
Karen Environmental and Social Action Network.
Empowering communities, securing peace, protecting environment, land and livelihood
KESAN is a community-based, non-governmental, non-profit organization that works to improve livelihood security and to gain respect for indigenous peopleβs knowledge and rights in Karen State of Burma, where the violence and inequities of more than 60 years of civil war have created one of the most impoverished regions in the world.
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Community mobilization to enhance wildlife and forest conservation in the Salween Basin
From January 20 to 27, 2025, the Karen Forestry Department (KFD), in collaboration with Mutraw border affair committee, Community Forest Rangers, and Karen National Police Force (KNPF), conducted a series of community meetings in 11 different locations along the Salween River, Thailand – the Salween Peace…
Environmental and Cultural Exchange Camp
A Shared Vision and Commitment toward Environmental Stewardship and Cultural Preservation January 14-16, 2025 With concerted effort and coordination between the Salween Peace Parkβs Governing Committee, the Mutraw District Karen Education and Culture Department (KECD), local communities and the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN),…
Another action to keep the fish thrive
17, January 2025 Two villages, ππ¨π‘ πππ‘ πππ and ππ²π πππ‘ πππ, in Dwelo township, Mutraw district, Salween Peace Park, established a fish conservation area in the river near their villages to sustain the fish population and protect the biodiversity and livelihoods of current and future…
The Thawthi Taw-Oo Indigenous Park: the Birth of the Second Indigenous Karen Conserved Territory
After seven years of collective effort and dedication, on 10th December 2024, the Indigenous Karen peoples of Taw-Oo district, Kawthoolei, south-east Burma have finally declared their Indigenous community conserved territory called βThawthi Taw-Oo Indigenous Parkβ or TTIP. The three days long event, which started on 10th…
Statement on the Establishment of the Thawthi Taw Oo Indigenous Park and Ratification of the Thawthi Taw Oo Indigenous Park Charter
December 15th, 2024 From December 10-12, 2024, 1,500 Karen tribes such as Kβnyaw Wah, Geba, Maw Nay Pwa, Paku, Mo Pwa, Bwe, and other ethnic nationalities from Taw Oo District of Kawthoolei have gathered to proudly celebrate the declaration of the Thawthi Taw Oo Indigenous Park…
The 5th General Assembly of the Salween Peace Park
“To assert our self-determination rights, we will keep working despite the challenges we face,” said Naw Paw Tha, member of SPP General Assembly. From December 18th to 21st, 2023, the 5th session of the General Assembly and the 2nd elections for the Governing Committee were convened…
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