In response to the threats posed by land and natural resource intensive industries, the local communities have come together to protect their livelihoods and the ecological integrity of the Daw Lar Lake area through the Community Based Water Governance process, supported by KESAN. CBWG is a process designed to assist project-affected or potentially affected communities to better understand their rights to water, land, and related natural resources; the long-term livelihoods security which would accrue to them; and to be able to influence decision-making at different levels over water and other natural resource management.