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"irregularly acquired land by private corporations and individuals under the guise of community wildlife conservation." (Abdullahi Boru Kalakhe article)

- That represents a clever new method of land-grabbing or enclosure of the Commons.

"dispossessing the very pastoralist communities it claims to be helping – destroying their traditional movements, their autonomy, and their lives." (Oakland Institute)

- Destroying the lives of people who actually know how to live is absolutely unforgiveable.

That is wonderful that the courts have upheld the decision against Northern Rangelands. That's a win. But bigger wins may be on the horizon - the plot by governments to hand over environmental regulation to Market signals, thinking that they could tap into this imaginary wealth of big business to fund environmental remediation, could soon collapse in the coming wave of illiquidity stripping away massive amounts of leveraged "wealth." And the better news is that degrowth is good for the planet.

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