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Land Rights and the Forest Peoples of Africa: Historical, Legal, and Anthropological Perspectives

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Name: Land-Rights-and-the-forest-peoples-of-africa.pdf
Title: Land Rights and the forest peoples of africa.pdf
Author: Valérie Couillard, Jérémie Gilbert, Justin Kenrick, Christopher Kidd
Publisher: Forest Peoples Programme
Language: English
Publish Year: 2009
Publish Location: UK
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This document presents a study conducted on the land rights of indigenous peoples in five countries of the forested region of Africa, namely Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. This study highlights indigenous peoples’ loss of resources and land to colonists, commercial enterprises and conservation initiatives. It concludes with suggestions for moving forward.