Environmental defenders work to maintain the peace-building role of nature in northern Uganda
Bicentina Auma, chairperson of a small farmer's co-operative in Northern Uganda, harvesting finger millet. Image.jpg) by DFID – UK Department for International Development from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0 DEED). This story was written by Maria Andrea Nardi and originally published by Peace News Network, and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. In recent years, there has been a “crackdown” against environmental defenders across Uganda. Journalists, students, farmers, and rural dwellers are defending the natural environment, protesting and mo...