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Jan-Niklas Kniewel

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Shot along the Albertine Rift in the DR Congo and Uganda in 2024.

A mountain gorilla holds its offspring while waiting for the rain to stop, Uganda.

Rainforest in Uganda.

Near Bwindi Forest, Uganda. Since their expulsion from their ancestral forest lands for the purpose of nature conservation, the Batwa in East and Central Africa have been among the most marginalised peoples in the world.

Near Bwindi Forest, Uganda. Since their expulsion from their ancestral forest lands for the purpose of nature conservation, the Batwa in East and Central Africa have been among the most marginalised peoples in the world.

Near Bwindi Forest, Uganda. Since their expulsion from their ancestral forest lands for the purpose of nature conservation, the Batwa in East and Central Africa have been among the most marginalised peoples in the world.

Rainforest in Uganda.

Plantations in Uganda.

Near Virunga National Park, DRC. Since their expulsion from their ancestral forest lands for the purpose of nature conservation, the Batwa in East and Central Africa have been among the most marginalised peoples in the world.

A market in a camp for displaced persons near Virunga National Park, DRC.

Charcoal production, Virunga National Park, DRC.

A woman carries wood near Virunga National Park, DRC. For many displaced and impoverished women, gathering in the protected area is a precarious way of sustaining their families. But armed groups also hide in the forest, and militias extort "taxes".

Rainforest in the DRC.

Gorilla tracker in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DRC.

Lowland gorilla, DRC.

A woman carries wood near Virunga National Park, DRC. For many displaced and impoverished women, gathering in the protected area is a precarious way of sustaining their families. But armed groups also hide in the forest, and militias extort "taxes".

A woman carries charcoal near Virunga National Park, DRC.

A young boy is helping his mother to carry wood.

Charcoal market near Virunga National Park, DRC.

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