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Uganda’s Conservation Efforts Face Fierce Resistance From Indigenous Benet Around Mount Elgon National Park.

December 1, 2025 Climate & Environment

In the mist-wreathed highlands of eastern Uganda lies a massive solitary mountain range. Its highest point, locally known as Wagagai, and its forested surroundings is the latest front line between an indigenous community fighting to protect their ancestral land and the government trying to preserve one of its last remaining natural forests .

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