Original sentence: In more touristed areas, the Akha will often supplement their income through the sale of handicrafts and woven clothing made using traditional skills.Land rights and missionary efforts are particularly controversial in Thailand.Like many other hill tribes of the region they ave for many years also cultivated opium as an additional source of income, but the Thai government claims that several programmes in recent years have led to a decline in the production of the drug within Thai borders.The Akha generally live in bamboo houses raised on low wooden stilts in hilly areas, where they subsist through a [slash and burn]] rotation method of agriculture.There is controversy as to whether they are responsible for deforestation or actually preserve the environment, and over development projects which some regard as taking away the Akha's land.They are expert farmers and hunters
Edited sentence: (Re Education Camps).(questions regarding this practice can be sent to akha@akha.Akha traditional culture is threatened by western ignorance of what it is, and western christian missionaries who exploit the poverty of the Akha to press them into conversion.In more touristy areas, they will often supplement their income through the sale of handicrafts and woven clothing made using traditional skills.No further reference is made to what the location looked like while still under Akha control.Places that have been developed are rapidly depleted and degraded.The Akha are expert farmers and hunters.The Akha are lacking human rights protection.The Akha generally live in bamboo houses raised on low wooden stilts in hilly areas, where they subsist through a rotation method of agriculture and biodiversity.The Akha, like many other hill tribes of the region have, for many years, also cultivated opium as an additional source of income, but the Thai government claims that several programmes in recent years have led to a decline in the production of the drug within Thai borders.Their human rights situation is better in Laos (protected from the excesses of missionaries) and in Myanmar (less racism against them) than it is in Thailand where they have very little rights.Their land is regularly taken by the government but few mission organizations involve themselves in standing up for these rights while taking Akha children from their villages to mission compounds for indoctrination.While criticized for deforestation, this is usually a prelude to taking away their land for full on development of roads, neighborhoods, stores and excessive use of local resources