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 peopleโs 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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Another action to keep the fish thrive
17, January 2025 Two villages, ๐๐จ๐ก ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ and ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ญ๐, 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 โThawthi Taw-Oo Indigenous Parkโ 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 Kโnyaw 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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SPP Statement on its 5th Session of the General Assembly and 2nd Elections
January 15, 2023 In the interest of advancing self-determination rights over their ancestral โterritories of lifeโ, culture and resources, Indigenous Karen communities of the Salween Peace Park (SPP) have successfully convened the 5th Session of its General Assembly as well as the 2nd election of the…
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Restoring a deforested area by planting over 1,000 trees
Kawthoolie Tree Planting Day On July 1st, along with tree planting activities in several areas including areas along the Salween basin and other townships, villagers from 15 villages planted over 1,000 tree species in the Kheshorter Community Forest, the largest community forest located in northern Salween…
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