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Thematic Review 1.2 prepared as an input to the World Commission on Dams, Cape Town

The Batwa of south west Uganda number only a few thousand people and are one of the hunter-gatherer and ex-hunter-gatherer peoples collectively known as the forest peoples (or ‘Pygmies’) of the Central African rainforests.

Paper for the Workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Forests and the World Bank: Policies and Practice

A case study for the Workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Forests and the World Bank

   

Case study for the Workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Forests and the World Bank: Policies and Practice. Forest Peoples Programme and the Bank Information Centre 

BOOK AVAILABLE ON REQUEST FROM FPP OFFICE: info@forestpeoples.orgThe Twa of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park were evicted from their traditional lands in the name of wildlife conservation. This book details their case in both the African context and that of emerging and established international norms and principles of indigenous peoples' rights.ISBN 87-90730-31-3   142 pages   Published by FPP and IWGIA

Studies from Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Philippines and Indonesia reveal the disastrous impact of Canadian mining enterprises on the world's forests and forest peoples. This report debunks the mining industry's claims of being cleaner and greener. Includes detailed concession maps.

Puede solicitar el libro a la oficina FPP: info@forestpeoples.orgLa minería es considerada como la segunda amenaza major (después de la exploitación maderera comercial) para los bosques de frontera restantes del mundo. Las empresas mineras canadienses desempeñan una función principal en tales repercusiones. Este informe destaca las repercusiones graves y, a veces, pasadas por alto, de la actividad minera sobre los bosques y los habitantes de los mismos, en Guyana, Surinam, Guayana Francesa, Filipinas, y Indonesia.

Livre disponible en demande de la bureau de FPP: info@forestpeoples.org