Northern Rangelands Trust

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

Press Releases & Public Statements

Bullet casings and injured community member side-by-side images.
Press Release
Latest Community Protest Against NRT Upended by Violent Crackdown
On May 8, 2023, Kenyan police violently cracked down on community members protesting against the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT)
Protest in Merti Sub-County. May 8, 2021
Press Release
The Oakland Institute’s Response to Sham “Due Diligence Report” Commissioned by The Nature Conservancy and Other Donors into Northern Rangelands Trust in Kenya
We are shocked by the sham investigation of Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) in Kenya conducted by Paul Kanyinke Sena at the behest of the Nature Conservancy
November 17, 2021 press conference held by pastoralists in Nairobi.
Press Release
Press Statement from Pastoralist Communities
As elders and professionals from Borana, Samburu, Somali, Pokot and Turkana communities of Northern Kenya, we are gravely concerned by the killings and maiming of our people by rangers from the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT).
Protests by residents of Ngilae west in Samburu County against NRT.
Public Statement
Setting the Record Straight: Response to NRT's Claims
Before publication of the report Stealth Game, the Oakland Institute shared the major findings of its research with NRT, to provide it an opportunity to respond. What followed was a correspondence in which NRT denies our findings and deflects blame. Here we address NRT’s contention points with the report. NRT asserts that the findings of Stealth Game are “unfounded and long discredited allegations” that are the result of not “having seen firsthand the situation on the ground.” NRT maintains visiting the communities in person would dispel these allegations.

News Articles

Mongabay
Crisis hits community-led conservation group in northern Kenya
GOTU, Kenya — Under the shade of an acacia tree in northern Kenya’s sweltering dry season, a group of elders have gathered to discuss community business in the town of Gotu. Two hours or so from the regional capital of Isiolo, the small but bustling cattle town of Gotu is typical of Kenya’s northern rangeland.
Nigrizia
Kenya: condannata la Northern Rangelands Trust (e i crediti di carbonio)
Per il tribunale le attività di conservazione ambientale della NRT in due aree che controlla in Kenya violano i diritti delle comunità locali
Inter Press Service
Africa Climate Summit: Time for Tangible, Impactful, & Accountable Climate Action
ARJUN AMIN African leaders, public officials, and private-sector executives will converge in Nairobi, September 4-6, at the Africa Climate Summit (ACS) – coinciding with the UN Africa Climate Week (ACW). In recent years, Africa has been the poster child for climate solutions, with carbon credit and offset projects gaining popularity among the public and private sectors alike. These schemes allow companies, primarily from the Global North, to “offset” their carbon emissions by funding forestry and land management efforts across Africa.
AllAfrica
Africa: Selling Carbon Credits From Africa - Is it Indigenous People vs Carbon Offset Schemes?
By Sethi Ncube An international non-governmental organisation which campaigns for the rights of indigenous peoples who use traditional methods of making their living is challenging the way in which a project designed to combat climate change is being implemented across vast tracts of northern Kenya.