DECEMBER INDIGENOUS-LED PLACE-BASED PROJECT FEATURE:

Indigenous Health and Fortress Conservation: Using Community-based Research and Film to Share Batwa Experiences with Land Dispossession in Southern Uganda – Ărramăt Co-Applicants: Dr Sherilee Harper and Sabastian Twesigomwe

“The project also brings visibility to the Batwa’s deep ecological knowledge and forest stewardship practices. This highlights the global importance of including Indigenous peoples as key actors in conservation. The Batwa’s traditional understanding of medicinal plants, sustainable harvesting, and spiritual connection to species and landscapes offers replicable insights into how conservation can be grounded in local, place-based knowledge systems.” - Dr Sherilee Harper and Sabastian Twesigomwe, Ărramăt Co-Applicants, the Batwa Advisory Committee, David Borish, and Andrea Hanke (2024)