Villagers, not investors: Chaiyaphum forest community fights for land and livelihoods
For decades, the state has been giving and taking away land rights, and forest communities have consistently been caught in the crossfire.
Tag: land rights
Isaan Lives: A ‘penniless lawyer’ fighting for change
Up against old fashioned laws and a generational divide in the justice system, a pro-bono lawyer defends human rights in the Northeast.
Chaiyaphum land rights activist sentenced to 12 months in jail
The prosecution of a prominent land rights activist is part of a legal campaign that may lead to the eviction of dozens of families living in Sai Thong National Park. Since 2014 forest communities across the country have been targeted as part of the military government’s forest reclamation policy.
Nakhon Phanom community demands justice from SEZ development
Locked in a legal battle with a government bent on building a Special Economic Zone over their homes, a community is split over how to secure their land rights.
Ubon Ratchathani forest community seeks solution for long-standing land dispute
Residents of a national forest reserve in Ubon Ratchathani Province want to have a final resolution over a land dispute that has been dragging on for more than forty years.
Ubon Ratchathani forest community vows to fight eviction
A forest community in Ubon Ratchathani Province is determined to resist eviction by the authorities.
Jailed for resistance – Forest community fights in the face of eviction
A land rights activist whose husband was disappeared last year is serving a six-month sentence in prison for encroaching on national forest reserves. Her fellow community members continue to organize resistance as their numbers dwindle.
Roi Et locals face intimidation in dispute over land rights
A group of Roi Et locals lodged a complaint with the local military, claiming they had been barred from entering their own lands for years by a environmental conservation group.
“Orders from above” – Chaiyaphum national park villagers face eviction from their lands
“That’s a threat. I’m afraid enough as it is. Stop your threatening me,” Nittaya Muangklang spits back at a national park officer in argument over the eviction of her village, a fate that many communities of small-scale farmers in the park are facing.