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Few people on earth have as close a relationship to the forest as the Baka, Indigenous hunter gatherers who have lived in, protected and shaped the Congo Basin ...

The Baka are theoretically allowed to enter areas of the parks, but in reality wildlife officers ignore this. The forest used to be for the Baka but not anymore ...

Baka hunting in their forests to feed their families are usually considered “poachers” under Cameroonian law. WWF itself has acknowledged that this is ...

Some of the world's largest logging groups are destroying the Baka's ancestral forests in the Congo Basin. This Baka man lives near logging concessions run ...

The dense Messok Dja rainforest has been home to the Baka Peoples since time immemorial. But now the forest is being closed off to them to make way for a new ...

Oct 27, 2015 ... In shocking new video testimonies, Baka “Pygmies” in southeast Cameroon have reported ongoing abuse and torture at the hands of wildlife officers funded by the ...

Jun 1, 2015 ... Afro-Celtic band “Baka Beyond” will be playing a concert in support of the Baka "Pygmies" of Central Africa at London's Bush Hall on June 14, ...

Aug 19, 2019 ... Baka “Pygmies” from the Congo have written to the European Commission regarding the controversial Messok Dja park on their land.

Nov 19, 2024 ... Survival has received reports of intimidation of Baka people by African Parks guards just before the investigation began on the ground. At least ...

Jan 27, 2024 ... One Baka man told the Mail on Sunday's Ian Birrell: “African Parks are killing us slowly. We're suffering so much that we might as well be dead.