Tanzania – REDD-Monitor

Charges against Maasai in Loliondo, Tanzania dropped; “Their only ‘crime’ was exercising their right to protest while security forces tried to seize land from them in the name of ‘conservation’”

Posted on 29 November 20221 December 2022

Maasai in Loliondo continue to face threats of eviction and human rights abuses – in the name of conservation.

This is what 30×30 will look like: “The government is happy for injustices done to our people”. The East African Court of Justice turns a blind eye to the Tanzanian government’s human rights abuses against the Maasai in the name of conservation and elite trophy hunting

Posted on 4 October 202224 January 2023

30×30: The East African Court of Justice has dismissed a case brought by four Maasai villages against the evictions and violence carried out by the Tanzanian government in the name of conservation.

Violence against the Maasai continues in Loliondo District, Tanzania

Posted on 14 July 202214 July 2022

Violence against the Maasai continues in Tanzania. In the name of “conservation” and game hunting for the elite of the United Arab Emirates.

Oakland Institute and Survival International call on UNESCO and IUCN to cut ties with the Tanzanian government over the most recent human rights abuses against the Maasai in Loliondo

Posted on 27 June 202227 June 2022

Oakland Institute and Survival International have written to IUCN and UNESCO calling for them to cut ties with the Tanzanian government over the most recent human rights abuses against the Maasai in Loliondo.