Chao-Khao

Background info

The Chao-Khao people are located in the north and northwest of Thailand. They are “highland peoples“, one of nine so-called “hill-tribes”: Hmong, Karen, Lisu, Mien, Akha, Lahu, Lua, Thin, Khamu.

Thai business 99 Thuwanon: applied for a coal mining concession in Kabeudin village (Karen village) since 2000, Omkoi (that’s the district) residents, CSOs and others → Omkoi Anti-Coal Mine Network (OKACMN), members are being threatened by government authorities.

Directly affects 1,541 households (6,115 people), indirectly affects residents of Omkoi (approx. 56,582 people / 13,556 households).

Effects: air pollution, destroyed or very limited livelihoods, polluted water sources, forest and biodiversity loss (even though the government signed the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD) etc.

How you can help

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Further resources:

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IWGIA: The Indigenous World 2020⁠

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Thailand - IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs⁠

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