In conclusion, this chapter illustrates that on the ground practices of land and forest management are not necessarily consistent with the global fashion of conservation, the state regime, or the claim of broader social movements. Although the Pa Bong community is a member of the Northern Farmer Network (NFN), the negotiating strategies of Pa Bong villagers are not the same as those of the NFN and the social movements that the NFN is involved with. Some conceptions and practices contributed by the NFN are manipulated and implemented on the ground, while those that created problems at the local level are ignored. One of the factors is that local politics is markedly different from national eco-politics. Although the activities of national level organizations help to limit the state coercion and violation in the policy level, at the local level, villagers still face particular socio-ecological conditions which need different coping strategies. Moreover, a local community is far from isolated and homogenous. The imposition of a community-based approach might not be appropriate without relevance to the power relations within the community members and between community members and outsiders.