Thailand’s last hunter-gatherers seek rights to what they consider their ancestral land

For centuries, the Maniq people have lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers in Thailand’s southern rainforests. They have adapted to life in the forest, hunting and gathering across the seasons. But the lure of a settled life is changing their ancestral ways, and the Maniq people who step into a new world are now fighting for the right to own the land that has been their home for generations.