Community
Mel people
Indigenous people of northern Kratie Province
The Mel people are an Indigenous people of northern Kratie Province, Cambodia.[1][2] They live along the Krieng River, downriver from the Kroul people.[1]
Population
The Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Rural Development’s 2020 planning framework gives 1,697 Mel in 2008 and 1,905 in 2013.[2] The 2023 water-security planning framework gives an undated estimate of about 3,000 Mel.[1]
Way of life
Most Mel grow rice and raise cattle, which they sell to Khmer buyers.[1] They also resell forest products bought from Kroul and L’moon communities to Khmer buyers.[1] Mel and Kroul speakers use Khmer to talk to one another because their languages are not mutually intelligible.[1]
References 2
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia Water Security Improvement Project (P176615): Indigenous Peoples Planning Framework, draft for consultation (September 8, 2023)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Rural Development, Cambodia Sustainable Landscape and Ecotourism Project (CSLEP): Indigenous People Planning Framework (IPPF) (February 2020)
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