Batwa Indigenous Peoples forced eviction for "Conservation": A qualitative examination on community impacts.

Autor:	Kokunda S; Action for Batwa Empowerment Group, Kanungu District, Uganda., Nahabwe H; Bwindi Community Hospital, Community Health and Batwa Department, Kanungu, Uganda., Nahamya J; Action for Batwa Empowerment Group, Kanungu District, Uganda., Niwamanya S; Action for Batwa Empowerment Group, Kanungu District, Uganda., Mazirwe R; Action for Batwa Empowerment Group, Kanungu District, Uganda., Gougsa S; Minority Rights Group, London, United Kingdom.; The Hub at Wellcome Collection, London, United Kingdom., Kemigisha E; Department of Human Development and Relational Sciences, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.; African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya., Redvers N; Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	PLOS global public health [PLOS Glob Public Health] 2023 Aug 16; Vol. 3 (8), pp. e0002129. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 16 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pgph.0002129
Abstrakt:	In 1991, the Ugandan government formally established National Parks within the ancestral homelands of the Batwa Peoples. No consultation was carried out with local Batwa communities, and they were consequently forcibly evicted from their Forest home. With this, we sought to better understand the impacts of forced Land eviction through the lens of solastalgia. Nineteen semi-structured interviews were carried out with adult Batwa Peoples of varying age and gender in Uganda from August to November 2022. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and thematic analysis was carried out on the interview transcripts to identify themes from the initial codes. Four overarching themes were identified, including: 1) Our love and connection with the Forest; 2) What was left in the Forest when we were evicted; 3) What eviction from the Forest did to us as Batwa Peoples; and 4) Batwa People's Landback and returning to the Forest ('Indigenous Lands back into Indigenous hands'). As movement towards the global "30 by 30" conservation agenda occurs, we urge researchers, policy makers, and leaders to listen to the voices of Indigenous Peoples like the Batwa with a key focus on Landback and movement towards a clearer understanding and appreciation of the impacts of Western conservation agendas on Indigenous Peoples globally. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright: © 2023 Kokunda et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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