THAILAND

Uphill fight means 'people's bills' remain a pipedream

Spectrum, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 04/03/2012

» In 2005, Prue Odochao and 90 other forest dwellers made the long march from Chiang Mai to Bangkok's parliament building to voice their opposition to a bill that they had first submitted in 1999. They said the amendments to their community forest draft bill by MPs and senators violated the spirit of the draft, which was intended to formalise community management of forests, a way of life in forested areas for centuries.