Batwa Indigenous Peoples forced eviction for "Conservation": A qualitative examination on community impacts.
In 1991, the Ugandan government formally established National Parks within the ancestral homelands of the Batwa Peoples. No consultation was carried out with local Batwa communities, and they were consequently forcibly evicted from their Forest home. With this, we sought to better understand the imp...
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| Main Authors: | Sylvia Kokunda, Haven Nahabwe, Jeremiah Nahamya, Samari Niwamanya, Ronald Mazirwe, Samrawit Gougsa, Elizabeth Kemigisha, Nicole Redvers |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-01-01
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| Series: | PLOS Global Public Health |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002129 |
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