This research is conducted based on Karen Indigenous knowledge obtained from the people residing along the valley of Bweloklo River (Yuzalin) and its tributaries, in the Salween Peace Park. The information is collected using local knowledge, and compiled during the survey by local villagers, facilitated by the KESAN women’s research team and implemented jointly by the local Kawthoolei Forest Department and Kawthoolei livestock and fisheries department staff. The objective of this first inclusive fish inventory survey is to inform all stakeholders, to help build their capacity for quantitative and qualitative information about fisheries ecology and social economics, together providing better fisheries management, water quality management and conservation practices to be able to sustain fisheries utilizations for both physical and spiritual purposes.
