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Environnement

Sangha

Since 2019

Sangha community forests

Together with communities, we mapped their lands: hunting, fishing and gathering areas, sacred sites. A basis for recognising their use rights.

Start

2019

End

2022

Area of intervention

Around Ouesso, Sangha department

Budget

—

Context

Logging concessions and protected areas overlap the spaces families depend on, and they are rarely consulted.

Objectives

Document customary forest use
Have them recognised in management plans

Area of intervention

Around Ouesso, Sangha department

Beneficiaries

Indigenous and local communities of the area

Actions

Training community mappers (GPS)
Feedback workshops in each settlement
Dialogue with concession holders and authorities

Results

Maps validated by communities and submitted to authorities
Use areas included in a management plan

Key figures

9

settlements mapped

36

mappers trained

Provisional figures, being verified.

Gallery

Enfants autour d’une distribution de vêtements

Remise de fournitures à un collégien

Project partners

Rainforest Foundation

Documents

Guide to rights under Law No. 5-2011 (PDF, 1.6 MB)

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