Indawgyi Lake is famous for Shwe Myitzu Pagoda, a pilgrimage site for local Buddhists, accessible only by boat during most of the year. But it is also home to elephants, endangered hog deer, eastern hoolock gibbons and nearly 450 species of birds.
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[Editor’s note: Science writer Rachel Nuwer went to Myanmar to report on efforts to develop ecotourism there as a means of preserving the country’s remarkable biodiversity for her story in the May issue of Scientific American. Check out the slide show below for images from her trip. Her reporting for this story was paid for with a grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists.]
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