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A 60-year-old local man and his four family members urged related state agencies to provide them aid, after their 10-year-old home in Trat province collapsed following coastal erosion on Sunday morning.

As sea waters slowly rose around his temple and his neighbours fled inland, Thai abbot Somnuek Atipanyo refused to budge and is today a symbol of the fight to restore the country's fast-eroding coastlines.

Pattaya Beach is undergoing reconstruction to return the severely eroded beach to its former beauty and attract more tourists.

EROSION HAS been eating away five metres of land every year along a combined 42-kilometre-long stretch of Thailand’s coastline.

SUBSIDENCE CAUSED by human activities in Bangkok Metropolitan areas is the most important factor causing shoreline erosion in the Bay of Bangkok, followed by rising sea levels, a recent study has shown.

Scientist warns of knockon effects as govt plans new seawall barriers