# Environmental Defenders: Protecting Nature, Defending Rights\.

> Safeguarding and defending natural ecosystems and biodiversity while upholding and advocating for human and environmental rights in Africa\.

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## Pages
- [Biodiversity and climate](https://watetezi.org/biodiversity-and-climate/)
- [Home](https://watetezi.org/)
- [Contact us](https://watetezi.org/contact-us/)
- [Community media](https://watetezi.org/community-media/)
- [Reports](https://watetezi.org/reports/)

## Posts
- [2025 Kilimo Environmental Prize Laureates: A Collective Chapter of Environmental Justice, Resilience and Hope](https://watetezi.org/2025-kilimo-environmental-prize-laureates-a-collective-chapter-of-environmental-justice-resilience-and-hope/)
- [Seed banking: Protecting natural forests, protecting land, safeguarding species, preventing extinction, and improving livelihoods](https://watetezi.org/seed-banking-protecting-natural-forests-protecting-land-safeguarding-species-preventing-extinction-and-improving-livelihoods/)
- [Guardians of the Wild, rangers at the frontlines of nature and climate](https://watetezi.org/guardians-of-the-wild-rangers-at-the-frontlines-of-nature-and-climate/): Nwoya, Uganda – At dawn on the edge of Nyamukino Reserve in Nwoya District, ranger Ana moves silently through mist\-laden savannah woodlands, boots damp with dew and ash from an overnight bushfire\.
- [Environmental Defenders Train 26 Journalists from Mahagi, Ituri Province, on Biodiversity, Climate and Public Health](https://watetezi.org/environmental-defenders-train-26-journalists-from-mahagi-ituri-province-on-biodiversity-climate-and-public-health/)
- [Environmental Defenders \(ED\) Begins Community Forestry Consultations on Ituri’s Lendu Plateau](https://watetezi.org/environmental-defenders-ed-begins-community-forestry-consultations-on-ituris-lendu-plateau/)

## Awardees
- [Chief Oscar Unencan Chobidongo](https://watetezi.org/awardee/chief-oscar-unencan-chobidongo/)
- [Pacuwegi Oneranda \(Aceronga\)](https://watetezi.org/awardee/pacuwegi-oneranda-aceronga/)
- [Okumu Yozenia Uguti](https://watetezi.org/awardee/okumu-yozenia-uguti/)
- [Unega Michel](https://watetezi.org/awardee/unega-michel/)
- [Notre Dame de Logo Parish](https://watetezi.org/awardee/notre-dame-de-logo-parish/)

## Podcast
- [Voices of defenders – Janepher Baitwamasa](https://watetezi.org/podcast/voices-of-defenders-janepher-baitwamasa/)
- [Voices of defenders – Edna Piyic](https://watetezi.org/podcast/voices-of-defenders-edna-piyic/)
- [Voices of defenders – Jolly Bategeka](https://watetezi.org/podcast/voices-of-defenders-jolly-bategeka/)
- [Voices of defenders – Dinah Afoyorwoth](https://watetezi.org/podcast/voices-of-defenders-dinah-afoyorwoth/)
- [Voices of defenders \- Beatrice Rukanyanga](https://watetezi.org/podcast/voices-of-defenders-beatrice-rukanyanga/)

## Reports
- [Status Of Biodiversity and Habitat Suitability Mapping: Potential Corridor Between Murchison Falls National Park And East\- Madi Wildlife Reserve](https://watetezi.org/report/status-biodiversity-habitat-sustainability-mapping/)
- [Interactive Report On The Livelihood Of The Fisherwomen Of Lake Albert On The Border Between Uganda and Dr Congo](https://watetezi.org/report/livelihood-fisherwomen-lake-albert/)
- [Interactive Report Exposing Environmental Crimes Perpetrated Between 2018\-2023 On The Rutshuru\-ishasha Road Axis In The North\-Kivu Province Of DR Congo](https://watetezi.org/report/environmental-crimes-2018-2023-north-kivu-dr-congo/)
- [Interactive Report on the Livelihood of the Fisherwomen of Bagira and Kadutu Landing Sites, Lake Kivu, DR Congo](https://watetezi.org/report/agathe-matriarch-juu-ya-maji/)
- [Towards A Food Sovereignty Strategy To Strengthen Food Security\. A Model For Albertine Region](https://watetezi.org/report/food-security-albertine-region/)

## Staff
- [Nassali Edith Pretty](https://watetezi.org/staff/nassali-edith-pretty/)
- [Lonyo Sarah Solomon](https://watetezi.org/staff/lonyo-sarah-solomon/)
- [Warom Samuel Jariekong’a](https://watetezi.org/staff/warom-samuel-jariekonga/)
- [Kacwinyrwoth Oscar](https://watetezi.org/staff/kacwinyrwoth-oscar/)
- [Uguti Upar Justin](https://watetezi.org/staff/uguti-upar-justin/)

## Categories
- [Uncategorised](https://watetezi.org/category/uncategorised/)

## Tags
- [congo basin](https://watetezi.org/tag/congo-basin/)
- [Environmental Defenders](https://watetezi.org/tag/environmental-defenders/)
- [women environmental defenders](https://watetezi.org/tag/women-environmental-defenders/)
- [Ituri Province DRC](https://watetezi.org/tag/ituri-province-drc/)
- [Mahagi Territory](https://watetezi.org/tag/mahagi-territory/)

## award years
- [2024](https://watetezi.org/award-year/2024/)
- [2023](https://watetezi.org/award-year/2023/)
- [2025](https://watetezi.org/award-year/2025/)

## biodiversity and climate
- [environmental conservation](https://watetezi.org/biodiversity-and-climate/environmental-conservation/)
- [environmental education](https://watetezi.org/biodiversity-and-climate/environmental-education/)
- [reforestation](https://watetezi.org/biodiversity-and-climate/reforestation/)
- [climate\-resilient farming techniques](https://watetezi.org/biodiversity-and-climate/climate-resilient-farming-techniques/)
- [tree\-planting](https://watetezi.org/biodiversity-and-climate/tree-planting/)

## challenges
- [extractivism](https://watetezi.org/challenge/extractivism/)
- [violence against EHRDs](https://watetezi.org/challenge/violence-against-ehrds/)
- [biodiversity loss](https://watetezi.org/challenge/biodiversity-loss/)
- [human rights violations](https://watetezi.org/challenge/human-rights-violations/)
- [oil drilling](https://watetezi.org/challenge/oil-drilling/)

## events
- [event](https://watetezi.org/event/event/)
- [World Radio Day](https://watetezi.org/event/world-radio-day/)
- [conference](https://watetezi.org/event/conference/)
- [International Women’s Day](https://watetezi.org/event/international-womens-day/)
- [Sixteen Days of Activism](https://watetezi.org/event/sixteen-days-of-activism/)

## formats
- [News](https://watetezi.org/format/news/)
- [Article](https://watetezi.org/format/article/)
- [Report](https://watetezi.org/format/report/)
- [Podcast](https://watetezi.org/format/podcast/)
- [Video](https://watetezi.org/format/video/)

## gender and sexuality
- [gender equality](https://watetezi.org/gender/gender-equality/)
- [women rights](https://watetezi.org/gender/women-rights/)
- [WEHRDs](https://watetezi.org/gender/wehrds/)
- [gender\-based violence](https://watetezi.org/gender/gender-based-violence/)
- [women farmers and fishers](https://watetezi.org/gender/women-farmers-fishers/)

## indigenous and local communities
- [farmer communities](https://watetezi.org/indigenous-or-local-community/farmer-communities/)
- [indigenous communities](https://watetezi.org/indigenous-or-local-community/indigenous-communities/)
- [fisher communities](https://watetezi.org/indigenous-or-local-community/fisher-communities/)
- [local culture and knowledge](https://watetezi.org/indigenous-or-local-community/local-culture-knowledge/)
- [ancestral lands](https://watetezi.org/indigenous-or-local-community/ancestral-lands/)

## kilimo award categories
- [Kilimo Environmental Prize](https://watetezi.org/kilimo-award-category/kilimo-environmental-prize/)
- [Capacity Building Award](https://watetezi.org/kilimo-award-category/capacity-building-award/)

## languages
- [french](https://watetezi.org/language/french/)

## legislation and funds
- [2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development](https://watetezi.org/legislation-or-fund/2030-agenda-for-sustainable-development/)
- [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights](https://watetezi.org/legislation-or-fund/international-covenant-on-civil-and-political-rights/)
- [Fisheries and Aquaculture Act](https://watetezi.org/legislation-or-fund/fisheries-and-aquaculture-act/)
- [Forest Code](https://watetezi.org/legislation-or-fund/forest-code/)
- [ICCPR](https://watetezi.org/legislation-or-fund/iccpr/)

## organizations and entities
- [APAPE](https://watetezi.org/organization-entity/apape/)
- [UNESCO](https://watetezi.org/organization-entity/unesco/)
- [Environnement En Danger](https://watetezi.org/organization-entity/environnement-en-danger/)
- [DefendDefenders](https://watetezi.org/organization-entity/defenddefenders/)
- [TotalEnergies](https://watetezi.org/organization-entity/totalenergies/)

## people
- [Warom Jaryekonga Samuel](https://watetezi.org/people/warom-jaryekonga-samuel/)
- [Oscar Unencan Chobidongo](https://watetezi.org/people/oscar-unencan-chobidongo/)
- [Stanely Ombidi Thopacu](https://watetezi.org/people/stanely-ombidi-thopacu/)
- [Abeda Valeriano](https://watetezi.org/people/abeda-valeriano/)
- [Oscar Kacwinyrwoth](https://watetezi.org/people/oscar-kacwinyrwoth/)

## places
- [East Africa](https://watetezi.org/place/east-africa/)
- [Democratic Republic of Congo](https://watetezi.org/place/democratic-republic-of-congo/)
- [Ituri region](https://watetezi.org/place/ituri/)
- [Uganda](https://watetezi.org/place/uganda/)
- [Mahagi territory](https://watetezi.org/place/mahagi-territory/)

## programs
- [Livelihood security](https://watetezi.org/program/livelihood-security/)
- [Biodiversity and climate](https://watetezi.org/program/biodiversity-and-climate/)
- [Community media](https://watetezi.org/program/community-media/)
- [Environmental human rights defenders and civic space](https://watetezi.org/program/environmental-human-rights-defenders-and-civic-space/)
- [Grant making](https://watetezi.org/program/grant-making/)

## scopes of action
- [community stewardship](https://watetezi.org/scope-of-action/community-stewardship/)
- [community leadership](https://watetezi.org/scope-of-action/community-leadership/)
- [land rights](https://watetezi.org/scope-of-action/land-rights/)
- [Radio Terra FM](https://watetezi.org/scope-of-action/radio-terra-fm/)
- [financial inclusion](https://watetezi.org/scope-of-action/financial-inclusion/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://watetezi.org/sitemap_index.xml)