WWF Says It Is “Troubled” By An Alleged Human Rights Violation At A Park With A History Of Violence
“Conservation should never come at the expense of human rights and well-being.”
Themes: Conservation, NGOs, Human rights, Parks
After guards at a wildlife park funded by the World Wide Fund for Nature were accused of killing a 24-year-old Nepali man earlier this month, the leading conservation charity said it will "advocate for diligence" in the investigation.
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Aug 01, 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
Armed ecoguards funded by WWF 'beat up Congo tribes people'.
Exclusive: Inquiry into $21.4m conservation project reports ‘credible’ evidence of abuse.
Themes: Conservation, Indigenous people, Human rights, Parks, UNDP, Poverty
Armed ecoguards partly funded by the conservation group WWF to protect wildlife in the Republic of the Congo beat up and intimidated hundreds of Baka pygmies living deep in the rainforests, an investigation into a landmark global conservation project has heard.
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Feb 10, 2020
Thailand's disappeared Karen activist.
Billy and the burned village.
Themes: Human rights, Poverty, Parks, Indigenous people
An oil barrel discovered at the bottom of a reservoir in a nature reserve in Thailand in April 2019 has cast a light on a story some would rather stayed hidden. It is a tale of powerful men and the lengths they will allegedly go to keep their crimes covered up. But it is also the story of one woman's determination to get justice for the man she loved and the community he was fighting for.
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Jan 04, 2020
Why are people killed for protecting their natural lands?
Stories from Colombia, Indonesia and India
Themes: Indigenous people, Conservation, Human rights
“Each year sets a new record for the murder of people defending their lands and the environment,” says Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples. “And thousands more are victims of violence or criminalization.”
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Dec 31, 2019
A US Lawmaker Wants To Ban Funding For Conservation Groups That Support Human Rights Abuses
In the wake of a BuzzFeed News investigation, new legislation promises "to deter possibilities of future taxpayer-funded instances of torture, rape, and extrajudicial killings."
Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, NGOs, Parks
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Dec 21, 2019
Indigenous land rights in the Amazon Basin.
Themes: Human rights, Indigenous people, Conservation, REDD, Policy
Si no se protege a los pueblos indígenas no se está protegiendo la Amazonía. Los bosques amazónicos están protegiendo el planeta y mitigando el cambio climático por lo tanto es una prioridad alinear las políticas para proteger al mismo tiempo: territorio, pueblos indígenas y bosques. . If indigenous people are not protected then nor is the Amazon. The Amazon forest protects the planet and mitigates climate change which means that it is a priority to align those policies that protect land, indigenous peoples and the forest.
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Sep 05, 2019