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Southern Alternative Agriculture Network

Welcome to SAAN

August 1 1999

The somewhat irregular
SAANTI-DHARMA NEWSLETTER

SAAN Activities

Hat Yai-Satun Green Market opens

The Chiang Mai Demonstration

On May 18-19 1999 a group of hilltribespeople were forcefully evicted from a peaceful demonstration they were conducting; the media had very little to say about it. We give a couple of reports here.

Chronology
Natural Scapegoats - why are hill tribes unjustly looked down upon?

The Anchovy Blockade

Fishermen stage blockade in south - the beginning.
Press Release -of the Federation of Small Scale Fisherfolk in southern Thailand.
Letter from the Federation to various embassies
Blinded by the light - commentary on sharing a resource and using it sustainably.
Fishermen vow to take protest to UN
Hurry while stocks last... - editorial demanding conservation.
Panel promises realistic solution - but not possible to please everyone, they say.

Opinion

The folk who feed us are suffering...
What Asia can expect from US Treasury's new Czar.. commentary by Walden Bello
It's our very lives they place at risk... Sanitsuda Ekachai on the government's plan to open watershed forests to mining exploration.

The GMO Issues get some attention...

People power vs the gene giants
The Prince of Wales speaks on GMO - the famous article from the Daily Mail

Rural life and Thai society

Victims of their own success - the Yang tree is too useful!

Down on the farm - when life was sure, families united...

Rapid rural reform necessay - or many face homelessness; seminar.

New Features, Special Reports, whatever's left...

Forests face ruin say opponents if new bill passed - Community Forestry Bill update
Life provides rich study... Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, a noted scholar working with communities.
Back to our roots - profile of an academic rural activist
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Supply - policies of the National Farmer's Union in Canada.
Funding for the future - parts of an interview with the Thailand World Bank Director - judge for yourself.
Yadana pipeline update - more delays...

When you leave here....

Will GM crops deliver benefits to farmers? - a section of the Wessex, England, branch of the Natural Law Party page; very lengthy, with much good material and links.
Promoting Sustainable Agriculture - again, from the Natural Law Party, but worth mentioning because of the content.

Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Environment - we mentioned this the last issue, Vandana Shiva's organisation, but this is a new address and new site, with a lot of good material, esp. on Monsanto.

The Prince of Wales - Speeches: Questions about GMO - the Prince is quite a friend of SA, and here are a number of his speeches, etc.

Big Issues - Agriculture - a Oneworld page with many useful articles on various aspects of current S/AA issues.

Big Issues - Fair Trade - another Oneworld page with many useful articles on Fair Trade - well worth a look.

Next Update: sooooooooon

SAAN
1. SAANTI-DHARMA, the philosophy of SAAN, closely tied to the values and beliefs of Buddhism - fostering a strong, peaceful, self-reliant community; also see our collection of articles by noted Buddhist scholar-activist Sulak Sivaraksa for more on Buddhist society in modern Thailand.

2. What is Alternative Agriculture anyway? We try to explain it here, for those who might be curious.

3. SAAN networks with many other similar groups in Thailand and around the world, in support of sustainable agriculture and development.

4. Thai Life and Advocacy Features gathers various features of longer-term interest from the Saanti-Dharma newsletter and other sources.

Newsletter Archives

May peace be with you all

For more information about SAAN, you can write to:
Southern Alternative Agriculture Network
1/2 Moo 2, Tambon Tung Nui, Amphur Kuan KaLong
Satun 91130, Thailand
or email SAAN at
kumrab@hatyai.inet.co.th

We are constantly trying to improve these pages to be of the most use to those groups and individuals in Thailand and around the world who promote alternative agriculture. If you have any comments about this site, or suggestions or questions, please contact the SAAN Novice Sitemaster.

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