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TRIDOM – one of the largest trans-boundary wildlife areas in Africa faces critical new threats. Far from protesting, conservationists are looking to cash-in on the destruction
TRIDOM faces major threats from mining and hydropower. WWF hopes to cash in by getting the mining companies to fund conservation.
“WWF’s leadership is still in a state of denial about its own role in fortress conservation and human rights abuses,” Professor John Knox tells US Congressional Committee
By Chris Lang Earlier this week, the US House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing titled, “Protecting Human Rights in International Conservation”. The hearing repeatedly exposed WWF’s failure to take responsibility for its role in human rights abuses.
WWF apologises for human rights abuse allegations and commits to an indigenous-led approach to global conservation
By Chris Lang On 2 June 2021, a hoax WWF website appeared online that included the following headline: “WWF apologises for human rights abuse allegations and commits to an indigenous-led approach to global conservation”.
REDD-Minus: New report reveals the reality of REDD in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
By Chris Lang A recent report by Action pour la Promotion et Protection des Peoples et Espèces Menacées (APEM) and Rainforest Foundation UK looks at the social impacts of two REDD projects in Mai Ndombe province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report is based on grassroots research carried out over two years. The…