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''""-; l\\~0 ,_.1\;.m·Tu(' \hhuugh unl~ t\o\C111) ht..z ..m: h\Und 1n th.: htlC'"-· k \\ aclc Rcrubl"hed '" 1-.:.m<h>n.thur• rroh.thl~ lhl!l h the tmly wnld~· .~\·a ll ;lhlc l •nnmtllC"t..' for l mcrn.alt~ lh,rl.tl'Cd 1\.:.tren puhh~7athll1 m ThJtl.1nd \\l lh .my Sgow. l\urc11 l'en11lo 2001. 4 vol• poct~ th.tl Colll he , tutftcd .tnd ,appi'C\!J,ItC\1, l im Tht'J<Illl'll.\ 111 ln~l " lllltro nf an ..:ncvdopcdta of all tlun)!' Koarcu 111 the mtd.. lliOcll:cruh t:entu£) Lun~ \.l\11 '" pram .1nJ dtfticuh to tlnd. \\hc!-n .au llt~.snll.allun \\tlr~tng fl,,,plzleng fo..-h.Jprom! Plwkdc'-\•' [( tlllt.:~t~ J '' uh ~arcn~ m rdUg~~ t:t.~.mJ'h rcc~ ("<lith~ cnun: 1\:.ucn ~on~s1 Bangkok l·ounJaiH'n ,,, ft.,ur \ulurnn to pnJ\ tdC' 1hc: rciUgce5 '"-Jth ldu~;sllon l~>r L1fc .mJ ~\Xt.:OI~ 1'-N~ Lh.1r.1n miCmnJIICIO on th;.•lf t."UllUI(. :J gn:'".Jl ~f\ ICC" ;_L, \IJt~t>l. cJ I J~ I'!' pro\ 11.h·J. tht: ::-.~h<'lar!~ \,,,r(J Rt..:h thb Th" pubht."".Uaon b one '"' uh h..art:n '''"g~ mhmnaucm b .and ,J..Iu.1hlc '"thh Thnaunu a.:. '"nttcn 1h~ hanJ t m Sg;t\\ Kar.:n sen pt. \~otth ntt 01her pnmed soun.:.c ru~''""''c~ 'uch a '&SSl tran~lltt:r.suo n ~ und translauons 1n I'IHlt. urruy ul infom1ation on an ..:thnh.: mmonry m \ lthough no an t~ rp r( t3 u ons an: gt vcn. IJl-.: s t ~ l)' 4 Sou1hca.t A>ta . A fu rther ~c"" tee '"" b.? plw. \l!r"«:' cnnci! .1 lo'.: o f the laru.l and the prt111ded tf another group. comr"'mg the R.-. net:J to prc... <!nt: tht." cnv$ronment. Two s p~cial ldwm Hud'Pith and ""'"'t>," of the "-an:n ~uon ... on m.lniJ_g:e .mJ un the Kurcn ~1.!\\ B.lptht Con' cnhon of Thatl.tnd, ~Ltc..:-ccds m Year mduJc \ 4!f"4!' u.;ed on thox 0\:~.s--.tun"' c:nmpltllnJ! us eftOfb to rro' hJ!! ::t.l k:t'l JUnia! The- \C'f'C ... arc- lmm K.m!n~ m \ t.lC' Tom .tnd lngh,h tr.m-.lation' hlthL" The.)1Wf1l.l \ta~ \h ".lila:~, 01 \luang Pan Ot-.I0-.:1 nf Lamr~ns Pn" m·~c llm11huk /hr1 [Col!ccted lit" 1nrtw"'m'J l humg Mal ~ lun l nm liu l'hak 'lua J,>hnt lldr>chao /'d t lttt ( lttm Pmuna Prclf ("hal.. AllllmhuAlcm I 'I'I X n I' A'ltmiJ:. !'ltu Lu.1m.; Clram Od(wlwo [S!.!'v~ ll lnh111 OJ.och;:to, hc;.&~Jm.m l'l \on g. 1 ao L-.)l.!r' nl F,ul..''t Phillhllph~ ll' Jnl,l b\o \'dlnge 10 the MJc \\ •.an~ Dt,tm.:l of C'hnn~ I k•Jnt.:on luhm CIJ..ch.w J. Rangko~ \lunl.uuclu t\hu Pwnncc. ha' OC.:nmc ~nm.·thtn~ ul .a tl.•lk rhump.lnn~.l IY•N 1\..mmka Phrmn'J'l tf... '" Ocncho SJiarok. cds. JJ JU'oducuon by Ek~w>t :-<a Thnlang, pp 191. Johni says he is not a ph ilosopher. lie JLISt Phumpmm,,·a Nhn!J lVislwyu ChdH PftwmJtl(mg: inwrprets w h a t th~ ~ Iu ers hn ve hand~d down to Sr1k~·o 1\()roui CJrumc/um Karlan~ Nai Pa 71umg him. His ln l crpro1ncion~ shl'd much lighl nn K :..~n: n rm Narl!.ntan (lndigcnous \Visdom oftbc Local traditions and ::tdapt3tion:-. to tht.• t\v<:nlieth l'eopk. Cnsc Study <lf a Karen CQinmunity in cenntry. According 10 Johni. a rich forest hns Thung Yai >Jnrcsuan] R;mgkok: Kbrongkan o::cvcn l:1 y~ r~. These comprbc I ~ sm:JU hushes Funfu ('hi wit Lac Thummaehat. 1996. Piul:aco and small ammah•• mushroom:-.. 2) small lrl'-1.!!-. Luungunuu~i. 173 pp. covt·riug Lh~ ground, 3) SIH311 ~p1eadmg 11 ees Timng Yni Naresuan, in U1hai Th:tm Prov· and lnrge hushes. -f) Iorge trees with rnany mce. has been declared a \\-'orlcl Hcn tagc sHe branches, 5} nqua11c vcg~ 1 ~1 t ion such as algae. 6 1 by UNESCO 111 I'.I'll in rocogn111011 of its •·cr­ many orchtds nnd ~p i phyt...·s. and 7 1f u l1 0 1'\ ml'S. dnnt forest and ample wildlife In th1s study, This ctHnposilc suppons wildl ife nnd :-tlln\\'1\ 1hc following :' rc\'ii!\\ or Karen hi~lury ami shi fi~ Karcns w live a full and satisthctllry 11JC. In thb~ ing c u lliv~H ton. ti K~ author ~ x plains how the buok. Juhni tdb how Kurcn.s, Jnbabitants of th~ rncthod of shifting cultiva1ion employed hy 1·he forc<t onjoyod n richlysatisfyingculturo thllt has Karc:n.:; here has provided lhcm n 'itcndy livmg been lhrcmencd hy vari0u:; m :mifC~ I a li nns or \\ h th: not t:ndangt:ring the: l<m:st. A CfnnprdlL'Il· modem Jiti: mduding Lh.: ca!<.h <.:roppiltg oJ'Oplum. ~ ~ \ l~ dtscussion ofJgricu lcurn1tech niques. rinHlls. ...:onuncn.:ial loggiuM-, and nf'ficial refon:si<Ui('lt. and forest US!! (including it:; preser\':Jtion} 10 1· Mos1 ly The K:trens h:tve su flered) bec~1 m i n g lows. At the ~nd orth e book comes a TC\'iew of addtcts. los1ng tl'lc1r b tO•'-h \ 'CI"Sll)' and wildhft' to rcccnl t'V<.'tH~ mc.!udmg The re:l;ulonship of lhe the loggers. and sc~: 1 ng thetr IOrc~ts go up n1 Knrens there With. as lhe ~uth or puts or. fkuncs when the pine l'eforesHuion projects "advcrsanal n.:lu uo n~h 1: p with two org_anizJLi<ms C:1llght lire. The bonk h:lls of these matte: rs ot'diiTering ideals. the stntc and the Communist biogruplu~ ~lly lt~ad i ng through Johui·s duld· l'nny of Thnihlltd." Although th~ author sug­ hood, schooling. llfe as ft h e~dman. and 1hcn gct·ils conLnCL' with lhc CPT strengthened the le::tcler in demonstr:u ions fo r community l·brcstry Karen:( productioo sys.te:.m~ . the Sti.Ut , mostly rights and murc l m.'.U~ autonomy. through the Royal Forest Dcpnmnent nnd yari ­ t.HIS Rt,_yn l Fon:sl r\ c ts I hal C:J IJ fi.)r tll C rcloca Li.on \>f Lhc Kan:n. ha!<. po:-.cJ n 111r g r~a lcr threm IO 1h..: cOntinued exi~teuce of the Karens chere. 1\hon 1'/W~flkayo (The Pakakayo fK(II cnl 1\lthOtiSh the hook is now a fell years old. the People). Aangk<>k: Snngsan Pho Le Po, assJ.<ted ba~dc conditmns. tk ~l·n bccl n.:maiu muJ no other by Kalayu anJ Wir<.~sak Yotrubam. 19CJ6. 15:5. study of the p~011k there hns superseded it, pp. Pho (fmhen Le Pn is a K:1ren headrn:m from Muc Chm:m District of Chiung Mai. und just west of John i ·~ village. The tL·ml. Pt.akne-,·o (pro­ Kmtdtmwbltrf Sul.sa. Chao Th 11 i Clwasai nounced nwre like "Paka11ym····1n the non-Karen) A."arian~ Vm ('hangn·at Kmu:iuuwhw·i [Kan­ b tL~cd hy the Sgaw to rd'cr 10 tlu.·msd vc~.