Myanmar: Amid Tensions in Myanmar, an Indigenous Park of Peace Is Born

Nov 30, 2020 | Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
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The Salween Peace Park is being lauded as a model for conservation that draws less on Western science and more on ethnic cultural traditions of foraging for wild foods, taboos on hunting, and forest-friendly farming. In recognition, the Goldman Environmental Prize is being awarded this week to the park’s president and founder, Paul Sein Twa, who calls it “Indigenous self-determination and community protection of natural and cultural heritage.”