Network of Indigenous and local populations for the sustainable management of forest ecosystems in Central Africa (REPALEAC)

REPALEAC is a sub-regional civil society organization created in 2003 in Kigali, Rwanda. REPALEAC and its active national networks in Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Chad and Rwanda are taking action to defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) as well as the sustainability of the ecosystems to which they are intimately linked and on which their survival depends.