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What went wrong with conservation at Kahuzi-Biega National Park and how to transform it (commentary)

A chief from the Bakanga clan of Batwa living within view of Mount Kahuzi was asked in the 1970s to help delineate a boundary using surveyor’s chains. He agreed, not knowing that he was being made to participate in sealing his own fate. According to his son, by the time he understood what was happening, […]

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Mongabay's Top 10 Indigenous News Stories of 2021

To date, 2021 has proved to be one of the most consequential years for Indigenous rights and participation in global climate and conservation efforts. As biodiversity loss mounted and urgency was added to mitigating climate change, Indigenous environmental stewardship was put centre-stage, conservation efforts continued to displace communities, and extractive industries resumed operations on ancestral […]

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Deadly raids are latest case of abuse against Indigenous Batwa in DRC park, groups say

A series of raids by soldiers and rangers in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kahuzi-Biega National Park have left one Indigenous man dead and a pregnant woman missing, feared burned alive in her home, activists have reported. Two other women were also reportedly injured in the joint operation between Nov. 12 and 14 on two […]

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African human rights organisations call on Uganda to en...

African human rights organisations call on Uganda to en...
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Statement: Protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a broken system - Democratic Republic of the Congo


Statement: Protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a broken system
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Peoples and ecosystems in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being failed by the way conservation is practised. Indigenous Peoples and local communities face frequent threats of intimidation, torture, beatings, sexual violence and death at the hands of ecoguards and militias. In parts of eastern Congo, protected area ecoguards face the same at the hands of armed groups. Meanwhile, wildlife and habitats are not being protected, species loss is occurring at an unprecedented rate, and communities who were displaced when their lands were declared protected areas continue to be landless and live in abject poverty, decades later. It is well past time for the adoption of a new model in which the Indigenous Peoples and local communities whose traditional lands are home to Congo's extraordinary biodiversity once again play a central role in nurturing it.

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Statement: Protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a broken system

Statement: Protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a broken system
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