Kathmandu, June 29 -- Barsha Rh Lekhi works at the intersection of climate change, biodiversity conservation, and indigenous rights. She believes that what preserves a community is not infrastructure alone, but shared worldviews and the celebration of ceremonies and rituals.

Lekhi holds over seven years of experience with UNESCO, UNDP, and indigenous organisations in Nepal and across Asia, and has recently led research on the impacts of glacial lake outburst on the living heritage of Thame in the Khumbu region of Nepal for UNESCO. She was also crowned Miss Nepal International in 2016.

In this conversation with the Post's Jony Nepal, she explores her journey at UNESCO Nepal, where she leads the Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Prog...