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Marco Kadende talks about how fortress conservation affects Indigenous Batwa women in South Kivu

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"The Pygmy ancestors lived in the forest, and no one disturbed them. They lived with the animals. Today, our forest is called a park

Indigenous leader Marco Kadende is interviewed as part of a case study examining the circumstances of the Batwa in Kalehe territory in South Kivu, eastern Congo.

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