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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§23 |
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3.23. The development guidelines of circular economy can be divided into three main areas as follows:
(1) Production: The Government promotes the use of degradable raw materials, such as biomaterials in production process. Some of the promotion measures are included in the Bio Industry Development Strategy.
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3.23. The development guidelines of circular economy can be divided into three main areas as follows. ...
(2) Waste Management: The Government emphasizes on the development of industrial and waste management systems by applying digital and information technology to develop applications, such as the auto E-license system to reduce time for approval the removal of industrial waste from factory, the factory inspection system 4.0 to monitor waste balance and secondary waste, and the E-Manifest system to control hazardous waste transportation using mobile system.
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§23 |
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3.23. The development guidelines of circular economy can be divided into three main areas as follows: ...
(3) Secondary use of raw materials: The Government encourages the use of raw materials that have already passed production and consumption into the new production process. At the same time, the Government tries to promote the processing of waste and used goods back into industrial raw materials and to set the standards for secondary use of raw materials.
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§24 |
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3.24. (1) Monetary and fiscal measures to promote investment and support entrepreneurs: The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) grants incentives to promote investment in targeted industries, including those related to the BCG economy model (Bio-Circular-Green economy). The current investment promotion policy (7-year investment promotion strategy, 2015-2021) will not only help strengthen Thailand's economy but also enhance Thailand's capacity to achieve sustainable development goals. /Also, Ministry of Finance grants tax incentive for businesses that purchase bio-plastics packaging in order to promote the consumption of bio-plastics, the expenses of bio-plastic packaging can be used to deduct corporate income tax at the rate of 125%. /And other measure is to financially support Green Projects in which the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives provides low interest rate loans to approved agricultural entrepreneurs or agricultural related businesses which are in search of financial support for this environmentally friendly project.
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Bio
Environment
Green
Plastic
Sustainable
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§24 |
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3.24. ... (3) Measures to promote value added for agricultural products: The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) aims at more efficient farming products and innovation creation of using agricultural products and farming by products in supporting of Bio-economy. In addition, MOAC also supports the establishment of Smart Farming projects as well as community enterprises in developing new and better OTOP Products.
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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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Bio
Green
Pollution
Sustainable
Waste
Recycle
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§35(4) |
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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
Fish
Sustainable
Natural resources
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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Natural resources
Organic
Sustainable
Water
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WT/TPR/G/400 |
G-3§36 (5) |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Other environmental requirements |
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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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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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