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Ending fortress conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A new report from the Oakland Institute documents the abuses of the conservation industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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“Like Apartheid.” Maasai in Ngorongoro Conservation Area protest against forced evictions and loss of basic rights
The government has removed the Ngorongoro division from the voters’ register, denying the Maasai the right to vote.
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Human Rights Watch report on Southern Cardamom REDD project in Cambodia
“Conservation strategies that sideline and punish Indigenous peoples to address the global environmental crisis are unacceptable, and…
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Republic of Congo approves oil exploration in Conkouati-Douli
But there’s only silence from the donors that have poured millions into forest protection in the country.
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Gabon’s media calls Lee White, “Satan of the Waters and the Forests”
Lee White, ex-forestry minister of Gabon, recently gave an interview to The Times.
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“Weaving the defence of the Kichwa territory in the face of the conservation of the Cordillera Azul National Park”
Kichwa Indigenous communities demand that Big Polluters buying carbon credits "assume their responsibilities for having invested in a Park that…
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Indigenous Baka people accuse African Parks of “cruel and inhumane” abuse at the Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo
Prince Harry is a member of African Parks’ board. As is Hansjörg Wyss, founder of the Wyss Foundation.
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Statement against the illegal and violent Ogiek evictions in Kenya
“Forest-based carbon projects are particularly problematic as they often target Indigenous Peoples and their ways of life rather than the true drivers…
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World Bank to carry out an investigation into evictions, killings, and human rights abuses associated with its REGROW project in Tanzania
“We are tired of living in constant fear for our lives,” say villagers threatened with eviction to make way for an expanded Ruaha National Park
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Mordecai Ogada: “Carbon credits are a scam. Probably the biggest scam visited on mankind in history”
Carbon credits are “an illustration of the power of Western propaganda”
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Indigenous Ogiek communities are being violently evicted for carbon credits in Kenya
“The Ogiek are on the front line of a false climate solution that is used to justify ongoing evictions and emissions.”
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Violent evictions and human rights abuses in Tanzania supported by the World Bank
A new report by the Oakland Institute documents the Bank’s role in human rights abuses in southern Tanzania
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