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Historic Win for Indigenous Peoples: DRC Enacts Inclusive Land-Use Planning Law

Credit: CRI/ONG and MEDO (via the République Démocratique du Congo project launch for the support and conservation of the forest capital of the Kingwaya community). Environmental Defenders (ED) warmly welcomes a historic milestone in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): the President of the DRC has signed into law the country’s first-ever national land-use planning […]

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Oil Drilling Threatens Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park

A feeder pipeline collecting crude oil from multiple well pads within Murchison Falls National Park and the sensitive Ramsar River Delta, channeling it toward the Central Processing Facility at Kasinyi in Ngwedu Sub-county, Buliisa District, as part of TotalEnergies’ controversial Tilenga oil project. This infrastructure raises severe ecological concerns due to its proximity to critical […]

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Status of biodiversity and habitat suitability mapping: potential corridor between Murchison Falls National Park and East- Madi Wildlife Reserve

Environmental Defenders is interested in identifying land suitable for the creation of a wildlife migration corridor within the former controlled hunting area (Aswa-Lolim/ Kilak) located between Murchison Falls National Park and East Madi Wildlife Reserve. As such, we used habitat suitability mapping, ground truthing and literature review to assess the current potential of the former […]