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13 .07. 2022   |   Nicole Harris, with inputs from Peter Kitelo, Patrick Kipalu and Kendi Borona

In Kenya, the Ogiek of Mt. Elgon are a community on the frontlines of forest conservation

Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the Chepkitale Indigenous Peoples' Development Project (CIPDP) organized a site visit to Chepkitale to learn from the Ogiek of Mt. Elgon and shine light on the transformative role of community-led conservation in protecting Kenya's biodiversity-rich forests.

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08 .04. 2021   |   Kendi Borona, Shannon Johnson & Patrick Kipalu

In Kenya, using mediation and community self-determination to address rights violations by oil companies

RRI collaborator KVCO help formalize a mediation process between local communities and oil companies in Kerio Valley, enshrining community land rights.

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22 .12. 2020   |   Kendi Borona, Shannon Johnson & Patrick Kipalu

In Kenya, violations of African Court’s ruling lead to illegal evictions of the Ogiek

In May 2017, Kenya’s Ogiek people, a hunting and gathering community, won a landmark victory before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights after…

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20 .04. 2017   |   Land Rights Now

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Mobilise Around the World this Earth Day to Assert Their Rights and Role in Alleviating the Impending Climate Crisis; New Policy Brief Highlights Their Claims

Community advocates in Brazil, Guatemala, Kenya, Taiwan, and 21 other countries call on governments, private sector to recognise that secure land rights are vital to the global struggle against climate change