Film: Using maps to preserve indigenous knowledge, monitor sustainable use of lands and advocate for resource and tenure rights

This short film explores how the Ogiek community of Mount Elgon, Kenya is using mapping technology to preserve indigenous knowledge, monitor sustainable use of their lands and advocate for resource and tenure rights and in effect preserving and protecting their lands.

The community has been the victim of multiple evictions from their ancestral lands that were carried out in the name of conservation. Through community mapping projects, the Ogiek community has gathered data that proves that their land belongs to them, and show that they are the best-placed to conserve and sustainably use the animal and plant biodiversity on their land.