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

Amnesty International on 30×30: “Indigenous peoples and local communities experience violence and forced eviction in the context of protected areas on a massive scale”
Amnesty International on 30×30: A new position paper from Amnesty International highlights dangers of the CDB proposal to put 30% of the planet in protected areas by 2030.

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.

Stop the evictions of 70,000 Maasai in Loliondo, Tanzania
Stop the evictions: The Government of Tanzania is yet again threatening to forcibly evict Maasai Indigenous people from their ancestral land in Ngorongoro District.

Fortress conservation in Wildlife Alliance’s Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project: evictions, violence, and burning people’s homes. “We’re proud of our work. The forest, the wildlife, you come to feel they’re yours.”
Wildlife Alliance targets villagers, but works with the direct cause of deforestation in Cambodia: the corrupt Hun Sen government.