Indigenous, hunter-gatherer peoples of the Congo Basin have a unique perception of the use of land. Their systems aim at ensuring abundance of forest resources and equal distribution among the people living in those forests. Dr. Jerome Lewis, Lecturer in Anthropology at UCL, talks about the need to take this vision into account to secure indigenous peoples’ right to the…
Presentation given at the Forest Governance Forum held in Kinshasa October 29-30, 2013 on the emerging risks on industrial palm oil expansion in the Congo Basin. Kinshasa Workshop Oct 2013 – Forest Conversion for Oil Palm – Threats for Congo Basin
As half a million hectares of Congo Basin rainforest is actively being cleared to make room for oil palm plantations and – according to Seeds of Destruction, a new report published by the RFUK – with as much as 115 million hectares being deemed suitable for future palm oil cultivation, the need for careful planning of the use of forest…
