Thailand
The most prosperous country in the Mekong region, Thailand also has the longest-standing land policy and practices, including an uninterrupted tradition of private land ownership.
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Total population
69,428,524
Urban population
50 %
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Area in deals
284,225 ha
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There Has Been Blood
3 August 2021
The global thirst for palm oil has never been more ravenous. Caught between it and a multigenerational war on Thailand’s poor are the farmers of the Southern Peasants’ Federation, who simply want a piece of land to call their own. Main photo: Palm tree jungles and the mountains of Surat Thani…
Thailand: Land Rights Activist Gunned Down
10 May 2021
(New York) – Thai authorities should immediately investigate the killing of Somsak Onchuenjit, a lawyer and land rights activist, in Trang province in southern Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today. Successive Thai governments have failed to prevent or adequately respond to attacks against human…
Job Opportunity: Communications and Event Management Specialist
17 February 2021
MRLG is hiring a Communications and Event Management for Specialist for the Mekong Region Land Forum 2021. MRLG and its partners successfully organized two Regional Land Forums, first in Hanoi in 2016 and then Bangkok in 2018. The second Regional Land Forum, co-organized with the Food and…
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A Story about Maize: Tracing a value chain from land-use to supermarket shelf
13 May 2022
This Land Portal data story looks at the increase of maize production in and around Thailand, and its relation to a poultry value chain as an ingredient in animal feed.
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3rd Mekong Regional Land Forum
Home Agenda Speakers Voices REGISTER! State of Land in the Mekong Region Land tenure in Mekong forest landscapes: advancing the recognition of customary rights and responsible investment practices Online 26-27 May 2021 Recent global disruptions…
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