Tanzania’s Maasai appeal to west to stop eviction for conservation plans

Themes: Agriculture, Conservation, Livlihoods, Indigenous people, Parks, Pastoralists, Poverty, Tourism, Hunting

Thousands of Indigenous people sign letter to UK, US and EU protesting at appropriation of land for tourist safaris and hunting

La Fabriquita: lecciones de una comunidad en Guerrero para proteger el agua y salvar el bosque en México

Themes: Conservation, Poverty, Livlihoods

Hace casi 15 años, los habitantes de una comunidad en el sur de México decidieron conservar el lugar que les proporciona agua: poco más de 500 hectáreas de su territorio las destinaron a la creación de una reserva ecológica. El bosque que conserva la comunidad, sin contar con apoyo gubernamental, se conoce como La Fabriquita; ahí se encuentra el manantial que beneficia a ocho pueblos de la Costa Chica de Guerrero.

Uganda's Batwa people

Evicted from forests to help save gorillas

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

Evicted from their ancestral forest homes three decades ago in a move to conserve wildlife, many of Uganda's Batwa people struggle for a more dignified way of life.

Namibia’s community wildlife conservation system has come off the rails, investigation shows.

Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Management is seen as a global gold standard for conservation. But a probe has found that it’s falling apart.

Themes: Hunting, Indigenous people, Livlihoods, NGOs, Poverty, Conservation, Tourism

An investigation into Namibia’s wildlife management policies and programmes by two environmental researchers has found that the claimed success of conservation in the country and economic benefits for poor rural communities are largely a fabrication.

Letter from FPP and IDL to the Peruvian President to guarantee Indigenous rights

Themes: Livlihoods, Indigenous people, Human rights, Poverty

The letter is written in solidarity with the Federation of Native Communities of Ucayali and Tributaries (FECONAU), the Regional Organisation of Aidesep in Ucayali (ORAU) and the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP). Although the Flor de Ucayali community's land has been titled, they still suffer threats to their lands, lives and livelihoods on a regular basis. This letter asks Pedro Castillo Terrones, the President of Peru, to take immediate action to guarantee indigenous rights, protect human rights defenders in Flor de Ucayali, as well as creating and implementing across-sectional protection plan for the community in the face of continuing threats to their land and fundamental rights. Letter and annexes available in Spanish only.

Mau Forest rehabilitation still overshadowed by forced evictions

Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Livlihoods, NGOs, Parks, Poverty

*More than 50,000 people have been forcefully evicted from Kenya’s ecologically important Mau Forest in the past decade. *With few options to relocate, evicted smallholders and others continue to enter the forest in search of grazing and fuel. *The Kenya Water Tower Agency has built electrified fencing, but encroachers have torn sections of this down. *Enlisting evictees to create tree nurseries and support for alternative livelihoods points the way to more constructive approaches.

View from the Termite Mound

Themes: Conservation, FPIC, Human rights, Indigenous people, Pastoralists, Parks, Tourism, Poverty

The Tanzanian government is again preparing to grab grazing land in Loliondo for the benefit of the “investor” and this time it’s the Arusha Regional Commissioner who’s been sent as the messenger. Let’s stop any such plan!

Stealth Game: "Community" Conservancies Devastate Land & Lives in Northern Kenya

Themes: Conservation, Livlihoods, Indigenous people, Pastoralists, Human rights, Poverty

Stealth Game: “Community” Conservancies Devastate Land & Lives in Northern Kenya — reveals the devastating impact of privatized and neo-colonial wildlife conservation and safari tourism on Indigenous pastoralist communities.