Inle Lake — one of Myanmar's most prominent tourist attractions — is experiencing environmental deterioration due to pollution of the lake's water, sediment deposition, and other factors. Changes in the living habits and agricultural customs of the residents living on and around the lake are thought to be behind this environmental deterioration. However, there is almost no data to verify this.
Therefore, environmental research and environmental awareness surveys will be conducted, and remedies will be considered based on analysis of the findings. Furthermore, a pilot project will be conducted together with residents, in which the effectiveness of remedies will be evaluated, and more effective solutions will be established. This will be proposed as: "the Inle Lake model — a citizen participation type method for cyclic environmental improvement" [No. R16-0022]