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….
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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.
Conservation efforts in the Congo Basin are “mostly failing” says new Rainforest Foundation UK report
Conservation efforts in the Congo Basin are mostly failing to protect forests and biodiversity write Rainforest Foundation UK in a new report.
Amnesty International on the Sengwer evictions in Kenya: “The allegations of house burnings are credible and require investigation by the competent authorities”
Since December 2013, REDD-Monitor has been following the evictions of the Sengwer indigenous people who live in the Cherangany Hills. The evictions have been going on for many years, at the hands of armed Kenya Forest Service guards, who have evicted the Sengwer and burned down their homes.
Kenya Forest Service: “There are no evictions that have taken place in the recent past”
From 4-6 March 2015, a meeting took place in Eldoret, Kenya, organised by the World Bank and Kenya’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. The meeting aimed to find a positive way forward following years of evictions from Kenya’s forested areas.