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Empowering Environmental Defenders and Indigenous Communities in Ituri

The Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), part of the wider Albertine Rift, is facing increasing pressure from land grabs and large-scale extractive projects. Cross-border oil developments like Uganda’s Tilenga project and the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) threaten local ecosystems and communities around Lake Albert, yet Congolese indigenous people have largely been excluded from […]

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Voices of defenders – Beatrice Rukanyanga

Beatrice has in-depth knowledge of the ecological system of the land in which she lives, understanding its most recent threats and sharing her indigenous knowledge. Through her voice we will discover her actions for climate justice, from campaigning in defense of the Bugoma forest to the use of traditional and indigenous techniques of conservation agriculture.