Healthy ecosystems, Healthy livelihoods
In the quiet landscapes of Kikarara village in Rukungiri district, along Queen Elizabeth National Park, 35-year-old Goretti Karungi bends over her maize and beans garden with her hands moving rhythmically as she weeds. The scorching sun beats her down on her back but her spirit is unbroken. For years, Karungi struggled to keep her small garden productive but lack of […]
President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to empower fishing communities to lead lake management has sparked hope among Ugandans whose livelihood and cultural identity depend on these ecosystems The African Institute for Culture and Ecology sees the directive as a chance to revive cultural governance systems The Executive Director Tabaro Dennis Natukunda says indigenous practices such as protecting sacred sites and traditional […]
The president of Uganda recent directive placing lake management in the hands of indigenous fishermen is a welcome development for indigenous fishing communities across Uganda. For years, these communities have depended on Lakes for their livelihoods, guided by generations of traditional knowledge about sustainable fishing. The President’s order recognizes their role as custodians of lakes, giving them greater authority to […]
Deep in Kalangala District in Uganda lies the Bubeke sacred rain forest, once a home to 13 sacred natural sites protected by Basese custodians who enforced customary governance systems. But over the years, waves of oil-palm plantations and charcoal making have eaten away at Bubeke’s edges. Margret Nakazibwe, a 50-year-old smallholder farmer and a resident of the area recalls how […]
The African commission on human and Peoples’ Rights is a Pan-African body. Its key role is to ensure that both individuals (humans) and communities (peoples) have their inherent rights, as enshrined in the African Charter, acknowledged and protected across Africa. Since being founded in 1987, Commissioners have met at least twice a year to report on progress and violations of […]
BY AFRICE ADMIN In a significant move to safeguard Uganda’s cultural and ecological heritage, the African Institute for Culture and Ecology (AFRICE) has started pushing for national ratification of a resolution aimed at protecting the sacred natural sites. The African Commission Resolution 372, passed in 2017, calls on African states to recognize and protect Sacred Natural Sites and Territories (SNST) […]
How do indigenous people understand climate and how it changes? We need to know how indigenous people know climate in their context instead of us the elite (western educated elite) to force them “understand” the meaning of climate according to our understanding. I have spent the bigger part of my life learning from my father (now late) about how our […]
Dennis Tabaro shares insights in the interview about his work on the rights of nature and the significance of indigenous knowledge and culture in Uganda. By Dennis Tabaro 27 January 2025 The Buliisa elders and Custodians of SNS drawing an Ancestral map of the Sacred Natural Sites. licence infos The interview questions were posed by dossier coordinator Imke Horstmannshoff. What […]
Indigenous knowledge. Simply put, indigenous knowledge is a combination of human mental and practical knowledge, in most cases unwritten or undocumented. This knowledge has been passed by, and acquired from, one generation to another inform of stories, songs and practical forms (skills) by old to young ones. Indigenous knowledge is developed and maintained in an open system of exchange, reciprocity […]
Kwanke Alice,61 years old, a small holder farmer from the Bagungu community in Buliisa District, Western Uganda, grew up deeply connected to the land and its ancestral traditions. For her, farming was not merely a means of sustenance but a sacred duty tied to the stewardship of her community’s Sacred Natural Sites, which her ancestors had carefully protected for generations. […]
African Institute for Culture and Ecology [AFRICE] is a non-governmental organisation that is registered in Uganda and broadly focuses on working with communities to revive their knowledge and practices on food, land and ecosystems conservation
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