มาตรการทางกฎหมายในการควบคุมมลพิษทางอากาศอันเกิดจาก การเผาในที่โล่งในภาคเกษตรกรรม

Abstract

The most common and conventional practices to get rid of agricultural waste before farmers can prepare the area for new crops is to burn it in the open area or “open burning”, because it is convenient and cost effective, However, it creates air pollution and affects human lives. The legal measures on air pollution related to open burning are ineffective. Problems largely arise from the fact of  its sources of nuisance, the procedure of proper fact analysis, and the inability of local officials to enforce current regulations. These problems lead to ineffective control and render almost practically no results; farmers engage in open burning without culpability. Moreover, some of Thailand’s local governments specifically enact their own provisions to restrict farmers from open burning agricultural waste. The provisions usually prohibit the open burning entirely, which not only generates enforcement problems, but also resentment refrom farmers who believe the law to be unfair. In addition, the punishments are mild. Therefore, the law should be amended in order to make the legal measure to be more effective in practice.