CHIANG KHONG, Thailand: With a gentle drizzle drifting across a rich green landscape, the swamplands of Boon Reuang are alive. Neck-deep in ...
CHIANG KHONG, Thailand: With a gentle drizzle drifting across a rich green landscape, the swamplands of Boon Reuang are alive.
In the nearby forests, steep bamboo trees reach up to the rain clouds and block out the sun when it breaks through. Women forage for bamboo shoots in the cool undergrowth, where mushrooms clamour out of enriched soil.All of this activity - unfolding just like it has for generations - might have disappeared from this place altogether. A fight has been unfolding in the forests of northern Thailand.
The water tributary sustains life here, for the several hundred residents and an abundance of wildlife. Crucially, it holds water during the wet season and is a crucial natural cog in flood management and climate change mitigation. “If such an area was destroyed or changed into something else, the Ing river’s ecosystem would be annihilated. Nature would be gone. The way of living and the culture would be destroyed too,” Niwat said.LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, CONNECTION TO ENVIRONMENT KEY TO CONSERVATION EFFORTS
“And they can stop this because they have love in their hearts, and they see that it will be beneficial to their children and grandchildren in the future.” “They pointed out the forest’s benefits to the world. There’s knowledge here about how much carbon this forest can store. What is its benefit? What is its worth? What is its value? These are important things,” Niwatt recounted.The efforts paid off. In 2018, the community was informed that the SEZ development had been abandoned in their area.
The community has since received global recognition. It was awarded the prestigious 2020 Equator Prize awarded by the United Nations Development Programme.
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