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Publications and reports: Uganda

This site contains documents prepared by FPP, information from our partners, and other materials of relevance to indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities and forests.

Documents, listed below in date order, can be downloaded free or printed copies can be purchased online or ordered from: julia@forestpeoples.org.

All our publications are free to indigenous peoples' organisations.
Southern NGOs are entitled to a 50% discount.
Publication
Format
Uganda
Report by Téa Braun and Lucy Mulvagh for The Indigenous World 2007, IWGIA's Yearbook
Published July 2007
Link to the full publication on IWGIA's website: http://www.iwgia.org/sw20568.asp
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Human rights abuses, land conflicts, broken promises – the reality of carbon ‘offset’ projects in Uganda
Press release by FERN/SinksWatch
12 January 2007
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A funny place to store carbon
UWA-FACE Foundation's tree planting project in Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda

Chris Lang and Timothy Byakola
Published by World Rainforest Movement (WRM)
December 2006
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Supplementary Report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights on the human rights situation of the Batwa in Uganda
submitted by FPP, UOBDU and IWGIA for the Commission's 40th session in The Gambia
November 2006
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Follow-up: UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child recommends government action to improve living conditions for Batwa children
Positive outcome to submission of shadow report by FPP and UOBDU (United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda) - see link below - to the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child
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Supplemental Report on the First Periodic Report of Uganda
on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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submitted by FPP and UOBDU
May 2005
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Central Africa: Great Lakes Region and Cameroon -
Report by Lucy Mulvagh, John Nelson and Dorothy Jackson for The Indigenous World 2005, IWGIA’s Yearbook
published May 2005

The Global Environment Facility in Central Africa -
A desk-based review of the treatment of indigenous peoples' and social issues in a sample of 14 biodiversity projects - March 2005

Twa Women, Twa Rights in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
November 2003
This report, by Dorothy Jackson, is the copyright of Minority Rights Group International, and printed copies can be ordered from MRG Central Books: Tel +44 (0)845 458 9910 (Mail Order), or email mo@centralbooks.com
Indigenous peoples & protected areas in Africa - from principles to practice
The impact of 10 conservation projects on the lives and futures of indigenous peoples
in 7 African countries, including Uganda.
Project background and links to all case studies
2001 - 2003
To purchase the book of this project online - click on "look & buy"


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Les peuples autochtones et les aires protégées en Afrique : du principe à la pratique
L'impact de 10 projets de conservation sur la vie et sur l'avenir de peuples autochtones
dans 7 pays d'Afrique, y inclus l'Ouganda.
Présentation du projet et lien à chaque étude de cas
2001 - 2003
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FPP support for capacity building and sustainable resource use of Batwa communities around Mgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable Forests, South West Uganda
Overview - August 2002
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Africa: Forests Under Threat -
WRM, 2002
Africa: bosques en peligro -
WRM, 2002
A Survey of Indigenous Land Tenure – in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
A report for the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), December 2001
The Batwa of South West Uganda:
World Bank Policy on Indigenous Peoples and the Conservation of the Bwindi and Mgahinga National Parks

October 2000
Background to the situation of the Batwa, south western Uganda
October 2000
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