Uganda's Batwa people: Evicted from forests to help save gorillas

Some quotes:

"After their eviction, some Batwa families were given farmland by the government. But as they did not know how to farm, the land was sold off and many were scattered across the region, surviving on charity from neighbours and non-profit organisations.

"On the edge of the town families squat on public land, in homes built from cardboard and tarpaulin. The community exists on the fringes."

""If you don't have land, you cannot progress, you can't send your children to school, you cannot eat. "But if I were given the opportunity to return to the forest, I would run all the way there," she admits."

""The animals are being treated better than the Batwa, because when tourists come, they pay some money, then the government uses that money, and the Batwa are suffering.""

"Conservation efforts have seen Uganda's mountain gorilla population rise to 459, and more than 1,000 globally, meaning they are no longer listed as critically endangered."

""We are telling them: 'Go to school and study', but we are [also] saying: 'Don't forget your culture, you can use it to make money.'""

"Back in the forest, Mr Tumuhairwe admits education and farming have been beneficial to some Batwa - though he adds the caveat: "But when you come to think of it, that too is erasing who we are, where we came from.""

Repeating the last quote for extra effect:

"Back in the forest, Mr Tumuhairwe admits education and farming have been beneficial to some Batwa - though he adds the caveat: "But when you come to think of it, that too is erasing who we are, where we came from.""