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This photo taken on October 18, 2023 shows men collecting aquatic vegetation for use on their floating farm on Inle Lake in southern Shan State. Floating farms have become as ubiquitous on Myanmar's Inle Lake as its famed houses on stilts and leg-rowing fishermen, but locals warn they are slowly choking the UNESCO-recognised reserve. The ever-expanding farms are eating up surface area, sending chemical runoff into the waters, and clogging the picturesque site with discarded plant matter, opponents say. (Photo by SAI AUNG MAIN / AFP) / To go with AFP story Myanmar-environment-water-pollution-farms, FOCUS