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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§35 (2) |
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3.35. The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) provides the MOAC 5-year agricultural plan (2018-2022) as well as the short-term operational plan. These plans comply with the 20-Year National Strategy (2018-2037). The 5-year operational plan of MOAC is under the vision of "Secured Farmers, Prosperous Agricultural Sector and Sustainable Agricultural Resources." (...) The plan comprises of five strategies as follows: (...)
(2) Increasing the Productivity and Quality Standards of Agricultural Commodities, which seeks to develop product's quality and sustainable agriculture, and improve agriculture by using BCG model, comprising of three components. The first component is Bio economy (B), which is biodiversity-based economy, aiming to use biological resources with zero-wasted method. The other component is Circular economy (C), targeting to utilize materials. Both components are under the third component, which is Green economy (G), directing to solve the pollution problem in order to reduce the impact on the world sustainably.
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§35(4) |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Other measures, Other environmental requirements |
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3.35. (...) The plan comprises of five strategies as follows: (...)
(4) Managing Agricultural Resources and the Environment to be Balanced and Sustainable, which comprising of water resource management, conservation and recovery of agricultural resources, agricultural area management (agriculture, fishery, and livestock), adaptation to climate change and decrease in its effects, as well as international cooperation.
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Climate
Conservation
Environment
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Sustainable
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Water
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§36 |
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3.36. In addition, the MOAC gives precedence in driving government's agricultural policies both crucial and main policies, which comply with master plan in agriculture, and national strategy. In 2020, eight important policies in agricultural sector are driven as follows:
(1) Managing water resource system by increasing irrigation area and water management.
(2) Encouraging agricultural sustainability by promoting alternative agriculture/integrated agriculture, encouraging organic farm, as well as reducing chemicals and replacing with organic substances in order to promote food safety.
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(6) Solving urgent problems of farmers by implementing royal rain making in drought area, providing land ownership for farmers, promoting livestock raising according to market demand (cattle and goat), controlling and preventing outbreak of animal diseases/plant diseases and promoting substitute plants to reduce water usage in water shortage area. (...)
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§36 (5) |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Other environmental requirements |
Agriculture, Fisheries |
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3.36. (...) In 2020, eight important policies in agricultural sector are driven as follows: (...)
(5) Managing sustainable fishery by solving Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) problem and recovering aquatic resources.
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Fish
Natural resources
Sustainable
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§37 |
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2020 |
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3.37. The Government focuses on creating sustainability for the fisheries sector throughout the supply chain especially sustainable fishery management and improving the quality of life and well-being conditions of fishermen and farmers.
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§39 |
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3.39. Since 2015, the Thai Government has taken steps to tackle Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (IUU fishing) in various areas until the European Union delisted Thailand from the list of possible countries that do not cooperate under the IUU regulations of the European Union (yellow card) on 8 January 2019. Thailand received international recognition and confidence in implementing solutions to the problems of IUU fishing policies and strategies. (...)
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§39(1) |
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2020 |
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3.39. (...) The Government has completely laid the foundation for the system to tackle IUU fishing to contribute to the sustainability of marine resources in six main areas:
(1) Legal framework: Thailand has issued a new fishery law, namely the Royal Ordinance on Fisheries B.E 2558 (2015) and its amendment B.E. 2560 (2017). Thai vessel law was improved to control the fishing fleet and fishery by issuing numerous regulations to effectively enforce the law. There are strict penalties to deter illegal behaviour. There is no legal loophole to let the illegal vessel and illegal action back into the system again. The new fishery legal framework is modern and in accordance with international laws and regulations. Moreover, Thailand became a party to the port state measures agreement (PSMA), the UN Fish Stock Agreement (UNFSA), and has formulated a National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (NPOA-IUU), which is in line with the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU) of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§39(2) |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Other environmental requirements |
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3.39. (...) The Government has completely laid the foundation for the system to tackle IUU fishing to contribute to the sustainability of marine resources in six main areas: (...)
(2) Fleet management and fishery management: The Thai Government can control overfishing and overcapacity problems through fishing gears control measures, fishing days and fishing licenses that are consistent with the number of aquatic resources that do not exceed sustainability levels, according to the Fisheries Management Plan of Thailand (FMP). The Thai Government has established a new Thai fishing vessel registration system to be able to control and monitor the entire fishing fleet with a system linking data among relevant departments for efficient fleet management.
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§39(3) |
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3.39. (...) The Government has completely laid the foundation for the system to tackle IUU fishing to contribute to the sustainability of marine resources in six main areas: (...)
(3) Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS): A system has been developed to control and monitor illegal fishing by establishing the Fisheries Monitoring Centre (FMC), there is a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) installed in all Thai commercial vessels. Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS): A system has been developed to control and monitor illegal fishing by establishing the Fisheries Monitoring Centre (FMC), there is a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) installed in all Thai commercial vessels. Port In-Port Out Control Centers are also established (...) to control the entry-exit of Thai flagged vessels before and after fishing. There are vessel inspections for species and weights of the aquatic animals of which Thai fishing vessels bring to the fishing port. There are also inspections at sea and air surveillance. For vessels flying Thai flag operating in international waters, the Department of Fisheries has laid down measures to control, monitor and prevent illegal fishing including the development of observers onboard to monitor fisheries and transhipment of carrier vessels in the international waters. In this regard, the Fishing Info Network has been developed, which is a real-time electronic database of fishing vessels linking various data to enable the operations unit to inspect and control effectively and accurately.
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§39(4) |
Thailand |
2020 |
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3.39. (...) The Government has completely laid the foundation for the system to tackle IUU fishing to contribute to the sustainability of marine resources in six main areas:
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(4) Traceability: Thailand has developed the traceability system to prevent illegal aquatic animals and illegal fishery products from Thai fishing vessels as well as imported products from foreign countries into the Thai production lines. The electronic traceability system has been completely developed in compliance with the Port State Measures (PSM) to prevent the importation of aquatic animals derived from IUU fishing into Thailand.
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