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The Bagyeli women strongly opposing Biopalm

Under threat of land grabbing by agribusiness company Biopalm, indigenous Bagyeli women from the department of Océan say no to oil palm...

Declaration by NGOs and associations on land grabbing by the government and Biopalm Energy Ltd

In response to the issuance of a decree assigning a large part of their ancestral lands to an oil palm company, indigenous Bagyeli...

Open letter to WWF on serious human rights abuses associated with conservation activities

FPP and signatory organisations from around the world have sent an open letter to WWF International, calling for thorough, fair and...

“Without our forest, we have no life, we disappear”

Jean-Jacques*, a member of one of Cameroon’s Baka Communities in the Ngoyla Mintom area, talks about being driven out of his ancestral...

Cameroon’s indigenous forest peoples validate data from Indigenous Navigator questionnaires

United under the banner of the Gbabandi platform, more than 32 indigenous Baka and Bagyeli from Cameroon met to validate data on...

International Women’s Day 2018: Indigenous women of Cameroon’s forests demand their rights!

The indigenous women of Cameroon’s forests made their presence felt in a parade celebrating the 33rd edition of International Women’s Day...

“The forest, for us, was a great supermarket and pharmacy. What are we going to do now?”

Suzanne Ndjele, a Baka from the village of Assoumindelé, in south Cameroon, is one of many Baka who feels life has changed since they...