To counter unsustainable and destructive development projects that will destroy local heritage, cultures, environment and the sustainable livelihoods of local people, KESAN works with local people from 17 villages in the Tanintharyi region in the to help them establish a broader landscape level conserved area where the people have the rights to manage their territory, biodiversity, culture, their traditional way of life and decide the model of development they want. This project involves assisting communities and working with the KFD to carry out participatory mapping and demarcation of land, and strengthening community natural resource management.