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 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
Five Years of Disappointment and Terror - Not Only in Loliondo
Five years of the fifth phase government in Tanzania are nearing their end.
Themes: Conservation, Indigenous people, Livlihoods, Pastoralists, Hunting, NGOs, Parks, Tourism
I should write a summary of what has happened concerning the land threats in Loliondo and Ngorongoro district as a whole. This isn’t easy. Even with more fearful silence than ever, much has happened, and apparently insignificant events turn out significant with hindsight. The summary is too long, but I hope it will be read anyway and that those reading it will try to do something to stop the police state and the land alienation plans.
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Oct 09, 2020
View from the Termite Mound
Themes: Human rights, Indigenous people, Parks, Pastoralists, Conservation
Scattered, Scarce, and Delayed Reports While Waiting for Action against the Genocidal MLUM Proposal in Ngorongoro
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Jun 22, 2020
Pastoralists into New Round of Negotiations with those who Want to Wipe them off the Map of Ngorongoro
Themes: Conservation, FPIC, Indigenous people, Human rights, Parks, Pastoralists
This blog has been too silent. I’m very sad and tired, and in Loliondo, and Ngorongoro district as a whole, people have been busy discussing Covid-19, or “politics” (possible candidates, and I’m not innocent in this regard, even if my main interest is in who will best defend the land), while the biggest threat ever looms over everyone’s head – the insane Multiple Land Use Model report of last year. This threat has again been spoken about, and there’s a new attempt to, from the inside, stop planned atrocities.
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May 12, 2020
'View from the Termite Mound' responds to the paper on the Serengeti-Mara Squeeze.
Science Magazine Article with Huge Media Coverage, Anti-Loliondo Co-Author, and a not so Hidden Wish to Influence the Tanzanian Government
Themes: Conservation, Pastoralists, Parks, Human rights, NGOs
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Apr 08, 2019
Forest Rights Lost.
Evictions Loom Over a Million Adivasis.
Themes: Conservation, Parks, Policy, Human rights, Indigenous people, Poverty
How can the competing issues of conservation and indigenous rights work in harmony to ensure both forests and the livelihoods of their inhabitants are protected?
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Mar 09, 2019