Thanakrit Thongfa Email & Phone Number

เชียงใหม่, ประเทศไทย

Chiang Mai, Thailand

I now work at EarthRights International, where I do community organizing with a focus on Community Health Impact Assessment work and youth. I also help other ERI staff coordinate trainings with communities on legal issues and transboundary impacts, and organize exchanges between communities who are facing the same earth rights abuses.Key Highlights:- Managed community legal cases for Lua ethnic minority in Nan (900 villagers), & Karen indigenouspeople in Omkoi, Chiang Mai (400 villagers)- Fought for rights against big development projects: Coal mining & Hydropower- Community Organizing: Identified community needs & nurtured community youth leaders- Conducted Community Health Impact Assessment- Organised events for 4,000+ people & involving multiple villages, e.g. legal trainings, public forumshttps://earthrights.org/about/team/tanakrit-thongfa/

Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand

R2S explores major challenges that the ethnic minority people are facing in the climate change crisis through the destructive projects, laws, and policies that produce a long-lasting impact and result in a violation of the ethnic minority rights. The negative impact of the climate crisis and related policies affect such important areas as farming, food and land security, natural resources, biodiversity of ecosystems, water resources, and forests, as well as the livelihoods of the ethnic communities. Being guided by their own culture and traditional wisdom, ethnic communities were always self-reliant and exercised moderate use of abundant natural resources. Since most of the ethnic communities come from minority groups, they do not have enough voices and platforms to raise up their challenges in public spaces. R2S project is working to protect the rights of the indigenous people and to create a platform to raise awareness on the impact of climate change and advocate for accountability on the use of natural resources by other actors. Our approach to the use of natural resources, and environmental preservation has a profound impact on our planet. To effectively tackle the climate crisis, we need to take action now. We advocate for fair policies, climate justice, and non-discrimination for the world where decisions are driven by equity, rule of law, and awareness of the conscious use of natural resources and the potential of renewable energy for the safer future of our planet and the generations to come.

Montana, United States

Thanakrit was selected to be the Thai delegate on the 5-week program helmed by the Mansfield Center, University of Montana, Missoula. He completed the professional fellowship with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality in Helena, Montana. He also attended the Professional Fellows Congress held in Washington D.C.

Kanchanaburi, Thailand

Working with Youth of Klity group (Klity Lang D-jung) at Klity village, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, focused on cultural and traditional of Poe Karen. I actively monitor the ongoing environmental issues to help the villagers in my community have a clean river, clean environment, and fish without lead. The government still cleaning up our river. The one of the important things that we want is a new young generation to keep monitoring, following up with the case, and keep conserving our Karen cultural, traditional, livelihood, and Karen language.Key Highlights: - Nurtured 70 youths to become community leaders- Produced official documentation of pollution for Pollution Control Department of Thailand- Drove progress of administrative and civil case with lawyers, academics, activists, & engineers- Coordinated the restoration of Klity Creek - Organised trainings on cultural conservation

Bangkok, Thailand

I served as a human rights volunteer lawyer under the Thai volunteer service program for one year. I was mainly focused on issues related to environment & community organizing. I also supported the community & Civil Society Organization to drive activities.

Certificate Of Education, Human Rights And Environmental Rights

“I love community because community teach me how to protect the Earth. All you have to do is to think BIG and be BOLD to do so.” The past.

For Mid-Level Human Rights Professionals

For Legal Advocates On Human Rights & The Environment

Faculty Of Law, Law, 2.92

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, Civil And Commercial Law