Hambantota ‘Elephant Management Zone’
A pace-setter to resolve Human-Elephant Conflict
Themes: Agriculture, Conservation, Livlihoods
The year 2019 marked the worst year for human-elephant relations, with 405 elephant deaths at the hands of humans and 121 human deaths by elephants. Most deaths were due to human encroachment of traditional elephant regions, fragmentation of their territory, the use of their territory for development and for illegal activities, thereby depriving elephants of their natural feeding and movement
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Feb 19, 2021
View from the Termite Mound
Press conference by Ngorongoro youths in Dar es Salaam
Themes: Conservation, Indigenous people, Livlihoods, Human rights, Pastoralists
After the press conference in Arusha on 21st January, held by ward councillors and customary leaders from Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Ngorongoro youths in Dar es Salaam – all of them university students except one who’s a lawyer - followed up with their own press conference on 8th February.
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Feb 19, 2021
The bold plan to save Africa's largest forest.
Themes: Conservation, Indigenous people, NGOs, Poverty, Livlihoods
The Congo Basin contains the world's second-largest rainforest, crucial for regulating the world's climate. Inside it, a plan to halt the forest's decline is bearing fruit.
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Jan 09, 2021
Evicted Apaa residents return to disputed land
Apaa residents who fleed their homes following a clash over the contested land, have returned to their ruined villages of Lulai, Gaji, Acholi ber and Pundyanga.
Themes: Conservation, Parks, Human rights
The land that is claimed by the two district, is also claimed by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) . The UWA says the disputed land is part of East Madi Wildlife Reserve.
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Jan 02, 2021
WWF Admitted “Sorrow” Over Human Rights Abuses
A 160-page report, in response to a BuzzFeed News investigation, found long-standing failures at the celebrated wildlife charity.
Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, NGOs, Parks
One of the world’s largest charities knew for years that it was funding alleged human rights abusers but repeatedly failed to address the issue, a lengthy, long-delayed report revealed on Tuesday.
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Nov 25, 2020
The traditions that could save a nation’s forests
Indigenous communities evicted from their ancestral forest lands in Kenya have plans to restore peace and biodiversity to their homelands.
Themes: Conservation, Indigenous people, Human rights, Livlihoods, Parks
In July this year, in the middle of Kenya’s rainy season, two indigenous communities living in western Kenya were evicted from their ancestral homes. The Ogiek people of the Mau Forest and the Sengwer people of the Embobut Forest were forced to leave by government forest guards, leaving hundreds of people displaced and their houses burnt to the ground. It was the middle of the rainy season, and families including young children were exposed to the unforgiving weather.
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Nov 04, 2020
The Multiple Land Use Model of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, review proposal
In this blog post: The MLUM review proposal. Reactions to the MLUM review proposal. Majaliwa/Olenasha/Marekani horror show in Wasso. Now
Themes: Conservation, Indigenous people, Livlihoods, Pastoralists, NGOs, Parks
On 22nd September 2019, what can only be described as a plan to kill pastoralism and Maasai culture and life in the whole of Ngorongoro district was presented at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) headquarters.
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Nov 04, 2020
US government stops funding to WWF, WCS and other conservation organisations because of human rights abuses
Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, NGOs, Parks
In autumn 2019, the US government suspended US$12.3 million of funding to the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE). This followed a bipartisan congressional oversight investigation to examine whether US conservation funds were supporting eco-guards who committed human rights abuses.
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Oct 14, 2020