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Africa

This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives that exist in the African continent.

Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) 2022 Kigali Declaration “We are Nature”

International
Approved in 2022
In 2022, representatives of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from more than 40 African nations made the Kigali Declaration "We Are Nature."Read More →

Buliisa District Uganda Ordinance on Bagungu Customary Law and Preservation of Sacred Natural Sites in Buliisa District

Uganda
Approved in 2020
In December 2020 the Buliisa District Council of Uganda passed a law recognizing the customary laws of the Bagungu People and sacred natural sites (Mpuluma)Read More →

Benin Sacred Forest Law 2012

Benin
Approved in 2012
2012 Benin Sacred Forest Law recognizing sacred forests where gods, spirits and ancestors reside, and communities that protect and govern themRead More →

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Resolution on the Protection of Sacred Natural Sites and Territories

International
Approved in 2017
The Gaia Foundation and the African Biodiversity Network made a resolution recognizing sacred sites, territories and their customary governance systems in 2017.Read More →

Buliisa District Uganda Resolution recognizing the Customary laws of the Bagungu Custodian Clans

Uganda
Approved in 2019
In 2019, the Buliisa District Council in Uganda recognized customary laws of Bagungu indigenous communities through a resolution.Read More →

Uganda National Environmental Act

Uganda
Approved in 2019
In 2019, Uganda enacted the National Environmental Act of 2019, recognizing rights of nature and invoking ecological jurisprudence values.Read More →

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