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There is no vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain. So Environmental Defenders built an Ebola radio campaign...
There is no approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, the virus behind the 2026 Ebola outbreak...
On World Ranger Day 2026, Environmental Defenders profiles the community rangers restoring the Murchison...
Radio Terra FM has trained 48 field agents to set up community radio listeners’ clubs across Mahagi Territory,...
From June 15 to 17, 2026, Environmental Defenders (ED) hosted a residential environmental journalism...
In May 2026, Environmental Defenders held public consultations with 933 people in five villages of Mahagi...
To halt the spread of Ebola, Environmental Defenders, together with its affiliates Terra Agricultural...
On April 30, 2026, the New Vision newspaper published reporting by veteran environmental journalist Gerald...
In April 2026, Environmental Defenders held seminars with 301 fishers, fish processors, and community...
In this edition of Uganda Radio Network’s National Perspective, our team spent months speaking with farmers,...
Court battles, both domestic and regional, have largely favored the government. As a result, many project...
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In Arusha, Tanzania, Lubega John Nsamba represented his ailing father,...
On Christmas Eve 2025, Koyo village, about eight kilometers north of Murchison Falls National Park, was...
Le lac Albert, en République Démocratique du Congo, cache sous ses eaux des milliards de barils de pétrole....
En effet , la rivière Kibali, autrefois source de vie pour les communautés notamment des territoires...
À Bunia, chef-lieu de la province de l’Ituri, les déchets plastiques s’accumulent dans les rues, les...
In the Alur Djuganda chiefdom, in western Mahagi Territory, Ituri Province, artisanal gold mining continues...
At dawn, Lake Albert is a tranquil blue. Canoes leave the shore at Kasenyi, nets drop into the water,...
On Idjwi Island in Lake Kivu, the blue monkeys of Nyamusisi, found only in this part of the Democratic...
Ituri, DRC. Deep in the Ituri forest, morning mist wraps the canopy. Only rustling leaves and distant...
As Uganda oil production nears, project affected persons (PAPs) interviewed for this story describe arbitrary...
More than 600,000 seedlings distributed. A goal of 200 million. On the Lendu Plateau in Mahagi Territory,...
Environmental Defenders is proud to share that three members of our team co-authored peer-reviewed research...
Environmental Defenders is pleased to share that our work on digital activism is a central case study...
Pamaya, Mahagi Territory, Ituri Province. On March 8, 2026, International Women’s Day in Ituri took on...
This International Women’s Day, Environmental Defenders honors the women environmental defenders of the...
Meet Grantee APAPE, Building a Native Seed Bank to Restore the Lendu Plateau and the Albertine Rift.
Across the tropics, governments and donors are investing billions of dollars in forest and landscape...
Imagine standing on the Lendu Plateau in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where APAPE tree planting...
An ancient elephant migration corridor links Murchison Falls to South Sudan and the Congo Basin. Today,...
Brief: The Uganda NGO suspension ahead of the January 2026 General Election is not an isolated act. Authorities...
Banner image: The UCC Executive Director briefs the media on January 18, 2026, on the easing of the nationwide...
The Kilimo Awards 2025 took place on December 11, 2025, in Mahagi Territory, Ituri Province. At the ceremony,...
Environmental Defenders (ED) welcomes the release of Bukavu journalist Honneur-David Safari. He was found...
Environmental Defenders (ED) strongly condemns the killing of journalist Thierry Banga Lole in Bunia,...
Thousands of households in Uganda and the DR Congo rely on Lake Albert for water and fish. The lake also...
Lake Albert oil projects have environmentalists worried. The Albertine region is extremely fragile. A...
The 2025 Kilimo Environmental Prize laureates are farmers, women leaders, faith communities, and community...
Nwoya, Uganda – At dawn on the edge of Nyamukino Reserve in Nwoya District, ranger Ana moves silently...
Indigenous communities in Ituri are on the front line of land and climate struggles. Ituri, in the Democratic...
Environmental Defenders (ED) warmly welcomes a historic milestone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Murchison Falls oil drilling is no longer a distant threat. Murchison Falls National Park, famous for...
Radio Terra FM brings farming advice, market news, and environmental information to last-mile farmers...
L’appel à candidatures pour les subventions de journalisme d’Environmental Defenders en Ouganda et en...
Journalism grant applications for Environmental Defenders’ environmental reporting program in Uganda...
Fishing communities on Lake Albert say the LEAF II project, funded by the African Development Bank, has...
A new tree planting drive aims to restore the Lake Albert Basin in Mahagi, Democratic Republic of the...
The Brazzaville forest congress brought together Indigenous peoples and local communities from the world’s...
Environmental Defenders (ED) lance un programme de subventions pour le journalisme environnemental en...
Environmental Defenders (ED) has launched environmental journalism grants for journalists in Uganda and...
Highlights from the Albertine Regional Dialogue in Nebbi, Uganda (2:55).
This video highlights the...
In this bulletin from Habari za UN, the Kiswahili service of UN News, the United Nations reports that...
A solar-powered seed bank is helping restore forests in a village the national grid never reached. Kaginga...
For World Radio Day 2025, Terra FM’s community turned out in force. The station sits in Kolokoto village,...
Radio and climate change were the focus of Terra FM’s World Radio Day 2025 celebrations. The day is marked...
Nominations for the 2025 Kilimo Prize opened during Terra FM’s World Radio Day 2025 celebrations. The...
Blessed with minerals essential to the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and with...
Empowering communities is central to protecting nature. With the world on the brink of irreversible climate...
The Kilimo Environmental Prize rewards people who take small but powerful steps to protect nature. The...
Environmental Defenders has welcomed the Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor, the ambitious Congo Basin conservation...
Terra FM listeners and local leaders in Uganda and the DR Congo say the station has changed their lives...
From November 25 to December 10, 2024, Environmental Defenders marked the 16 Days of Activism against...
Since it opened its doors in 2019, Terra FM has brought together diverse communities in Uganda, South...
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The 20th Meeting of Parties (MoP20) of the Congo Basin Forest...
Environmental Defenders Launches Terra Cooperative to Combat Poverty and Empower Farmers in DR Congo
Environmental Defenders, an organization promoting human rights and environmental conservation, has launched...
Environmental Defenders, an organization promoting human rights, environmental conservation, and poverty...
Environmental Defenders expresses its deep sorrow at the passing of Mr. Ngom Udagu Filemon, laureate...
A fair society, where everyone’s dignity is respected, peace prevails, and the natural environment is...
Radio Terra FM is supporting climate-smart agriculture and rural development through its broadcasts....
On World Radio Day 2024, February 13, Environmental Defenders hosted a live on-air dialogue with women...
Tropical forests are the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, home to roughly two-thirds of the...
Environmental Defenders strongly urges United Nations bodies to hold the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Environmental Defenders Awards the Inaugural Kilimo Prize at Mahagi Port, Wagungu Chiefdom, DR Congo
On August 23, 2023, Environmental Defenders awarded the first Kilimo Prize to 18 individuals and organizations....
Environmental Defenders uses the Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) model to help rural women...
From March to June 17, 2023, Environmental Defenders held 17 workshops and training sessions on environmental...
Environmental Defenders has acquired an off-grid, solar-powered seed bank and nursery from Terraformation....
On Thursday, March 30, 2023, Environmental Defenders held a one-day awareness and community sensitization...
Between November 25 and December 10, 2022, Environmental Defenders organized a series of events to mark...
A group of journalists from the Mahagi territory branch of the National Union of the Congolese Press...
Plastic pollution is a common problem in the Lake Albert region because plastic is cheap, widely used,...
Community education and awareness about environmental protection, human rights, and livelihoods are priorities...
By 2050, the global population is expected to reach 9.7 billion, increasing demand for agricultural products,...
The overall goal of Environmental Defenders’ Environmental Human Rights Defenders and Civic Space...
The Lake Albert region, part of the Albertine Rift, is a unique ecological zone with a rich array of...
To celebrate the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we at Environmental Defenders...
Environmental Defenders (ED) calls on the Ugandan government and the oil companies operating in the Albertine...
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