In this March 2020 photo provided by the Southern Youth Development Organization, community members check information contained in a poster they produced which documents local fish, before publication, in the Lenya area of the Tanintharyi region in southern Myanmar. After learning about the UN’s “Ridge to Reef” conservation project, indigenous land rights activists spent nearly a year consulting with local communities to develop an alternative proposal for a landscape conserved by indigenous people, outlining techniques used for generations, including land and forest administration as well as traditional customs and practices that safeguard biodiversity. (Southern Youth Development Organization via AP)
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