Since the 1960s, the Sengwer indigenous people living in the Embobut forest have been evicted many times. In recent years, the evictions have intensified.
Category: Kenya
The Ogiek indigenous people in Kenya were evicted and their homes burnt. In the name of conservation
By Chris Lang In June 2016, 50 armed guards from the Kenya Forest Service burned homes belonging to Ogiek indigenous people living in the forests of Chepkitale, Mount Elgon. The Ogiek have lived in Kenya’s Mau forest for hundreds of years. Some of them live in the deep forest and live from hunting and gathering….
Green grabs are not the solution to land grabs
Green grabs: How REDD supports the return of fortress conservation – a piece I wrote for Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung.
Enough is enough! Stop the evictions of the Sengwer indigenous peoples in Kenya
In July 2009, Navin Rai travelled to the Cherangani Hills in Kenya as part of a delegation of World Bank and Kenyan officials who travelled to the Cherangani Hills in Kenya. At the time Rai was the World Bank’s top adviser on Indigenous Peoples.
The European Investment Bank and USAID are supporting REDD through Althelia Climate Fund: A financial intermediary based in the tax haven of Luxembourg
On 13 June 2013, the European Investment Bank agreed to give up to €25 million to Athelia Climate Fund. This is the first time that the European Investment Bank has funded a European carbon fund. It is also the first time that the EIB has supported REDD, and it is doing so through a financial…