1st Edition
IWGIA Report 13: Cameroon - What Future for the Baka? Indigenous Peoples' Right and Livelihood Opportunities in South-East Cameroon
By Aili Pyhälä
Copyright 2013
60 Pages
by
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
The Baka of south-east Cameroon are a group of indigenous peoples facing an increasingly uncertain future as their traditional lands have been almost entirely taken away from them, mainly to be allocated to international logging and mining companies. As a result, many Baka communities have been forced to leave their traditional lands and nomadic lifestyles, and have gradually begun to settle near... Read more
Preface 1. The Baka: traditional territories and way of life. Human rights violations and threats to the survival of the Baka livelihoods in the present day 4. Actions taken to improve the situation and protect the rights of the Baka 5. Legislation, policy and institutional frameworks in Cameroon that can help protect the rights of the Baka 6. International conventions, declarations and bodies supporting Baka rights 7. Conclusions 8. Recommendations.
Biography
Aili Pyhälä
