Luwe-Itota is the only area and territory of indigenous peoples and local communities (APAC) identified to date in the province of South Kivu, which is part of the APAC network managed by the Alliance Nationale d’Appui et de promotion des Aires et territoires du Patrimoine Autochtone et Communautaire (ANAPAC). Located in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the mountains overlooking the western part of the Itombwe Nature Reserve (RNI), the area covers an estimated total surface area of 527 ha. It is entirely located in the Basile chiefdom, in the western ecological corridor of the Itombwe Nature Reserve. As a living territory traditionally managed by indigenous peoples and local communities, APAC Luwe-Itota contributes to the maintenance of ecological integrity and the conservation of biodiversity in the Itombwe Nature Reserve landscape.