

East, South and central regions of Thailand Scorched 1,726,737 rai of farmland

 Affected 6 million people in 21,888 villages

 Affected at a individual level

Water is now rationed and available for aroundthree hours each day for personal consumption

Seriously affecting coconut production, hencethreatening Thailand’s status of being the world’s

second largest exporter of coconut products

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Effects of Drought in Thailand

“   Rice production in Thailand, the largest exporter of the grain, may drop to the lowest in eight years as drought and the spread of plant hoppers damage 

crops …

.” 

 Bloomberg

 Affecting rice productionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfQ7v_8xThQ 

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 Strategies to reduce effects of

droughts in Thailand

With Oxfam's support,families across the areabuilt water storing pondsand wells and installeddrainage systems between May 2008 andMarch 2009.

 And many farmers,designed their owningenious solutions: usingold advertising billboards,Some even constructedtheir own make-shift windturbine to pump waterfrom a nearby well.

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Strategies to reduce effects of

droughts in Thailand

Due of the uncertain impact of climate change on rice production,many introduced new crops. 

Where their fields were previouslyused only to cultivate rice, fruitand vegetables now grow. 

This meant that when droughtstruck again in late 2008, they

were able to produce enough foodto feed their family. In fact, out of the 57 households that took partin the program, 14 produced asurplus of food to sell at market.

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Strategies to reduce effects of

droughts in Thailand

By 2015, an estimated 375 million people per year willbe affected by climate change-related disasters. Worldleaders have already committed to establishing a newClimate Fund -- a way of delivering cash to help poorcommunities avoid the worst effects of global warming.

Through charging pollution-heavy industries, such asshipping and aviation, for the right to pollute, or byimplementing a Robin Hood Tax on the banking sector,money could be raised without squeezing extra moneyfrom tax payers.

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Strategies to reduce effects of

droughts in Thailand

Cloud seeding

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xehg1u_kings-rainmakers-take-to-the-skies_news 

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References

http://www.mrcmekong.org/download/Papers/dmp-paper-seawfoct071.pdf  

http://www.oxfam.org/en/campaigns/thailand-

finding-innovative-solutions-uncertain-impact-climate-change 

https://reader009.{domain}/reader009/html5/0504/5a 

http://www.thailand-blogs.com/2010/07/10/drought-in-thailand-2010/ 

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