The Twa Conservation Refugees
The over 6,200 landless Batwa pygmies, a forest-dwelling group of over hunter-gatherers in southwestern Uganda, are a perfect example of conservation refugees. They were displaced from their lands in Echuya, Mugahinga, and Bwindi Impenetrable forests in southwestern Uganda in 1991 to pave way for the creation of protected areas to conserve the engendered Mountain Gorillas. […]
Aiding Batwa People to Adapt
In times past, the indigenous Batwa pygmies used Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable forest as their home; immediate source of firewood, medicinal herbs, and food such as fruits, mushrooms, honey, edible plants, and even hunting of certain species. However after the park was gazetted for the protection of endangered mountain gorillas in 1991, these indigenous people lost […]
