Since February 2021, a brutal military junta has taken over Myanmar - on top of the raging COVID19 pandemic. Thanda Ko Gyi from the Myanmar Ocean Project shares the realities of conducting conservation work as a small organization in this difficult context. She has shown remarkable tenacity and conviction in her work on ghost gears and community engagement, all the more remarkable because she came into the field with no professional training. This is the first of 3 consecutive episodes focusing on Myanmar.

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