How will we survive?

Survival International accuses WWF and WCS of supporting violence against indigenous people in the Congo Basin

Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, Parks

National parks, logging concessions and trophy hunting zones have been imposed on vast areas of land in the Congo Basin. A new report by Survival International documents how the World Wildlife Fund and the Wildlife Conservation Society have played a key role in this carve up of indigenous peoples’ lands.

What works?

Protected areas, indigenous territories, and conservation concessions in Peru.

Themes: Conservation, Indigenous people, Parks, Policy

“State-controlled protected areas (PAs) have dominated conservation strategies globally, yet their performance relative to other governance regimes is rarely assessed comprehensively. Furthermore, performance indicators of forest PAs are typically restricted to deforestation, although the extent of forest degradation is greater.”

Illegal Arson Attack in Loliondo.

Rangers Say that They Have Started an Operation to Evict the Maasai from the 1,500 km2 Osero

Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, Parks, Poverty

Book review: The Big Conservation Lie.

Themes: Conservation, Indigenous people, Poverty

“Hero worship in conservation is as old as wildlife conservation itself. The subjects of this worship are invariably white men and women who are lionized for taking to a life of selfless service of the wilderness and its residents.”

The Necessary Alliance between Conservationists and Rights Advocates.

Degradation of biodiversity is a double injustice that destroys ecosystems and impoverishes indigenous peoples.

Themes: Human rights, Indigenous people, Conservation

To conserve tropical forests and wildlife, protect the rights of people who rely on them.

Themes: Indigenous people, Conservation, Parks

Many of our planet’s most beautiful areas are also sites of intense conflicts. In a recent example, traditional herdsmen in February took over the land around Mount Kenya, which is a World Heritage Site and biodiversity hotspot, burning down the tourist lodge and bringing in thousands of cattle to graze.

Conservation violence:

More evictions of the Sengwer in the Embobut Forest, Kenya.

Themes: Conservation, Indigenous people, Parks, Human rights

On 2 April 2017, Kenya Forest Service guards violently attacked Elias Kimaiyo, a Sengwer community leader. The Forest Guards were burning houses belonging to the Sengwer. Kimaiyo was taking photographs.

India’s Kaziranga national park and the Streisand effect.

Chris Lang from Conservation Watch reviews the debate surrounding Kaziranga's shoot on sight policy.

Themes: Conservation, Policy, Parks

The controversy over Kaziranga National Park’s brutal anti-poaching policy continues. Over the past 20 years, 106 people have been killed in the park in north-east India. Shockingly, almost half of those people were killed in the past five years.