ISLP Myanmar Consultant, Laura Draper and ISLP volunteer Robert Mansell, traveled to Mae Sot, Thailand to meet with ISLP client the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) as well as representatives of the Karen National Union. ISLP advised attendees on international practices of regulating natural resource extraction.
About the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network:
KESAN is a community-based, non-governmental, non-profit organization that works to improve livelihood security and to gain respect for indigenous people’s knowledge and rights in Karen State of Burma.