Deal #3378 Version #60440

All the 17 families in Ban Danh village depend on the forest. Says Mr. Pun Tai, 65 year of age: ‘Thanks to the forest I can earn some money from chopping down reeds and drying them to sell. If foreigners cut down all bamboos and reeds to grow eucalyptus, how can we make a living then? We have been living from the forest for a long time and we cannot give it to them (foreigners)’. Ban Danh villagers also worry that they may lose their only pasture land.

Leasing forest in Ha Lau commune, InnovGreen promised to build roads and create jobs for local people, but until now the ten kilometer road to Ban Danh village is still a rough dirt road.