Ethiopian Government Slashes Karuturi Global Land Concession by Two-Thirds
Karuturi Chief Executive Officer Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi said reports claiming the government reduced the concession “are completely baseless".
Themes: Poverty, Human rights, Parks, Indigenous people
"The amendment, which reduced the concession by two-thirds to 100,000 hectares (247,105 acres), was made in consultation with Bangalore-based Karuturi six months ago, Esayas Kebede, head of the Agriculture Ministry’s land investment support directorate, said.."
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May 17, 2011
Government U-turn halts tribal eviction from India’s national parks
The Indian government has scrapped its controversial policy of expelling tribal people from wildlife-rich areas to turn them into national parks.
Themes: Parks, Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people
Tensions have been growing between those advocating for the rights of India's 84 million tribal people, and those fighting for wildlife reserves to be people-free 'wildernesses'.
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May 17, 2011
Statutory Recognition Of Customary Land Rights In Africa
An Investigation Into Best Practices For Law Making And Implementation
Themes: Policy, Conservation, Human rights
This study examines the statutory recognition of customary land tenure in Botswana, Mozambique and Tanzania, which were chosen as case studies because of the diverse approaches to the issue they represent.
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May 09, 2011
The International Conference on Global Land Grabbing
Held in Brighton, UK on the 6-8th April 2011
Themes: Policy, Conservation, Human rights, Parks, Indigenous people, Poverty, REDD
This conference brought together an impressive array of analysis and experiences of land being lost to institutional economic pressures. A good number of the cases presented are linked to conservation – summaries of some examples below.
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May 02, 2011
Kenya’s High Hills honey gatherers need urgent help
The Ogiek of Mount Elgon and the Sengwer of the Chepkitale hills
Themes: Poverty, Conservation, Indigenous people, Human rights
"Relief assistance through the Kenya Red Cross .... prevented from reaching the Ogiek. Since then, the roads to Chepkitale have been blocked by KFS officers..."
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Apr 18, 2011
Protected Areas and Migration
The current edition of Conservation and Society has a special section on Protected Areas and Migration. A summary of three of them are presented here with their links.
Themes: Conservation, Policy, Human rights, Parks, Indigenous people, Poverty
Conservation and Society is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary open access journal dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of conservation.
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Apr 09, 2011
Zimbabwe: Illegal Settlers Blamed for Poaching At Conservancies
"When the powers that be speak in tongues it is difficult for us to implement."
Themes: Conservation, Poverty, Human rights
The high price paid by both people and the environment for the political upheavals in Zimbabwe
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Apr 07, 2011
Video - 'People have spoken: voices from Loliondo.'
Resolving Loliondo Land Use Conflict
Themes: Conservation, Poverty, Human rights
See the March 13th post "The long running conflict of Loliondo in Tanzania" for more background.
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Mar 15, 2011
