Mandalay was rhapsodized as the nation’s cultural core, but this storied royal capital harboring the most learned Buddhist monks and artists has changed.
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Karen group says plan to protect forests ignores people’s rights
A vast forested area is the focus of disagreement between those who want to conserve it, and present and former residents for whom it is home.
Cambodian community shows power of connecting nature and humanity
When communities manage their own natural resources, they strengthen the movement for earth rights, but they’re worried about damming in the Mekong Basin.
In a threatened Cambodian forest, hand-in-hand push to protect land and people
Cambodia’s deforestation rate is one of the fastest in the world, endangering wildlife as well as cultures that have long drawn on the forests for their livelihoods