Bayaka and Baiga speak out about abuse in the name of "conservation"

Published: March 2, 2015, 4:21 p.m.

b'Powerful video testimonies of Bayaka \\u201cPygmies\\u201d in the Republic of Congo highlight their intimate connection with their lands and the abuses they face at the hands of wildlife officers and forest guards \\u2013 who are often funded by large conservation organizations like the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Wildlife Conservation Society. \\xa9 Jin Lewis/Survival International\\n\\nThe lives of thousands of Baiga tribespeople in India were destroyed after being forcibly and illegally evicted from Kanha Tiger Reserve \\u2013 home of the \\u201cJungle Book\\u201d. Their communities have been scattered and left without land, but tourists are welcomed into the reserve.'