Karen, Burmese, English languages
The report outlines how war and then ceasefires with Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), KNU/KNLA-Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC) and the Karen National Union (KNU) affected different drivers of deforestation and land use transitions.
In addition to the ceasefires, the data analysis finds commercial logging, smallholder agricultural expansion, infrastructure development, and land tenure insecurity as significant drivers of deforestation and land-use and land-cover change in Karen State, Kawthoolei, Burma At the end of the briefing we profile two village case studies as examples of these various interrelated drivers of deforestation and land-use and land-cover change.
The briefing concludes with recommendations to the Kawthoolei Forestry Department (KFD) on how to use these data findings to improve forest management and planning in Kawthoolei.
Karen
Burmese
English