The Karen have had their traditional methods of soil, water and forest management for a long time. Karen villagers have been in complementary existence with nature. The villagers use their belief system as a law to control resource management. Therefore, forest areas in their thinking system have levels of utilization. Certain areas are forbidden to be exploited because it is believed to be an abode of gods, while others are used for a collective food source for the community, and every individual has a duty to look after them. Such a relationship enables Karen villagers to co-exist with lush and abundant forests in their villages. However, subsequent state intervention has changed the methods of resource management of the villagers. Their indigenous methods are viewed as illegal and new technology has been brought in, altering the relationship between nature and the villagers.