The EcoTipping Points Project

Models for Success in a Time of Crisis

Photos Reversing Tropical Deforestation (Thailand)

Story Overview: The adoption of agroforestry farming and communally-managed forests empower impoverished villagers to optimize their resources, both natural and human.
Read the associated story: Reversing Tropical Deforestation (Thailand)
Photos by Amanda Suutari and Mary Conran | Feel free to download photos | Please credit photographer/website
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Community leaders reminiscing — Community leaders

Sign outside of community forest — Community forest sign

In the community forest — Community forest

Irrigation pond

Aquaculture

Mulch on the soil — Soil mulch

Papaya tree

Pond bank

Thanawm Chuwaingan

Watching fish. Saksith Meankul and Thanawm Chuwaingan in front of the fish pond. — Watching fish

Farm panorama

Under the shelter

Thanawm Chuwaingan's home — Chuwaingan's home

'Kitchen garden'

Forest path

Community forest

Phai Sali village road — Village road

From the road

Another view of above — Agroforestry landscape

Bridge to 'island'

'Island' bank

Banana tree

Additional Photos from June, 2009 - Mary Conran

Post-Fieldwork Group Photo: Aek, Village Leader and His Wife, Ann — Post-Fieldwork Group

Village Leaders Home — Village Leader's Home

Fenced Rice Fields at Village Leaders Home — Fenced Rice Fields

Pond in the middle of rice fields on village leaders property — Rice field pond

Solar Panels in the Middle of Rice Fields, Next to Pond on Village Leaders Property — Solar Panels

Cows grazing the land — Grazing cows

Spirit House in Ajaan Thanawms Garden — Spirit House

Fresh Coconut!

Collecting Morning Glory from Pond — Collecting Morning Glory

Crabs from pond