"Since the World Heritage Site was declared our life has got harder every day"

Kampu, an Indigenous Karen youth from Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand, describes the desperate situation his people are facing since their home was declared a World Heritage Site. #UNESCO awarded Kaeng Krachan National Park World Heritage Site status in 2021, despite being well aware of the long history of human rights violations in the park, including brutal evictions, the burning of Kampu’s village, multiple arrests and the murder of Karen activist Pholachi “Billy” Rakchongcharoen in 2014. Karen people are prohibited from practicing rotational farming inside the Protected Area, which is fundamental to their way of life. They say that without their land “the Karen will be no more”.

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