Uganda

Conservation refugees - When protecting nature means kicking people out.

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:36
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Mon, 11/19/2007: A LOW FOG ENVELOPES the steep and remote valleys of southwestern Uganda most mornings, as birds found only in this small corner of the continent rise in chorus and the great apes drink from clear streams. Days in the dense montane forest are quiet and steamy. Nights are an exaltation of insects and primate howling. For thousands of years the Batwa people thrived in this soundscape, in such close harmony with the forest that early-twentieth-century wildlife biologists who studied the flora and fauna of the region barely noticed their existence.

Batwa demand land and aid from the Ugandan government

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 20:09
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Sat, 05/12/2007 - 14:35 Forced out of their ancestral homes in the early 1990s, the Batwa now demand land and aid to the Ugandan government.

Below is an article published by All Africa.com:

The Batwa have appealed to the Government to resettle them after they were evicted from their ancestral homes in the forests, writes Darious Magara.

The Government forced the Batwa out of the forests in the early 1990s to gazette them as national parks for conservation. (fPcN's added comment: with the help of WWF)

Conservation Refugees

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 18:59
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A LOW FOG ENVELOPES the steep and remote valleys of southwestern Uganda most mornings, as birds found only in this small corner of the continent rise in chorus and the great apes drink from clear streams. Days in the dense montane forest are quiet and steamy. Nights are an exaltation of insects and primate howling. For thousands of years the Batwa people thrived in this soundscape, in such close harmony with the forest that early-twentieth-century wildlife biologists who studied the flora and fauna of the region barely noticed their existence.

More Scandals about the programs of the WWF

Submitted by FdN on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 16:26
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The Worldwide Fund for Nature--WWF--renowned the world over as a charitable organization established to protect endangered species, is provably responsible for the slaughter of animals and human beings across Africa and on other continents around the globe on an unprecedented scale. The 1994 Rwanda genocide is but the latest instance of the WWF in action.

WWF Rwanda