Description: Sharing critical perspectives and in-depth debates on ecology and society in the Mekong region.
In Cambodia, Indigenous Land Titling (ICLT) is the official land-use program for indigenous communities to help demarcate their land and maintain their rotational swidden cultivation. While initially welcomed by the communities, ICLT’s internal contradictions result in the fragmentation of indigenous land management practices and push many communities to rethink their involvement in the program.
To protect their forest and river, the Areng Valley’s Chong indigenous community keeps on fighting to stop the hydropower dam project, and to fight for their identity to be recognized by the Cambodian officials.
Although turmeric is not on the list of major top ten lists of export crops, it is cultivated in many areas of Myanmar.