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Collection Reportages - Congo : le dilemme de la forêt
2023
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To safeguard its primary forest, threatened by climate change and human activities, Congo is extending its protected areas. Is the country sacrificing its indigenous peoples, notably its hunter-gatherers, in the name of protecting nature? Today, the traditional way of life of the nomadic Baka people could well be under threat.
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To safeguard its primary forest, threatened by climate change and human activities, Congo is extending its protected areas. Is the country sacrificing its indigenous peoples, notably its hunter-gatherers, in the name of protecting nature? Today, the traditional way of life of the nomadic Baka people could well be under threat.
Local communities are engaged in conflicts that receive very little media coverage around Kisangani, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this remote province of Tshopo, the lack of a state, security and consideration for human beings has enabled a simple land dispute to degenerate into a mass massacre.
They were intended to mark the success of a transition process driven by international community engagement. This was not the case. This article highlights the limits of interventionist policies and a country's ability to reinvent its own democratic system.
Could it be that there are reptilians living amongst us? According to those who believe in this theory, lizards capable of shapeshifting into humans have infiltrated our society. Julien Robichaud embarks on an informative and humoristic adventure to investigate the idea of this hybrid race.
Could it be that two Acadian actors in the successful series "À la valdrague" suffer from linguistic insecurity? Bianca Richard and Gabriel Robichaud, from New Brunswick, set themselves the challenge of deciphering this curse and examine the state of expression of the French-Canadian language and particularly Acadian.
In Geneva, the young women of the radical collective 'Engageons les murs' denounce sexual harassment and violence. United by their refusal to be perceived as victims, their actions aim to change the paradigms of a society that they consider too conservative and patriarchal. Svetlana Rodina follows them for a year.
Real estate has become a commodity that attracts speculation and makes it difficult for most Quebec residents to find decent housing. Based on this observation, Diane Bérard, Samuel Gervais and Mathieu Vachon challenge and reinvent the relationship with property. How can we live together without owning real estate?
