A photographer’s journey shows the consequences of the Thai government’s forest conservation policy on marginalized people.
Tag: Indigenous people
Indigenous Cambodians stripped of ancestral land
Bunong people’s sacred forest becomes a rubber plantation in another land concession for the government.
Fight deforestation and climate change by granting indigenous rights to forests: Report
In Thailand, however, communities are being evicted from national parks under a law aimed at conserving forests.
Myanmar-Thailand highway branded ‘ecological and social disaster’
Community and conservation groups in Myanmar say the planned highway linking a port project to Thailand will uproot indigenous people from their homes and farms.
A troubled paradise: Boracay Island’s already fragile environment
President Duterte called the island a “cesspool”. (Closed Islands in Southeast Asia under threat from tourism – Part 1)
Sesan villagers seek land titles
They are now seeking indigenous collective land status to protect themselves from being displaced by future development.
Call to protect rights of indigenous peoples
Key member of Cambodia’s Ntional Assembly calls for a united effort to safeguard the rights and interests of indigenous peoples.
Speed up land titles: Indigenous groups
The Indigenous People Network and civil society organisations yesterday asked the government to speed up registration of indigenous collective lands.