Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole

Democratic Republic of Congo

Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole is a Congolese environmental and human rights activist and lawyer, living and working in the city of Goma. As executive head of his organisation ‘Alerte Congolaise pour l’Environnement et les Droits de l’Homme’ (ACEDH), he advocates for transparent, accountable, fair and sustainable governance of land tenure regimes for DRC’s lands, national parks, forests and lakes and for nature conservation in general. Mr. Olivier Ndoole is also fighting for legal and institutional reforms in the areas of energy, access to land and the environment, legal aid for environmental defenders and local land rights. This is a real challenge, however, as corruption is rampant, and the province of North Kivu is currently under siege and faces constant insecurity.

Interview with att. Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole: “Collaboration with our neighbouring countries Rwanda and Uganda is necessary to protect our common forests and wild animals, but the lack of clear public policies is preventing that” – Lawyers for Lawyers