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Why is the World Heritage Committee failing to uphold Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
The Tanzanian government has been kicking the Maasai off their land, while claiming that these are “voluntary relocations”.
 • Chris Lang
Why the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania “cannot be a World Heritage Site and an eviction zone”
Open letter from the Oakland Institute to the World Heritage Committee.
 • Chris Lang
The World Heritage Committee must oppose the eviction of Indigenous Maasai from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The World Heritage Committee meets in South Korea next week and the fate of the Maasai of Ngorongoro hangs in the balance.
 • Chris Lang
UN experts urge Tanzania’s government to stop evictions of Maasai Indigenous communities from Ngorongoro Conservation Area
“Conservation efforts must not come at the expense of human rights.”
 • Chris Lang
Sham Presidential Commissions in Tanzania recommend mass evictions of Indigenous Maasai from Ngorongoro Conservation Area
“If these extremely biased and reckless recommendations are implemented, it will be the end of our people in Ngorongoro.”
 • Chris Lang
“Entire communities now live in fear and despair.” How the Tanzanian government profits from tourism while cracking down on Indigenous…
The World Bank’s failure to address breaches of its policies is “beyond shameful”.
 • Chris Lang
Indigenous Peoples threatened with violence, livestock theft, and evictions from Mukogodo Forest, Kenya
Statement and letter from the East Africa Indigenous Women-Led Assembly.
 • Chris Lang
Tanzania must respect the rights of Maasai Indigenous People living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Oakland Institute calls on the Tanzanian government to recognise Maasai human rights and land rights.
 • Chris Lang
TotalEnergies abandons its carbon plantations in the Republic of Congo
Foreign staff working on the Batéké Carbon Sink have left the country.
 • Chris Lang
Sengwer homes burned down again in Embobut forest, Kenya
Meanwhile, The Nature Conservancy’s Eldoret-Iten Water Fund project leaves Sengwer issues “unaddressed”.
 • Chris Lang
“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.
 • Chris Lang
BBC Panorama documentary on the Southern Cardamom REDD project in Cambodia: Human rights abuses, road construction, and a hydropower dam
“Lots of logging is taking place here.”
 • Chris Lang
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