DRC: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Unintended Consequences of ‘Fortress Conservation’

Apr 15, 2022 | Katie Surma, Inside Climate News
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Last July, teams of armed park guards and Congolese soldiers who were supposed to be protecting a national wildlife preserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo from poaching and illegal mining surrounded the village of Muyange and began firing on a community of 100 to 200 unarmed Indigenous Batwa people.