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Pwak’nyaw (also known as S’gaw Karen) people living at this site in Myanmar, located on a tributary of the Salween River, use their Indigenous knowledge to obtain food. Credit - Paul Sein Twa/KESAN
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Both biodiversity and the people in river-associated communities are under severe stress the world over. Across the globe, 30% of freshwater fish are classified as being at risk...Populations of river fish are threatened by pressures on land and water resources. Networks of reserves managed by Indigenous people at community level offer a way to conserve fish diversity and enhance yields of nearby fisheries.

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