In the wake of the environmental cr

In the wake of the environmental crisis, a pressing agenda is creating a sustainable, comfortable living without depleting the environment. Despite the growing awareness of the vulnerability of our ecological system, a lot remains to be done to rehabilitate our forests, conserve water resources, improve land and soil, as well as to reduce pollution, the greenhouse effect and the global warming. His Majesty’s concerns about the environmental issues are clearly seen in his great efforts, via his royal initiated projects, to guide the Thai society in the use, mis-use, and re-use of our limited natural resources, aimed principally at our being economically self-sufficient and energy efficient, both on the individual and national bases.
In pursuing resource and energy autonomy, His Majesty has supported, during the past 40 years, many projects: forest conservation and rehabilitation, water conservation, land and soil development, and green energy technologies or alternative energy sources. Environmental issues are related; the depletion of one natural resource will inevitably affect the others. His Majesty’s environmental projects, therefore, can be classified only broadly, as a great number of them are interlocked. They represent, as a whole, combined efforts to take care of our environment so as to ensure better living standards of the people.