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Tapahtumapaikka: University of Helsinki, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40, B310 (Lecture room 11)
Indigenous Studies Seminar, University of Helsinki
Guest lecture by Paul Sein Twa, KESAN
The Salween Peace Park empowers Indigenous Karen communities to guide local development and conservation in line with traditional knowledge and cultural practices. By basing local governance in the hands of the community, the Salween Peace Park enables the conservation of nature and Karen culture, and the pursuit of a peaceful and stable life for local communities, something that is denied to them by the Myanmar military.
Indigenous leader Paul Sein Twa spent his childhood in a refugee camp, the result of decades-long conflict in his native Myanmar. Seeking to preserve the environment and Karen culture, Paul led his people to establish a 1.35-million-acre [548,595 ha] peace park in the Salween River basin in 2018, a major victory for peace and conservation in Myanmar. He is the co-founder of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) and president of the Salween Peace Park. Paul won the Goldman Prize for Asia in 2020.
Event is co-organised by the Siemenpuu Foundation and the Indigenous Studies of the University of Helsinki.
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