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Akha Chronicles Forestry Forestry department was a
bandit group of its own, trying to grab up as much land as it could, in the
name of protecting the forest, but with no attention to justice. 7 Jan 2000 Pine Trees The planting of sugar pine. Sunny: A
long time ago you asked me if I could find out who was planting all the pine in northern Thailand. Now
it comes out that the Petroleum Authority of Thailand is doing it, huge
swaths, completely eliminating the environment as they go along. They have the particularly nasty habit of
taking Akha farm ground to do it, moving the Akha, then going after the newly cleared ground too. Now almost the entire region
of mountains in Chiangrai province is under threat
from take over of this kind of growth. I
think that there is a significant story here, if someone would come and do
it. The layer of death below the
trees, planted as close together as they are is frightful. Matthew 25 jan 2000 Asian Development Bank Dear Sir: We
have been told that specific land “development” policies backed
by money from the ADB are the cause of forced village relocations in the
mountains of northern Thailand and we hold you accountable for this now
ongoing policy to move Akha villages. As
we can verify each point in these links, legal papers will be filed. Matthew McDaniel Huuh Mah Akha Behind Mae Chan Luang Water? The Thai Pig Farm Relocated Small Village North of Rimkok Trees in the Rice How Jeh Teeh,
the Lahu man used his position to sell out Akha Land The
village next to Pah Nmm
was a Christian Lahu or Mooser
village called Jeh Boh Mooser after Jeh Boh, the old man in the village. They also had moved off the hill. Jeh Teeh was the Mooser pastor,
also the Oberthor (goverment
position) End Have a comment or question? Like to know
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