BSc, University of British Columbia

I am in the final year of my Masters under the main supervision of Prof. Janette Bulkan and the co-supervisions of Prof. Terry Sunderland and Prof. Suwichan Phattanapraiwan. The current title of my project is “Assessing the resilience of a Pga’knyaw/Karen community forest in using rotational farming as a form of forest management: a case study of Ban Klang, Lampang, Thailand”. My interest in Indigenous community forest governance stemmed from my Karen heritage and upbringing in Northwest Thailand. That, combined with a B.Sc in Natural Resource Conservation from UBC, shaped the direction of my thesis. The final aim is to apply concepts from a socio-ecological systems framework to better understand the progression of Indigenous community rights in 1) governing their customary land and 2) maintaining their forest-based livelihoods. Throughout my thesis work I have also been a teaching assistant for Prof. Bulkan’s undergraduate courses of Community Forestry and Aboriginal Forestry.

Keywords:
community resilience; forest governance, Thai forest policy; Pga’knyaw Karen; forest-based livelihoods; rotational farming; socio-ecological system;

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Awards and Distinctions:

Mary and David Macaree Fellowship (2019)