Saw John Bright is an indigenous/ethnic Karen and water governance programme coordinator at Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN), a community-based organisation working to gain respect for indigenous people’s knowledge and rights, and to achieve environmental sustainability, gender equality and local participation and ownership in the development process in the Salween river basin.
Indigenous understanding of Salween River key for biodiversity
When external experts interpret Indigenous knowledge without the context of Indigenous perception of reality (ontology), they fail to grasp its importance.
October 18, 2021