Myanmar: Myanmar Parks Could Stop Thousands of Karen Refugees Returning Home

Feb 21, 2018 | Jared Ferrie, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Plans to protect swathes of mountainous jungle in Myanmar could prevent refugees from returning and uproot 16,000 people living within the proposed boundaries of two parks, campaigners said. The parks, totaling 1.3 million acres (5,260 square km), could threaten livelihoods in 55 indigenous villages in the Tanintharyi Region, according to a report by the Conservation Alliance of Tanawthari (CAT), an advocacy group.