Despite evidence that Indigenous Peoples are better guardians of their Forests than international or state protection agencies, they continue to be forcibly evicted from their Lands. Additionally, despite the known impacts that forced land eviction for conservation has on the well-being of Indigenous Peoples in varied contexts, there remains limited appreciation of the well-being impacts of forced land eviction within Kenya from an Indigenous perspective. With this, the aim of this research was to better understand the well-being impacts of forced land evictions from an Ogiek perspective.

Published in PLOS Global Public Health, June 2025

Authors: Mau Forest , Daniel M. Kobei, Samson L. Luari, Danya Carroll, Samrawit Gougsa, Victoria Pratt, Nicole Redvers