PHOTO ESSAY | The long road to rehabilitating Tasik Chini

Tasik Chini is Malaysia's second-largest natural lake in Malaysia. It has a unique ecology which Unesco declared a "biosphere reserve" in 2009.

However, rampant deforestation has caused hardship for the Orang Asli community in Tasik Chini and may threaten the "biosphere reserve" status when Unesco conducts its periodic review.

Currently, various authorities are trying to...