Before…
Patcharapol Panrak
More than 100 Royal Thai Navy personnel took to Had
Tien Beach to remove garbage that had washed ashore there.
Rear Adm. Noppadol Suphakorn, commander of the Air
and Coastal Defense Command, organized the Sept. 3 cleanup of the beach
that cuts across the entrance of the unit continuing a kilometer towards
the Mangrove Forest Preservation Center.
He said the beach’s position often results in tides
bringing in large amounts of trash thrown into the sea elsewhere in
Thailand. He said as many as a million pieces of trash have been
recovered in past cleanups. The sheer amount of garbage overwhelms the
regular cleaning crews.
The Air and Coastal Defense Command is responsible
for preserving the benefits of the sea and with Sea Turtles Preservation
Center. The unit is also responsible for preserving sea turtles and Had
Thien Beach, which attracts a large number of tourists.
… and after.
