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Henry Ram Thung Lian Za was born at Baltimore's St. Agnes Hospital, with his father, an interpreter and a labor companion, by his mother's side.
Motherhood links refugees in USA, their adopted country 2011
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Henry Ram Thung Lian Za was born at Baltimore's St. Agnes Hospital, with his father, an interpreter and a labor companion, by his mother's side.
Motherhood links refugees in USA, their adopted country 2011
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Despite being the largest conservation area in Thailand, Thung Yai receives roughly the same allocation of manpower and money as sanctuaries half its size.
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Similarly, it is envisaged that Thai villages established in the proposed buffer zone around the Thung Yai-Huai Kha Khaeng sanctuary complex will also be resettled.
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Thung Yai Naresuan has 6 officials, 13 rangers and about 150 guards.
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The justification for the inscription of the Thung Yai-Huai Kha Khaeng sanctuary complex on the World Heritage List, argues that the site is biogeographically unique, capable of sustaining flora and fauna indefinitely, of exceptional natural beauty and scientific value, and includes very high biological diversity.
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Both Thung Yai and Huai Kha Khaeng are considered key sites for the conservation of lowland and montane bird species and Thung Yai contains the largest and least disturbed expanse of riverine forest in Thailand.
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In addition, Thung Yai adjoins Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary to the north (251,600 ha), which has been demarcated but not yet gazetted, and Bung Kroeng Kawia Non-Hunting Area (51,200 ha) and Khao Laem proposed National Park (122,300 ha) to the south.
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The fauna of both Thung Yai and Huai Kha Khaeng includes an unusual mix of species with primarily Sundaic, Indo-Chinese, Indo-Burmese and Sino-Himalayan affinities, many of whose ranges do not overlap.
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Since 1987, 2-3 Hmong villages have been moved each year to Phop Phra district in Tak province, about 80km north of the Thung Yai-Huai Kha Khaeng sanctuary complex.
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