The mobile unit will examine the air quality and set an air quality measure in the
Union of Myanmar and Laos in dry season. The first operation was conducted firstly
in Lao PDR on March 15, 2010 and then it was scheduled to Myanmar on March 29,
2010 Moreover, this problem was put into the agenda as an urgent pollution problem
in The First Mekong River Commission Summit which was held during the 2 to 5
April 2010 at Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province.
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Next, Ministry of Agriculture will be responsible for driving and promoting
the optional way of reducing the smog problem such as the alternative waste
management, farming ladder and mixed farming.
Ministry of Science and Technology will be responsible for supporting the
projects that are using geospatial technologies and satellite imagery to monitor and
evaluate the burned areas.
In Chiang Mai, many sectors were awared about the smog problem. Then,
after the Chiang Mai’s government declared this problem as a priority, the new policy
and strategy were announced to Chiang Mai people officially on November 25, 2009
in order to prevent and control the pollution in Chiang Mai and as same as in the
surrounded provinces. This strategy plan was develop as a three-year plan (during
2010 – 2013) with a budget about 75 million bath. The plan was done under the
creation of partnership from various sectors. Plus, setting up a network of community
management regards the natural resources and environment in Chiang Mai is also part
of the plan. Combining with 24 community leaders, the representatives from local
administrative organization were included and informed about their important role of
being a middle man between government sector and local people in order to solve this
problem together.
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Moreover, many seminars have conducted aiming for discussing and finding
some practical. However, due to many conditional factors and a lot of uncontrollable
matter, the smog crisis was increased critically during February – April. Therefore,
the afterward question about the potential and ability of the involved sectors were