Interview with Chris Lang: “The reality in far too many cases is that REDD projects are exacerbating existing problems such as fortress conservation.”
Tag: Conservation-Watch

Gang rape, torture, and murder by park guards and soldiers at Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kahuzi-Biega National Park: A new report by Minority Rights Group documents a campaign of appalling violence against Batwa Indigenous People.

Urgent call for international support to stop the Tanzanian government’s human rights violations against the Maasai: “You can either be silent and complicit, or take a stand for justice, dignity and human rights”
Human rights violations against the Maasai: Maasai Indigenous People have written to Tanzania’s donors to stop the plans for evictions and the human rights abuses in Ngorongoro and Loliondo in Tanzania.

Colonial conservation: Why an Indigenous Maya community in Belize protested against a visit from Prince William
Colonial conservation: Prince William’s trip to the Caribbean exposes the colonial roots of conservation.

Al Jazeera: Why are Tanzania’s Maasai being forced off their ancestral land?
By Chris Lang Maasai Indigenous people living in Loliondo Division of Ngorongoro District in Tanzania continue to be threatened with evictions. Since 1992, the government has issued permits on an area of 4,000 square kilometres of land to a hunting tourism company called Otterlo Business Corporation. The company is owned by Dubai Royals.