13 product s. Greenhouse gas em ission from burning can be reduced and st ored longer in t he
product w hich is am ong one of t he 5 carbon pools. 2. For clim at e change adapt at ion, t he com m unit y should conserve t he local plant species and
st ock food seeds such as rice, veget ables, t aro, pot at o, et c. This is needed for cult ivat ion during t he period of clim at e variabilit y. M oreover, t he st aple food and usable w ood plant at ion is
recom m ended t o supplem ent t he nat ural forest s around t he com m unit y in t he form of agro- forest ry w hich can be a reserved food source.
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IX. Annex
Annex 1. Synergies and collaborations Karen Local Community-based Netw ork in Samoeng District
Synergies and collaborat ions w it h t he local com m unit y-based net w ork of five ham let s in M ae Lan Kham : t he five hamlet s have already est ablished com m on regulat ions t o collect ively m anage t heir land and
nat ural resources in M ae Lan Kham w at ershed area, but w it h IKAP as a project coordinat ion part ner, t hey have furt her opport unit ies t o m eet , exchange know ledge, and im plem ent joint act ivit ies. Having
IKAP as a part ner helps t hem engage m ore act ively in t he land and nat ural resour ces m anagem ent NRM in a variet y of w ays and act ivit y t ypes e.g. in carbon assessm ent processes; it also st rengt hens
t heir w at ershed m anagem ent e.g. t hrough net w orking agreement s t o revise regulat ions for NRM , and adds t he t ool of locally-appropriat e adapt at ion and m it igation act ions LAAM As t o t heir already rich
sust ainable pract ices. This em powers not only t he M ae Lan Kham w at ershed net w ork but also t he w ider net w ork in M ae Khan w at ershed area t hat covers 15 com m unit ies in t w o sub-dist rict s, Sam oeng Tai and
Bo Kaew , in Sam oeng dist rict , Chiang M ai province. The Local Community- based Netw ork of Karen People on Rotational Farming and Environment in
Thailand
M ae Khan w at ershed net w ork has already been connect ed t o ot her ones in nort hern Thailand on t he issues of NRM and LAAM As. St ill, t he project has creat ed addit ional oppor t unit ies for t hem t o
st rengt hen t heir int erconnect ions w it h even m ore netw orks in t he nort hern region such as M ae Wang w at ershed net w ork and Highland Chom Thong w at ershed net w ork, bot h in Chiang M ai and in ot her
provinces Chiang Rai, M ae Hong Son, Tak, Lam pun and Lam pang, for joint act ivities bet w een t he M ae Lan Kham project and Nort hern Farm ers Net w ork NFN.
The com m unit y-based Karen net w orks in Thailand have est ablished t he Karen Net w ork for Cult ure and Environm ent KNCE organizat ion. In t he course of t he collaborat ion of M ae Lan Kham project w it h KNCE
and t hrough a Karen forum , t he NRM net w ork ‘The Karen Net w ork on Environm ent and Rot at ional Farm ing in Thailand’ has been formed. This has developed t he m echanism s and t he plan t o connect
Karen net w orks all over Thailand on t he issues of NRM and LAAM As.
Other synergies and joint activities of the project w ith various Thai government authorities
The project has joint ly w orked w it h t he National Com mit t ee for t he Cabinet Resolut ion on t he Recovering of Karen Livelihoods August 3, 2010 on a variet y of act ivit ies t o prom ot e and enhance t he
Karen pract ice of rot at ional farm ing and NRM . At nat ional level, it has been recognized by governm ent aut horit ies in various relat ed m inist ries e.g. M inist ry of Environm ent , M inist ry of Int erior, M inist ry of
Educat ion, M inist ry of Securit y and Hum an Developm ent and M inist ry of Cult ure. M eanw hile, t he pract ice of Rot at ional Farm ing has been approved and declared by t he M inist ry of
Cult ure as National Int angible Cult ural Herit age. This out com e cam e from local init iat ives and cam paigns t hat scaled up t o nat ional level.
According t o t he Asian Social Forest ry Net w ork ASFN, IKAP has learnt a lot on LAAM As from ASFN forum s and act ivit ies in t he last t w o years, and it has t he pot ent ial t o present and prom ot e t he pract ice
of Rot at ional Farm ing t hrough LAAM As, as well as relat ed pract ices in different fields. For exam ple, as a m em ber of ASFN net w ork in Thailand, IKAP has been invit ed by t he Forest Depart m ent , M inist ry of
Environm ent , t o t he 2013 annual m eet ing on ‘Forest ry research on Sust ainable Product ion and
