Tap Tawan’s seafarers face challenges from modernisation as their bond with nature fades and economic needs threaten the community’s traditional way of life.

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Hong Kong

‘New tsunami’ rocks livelihoods of Thai sea nomads who survived 2004 disaster

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They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to preserve both sea life — and their livelihood.

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Fishermen, known as 'Sea Nomads,' dive to protect ocean life in Madagascar

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It was the story of the “Laboon” – the seven-layered wave – that saved the sea nomads of Tap Tawan in Thailand’s Phang Nga province when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck two decades ago, Witawas Thepsong says. The Laboon had hit the coast in earlier centuries and was remembered in the folklore of the Moklen and other nomadic fishing communities – a survival guide passed on through generations. When the sea receded in the moments before the tsunam…

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‘New tsunami’ rocks livelihoods of Thai sea nomads who survived 2004 disaster

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