Increasing resilience for human and environmental security

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Building resilience for human and environmental security

Our Mission

Protect and defend the natural environment, as well as the people and wildlife that rely on it.

Our Vision

Create an environment that is safe, healthy, and ecologically sound for both people and wildlife.

About Us

Environmental Defenders is an environmental conservation and human rights organization dedicated to protecting biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples’ rights. We work in the Albertine Rift region, specifically the Murchison-Semliki, Greater Virunga, and Ituri landscapes, spanning the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, within the broader Congo Basin.

We foster resilience for both environmental and human security. We assist marginalized Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities in the Albertine Rift region to live sustainably and safeguard their cultural practices, water sources, lands, and the surrounding environment.

About us

The Environmental Defenders(ED) is an ecofeminist and collaborative environmental justice organization that protect biodiversity and defend Indigenous People’s rights. ED is dedicated to building resilience for human and environmental security, helping marginalized Indigenous Peoples and communities make a sustainable living and protect their water sources, land, and the local environment.

Based in Uganda and is active in the Albertine Rift region and the Congo Basin.ED strengthens the resilience of individuals and communities to withstand environmental shocks.

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We support gender equality and reduce deforestation to mitigate climate change
We preserve land and increase biodiversity.
We support WEHRD's on stress management and well-being, including through psychosocial support, wellbeing, and advice at local levels
Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders discusses Free, Prior and Informed Consent during training workshop on physical security
We conduct awareness and education on environmental justice and women rights using radio talk shows
Capacity building workshop for Women Land and Environmental activists in Biiso Buliisa
Group photo of WEHRD's after a training workshop on digital and physical security in Buliisa district
We support women to participate in international and national events such as Womens Day
Digital security training for Environmental activists and Land rights defenders in Hoima district
Group photo of Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders and land rights activists after a training on digital and physical protection
We collect seeds and preserve native plants in tree nurseries
We conduct environmental conservation awareness and education
We establish demonstration plots and train smallholders on good agricultural and climate smart practices
We grow trees to safeguard biodiversity, protect nature, and fight climate change
We promote sustainable and climate smart agricultural practices for conservation agriculture and agroecology principles
We restore important habitats for biodiversity and climate

Our Programs

Biodiversity and Climate

Environmental Human Rights Defenders

Livelihood & Security

Community Media