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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. Although terms like “participatory,” “community driven,” and “local empowerment” are extensively used, the report exposes how the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and...

Daniel Kobei of the Ogiek Peoples' Development Program

An Interview with Daniel Kobei of the Ogiek Peoples' Development Program

On June 27, 2020 a heavy contingent of security officers from the Kenya Forestry Service (KFS) started an operation to flash out grazers at the Logoman Forest station, one of the blocks in the Eastern section of the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya.
Biological Pest Control: Push-pull in East Africa

Biological Pest Control: Push-pull in East Africa

Location: Kenya A highly successful, ecologically based pest and weed management system was introduced in 1999 to resource-poor smallholder maize farmers in Kenya. Used by thousands of farmers in East Africa, the “push-pull” strategy significantly increases maize yields, helps control pests and reduces reliance on pesticides.

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Lutte biologique contre les parasites: le Push-pull en Afrique de l’Est
Biointensive Agriculture Training Program in Kenya

Biointensive Agriculture Training Program in Kenya

Location: Kitale, Kenya Manor House Agricultural Center provides training in low input farming as an alternative to conventional methods, which are heavily reliant on external inputs. Farmers practicing biointensive farming techniques experience significant yield increases and improved soil fertility and grow more nutritious crops. Since 1984, over 100,000 farmers have received this training, and an estimated 200,000 households now use methods...

Blog

Samburu communities in Nantudu, Olidonyiro fearing evictions from community lands.

Protecting Human Rights is Essential to Conserving Nature

Thursday, December 9, 2021 Ben Reicher

So-called “conservation” — in the guise of tourism dollars as a development strategy — is denying basic rights for Indigenous pastoralists in Northern Kenya

Kenyan tea farm. Photo: Samuel Phillips

World Bank's COVID-19 Assistance to Kenya Benefits Multinational Agribusiness and Agrochemical Firms

Thursday, July 2, 2020 Frederic Mousseau and Andy Currier

Despite the unprecedented nature of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank continues to drive "private sector solutions to development" under the faulty assumption that catering to multinational companies will trickle down and benefit all.

Press Releases and Public Statements

The Oakland Institute’s Response to Sham “Due Diligence Report” Commissioned by The Nature Conservancy and Other Donors into Northern Rangelands Trust in Kenya

Press Statement from Pastoralist Communities

Setting the Record Straight: Response to NRT's Claims

Land Grab & Human Rights Abuses in the Name of Conservation


Videos & Audio

Elevating Voices — How "Community" Conservancies Devastate Land & Lives in Northern Kenya

How "Community" Conservancies Devastate Land & Lives in Northern Kenya

How "Community" Conservancies Devastate Land & Lives in Northern Kenya

Do Conservation Efforts Endanger the Lives of Indigenous Communities?

Kenya Conservancies

Kenya Conservancies

Stealth Game: BBC World Service Radio Interview

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Camels kept by pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya for livelihoods.

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Media

The push to protect Africa’s land displaces its greatest guardians: Indigenous people

Grist

Can Elephants and Rhinos Coexist With Livestock and Their Owners?

The Economist

Western Nonprofits Are Trampling Over Africans’ Rights and Land

Foreign Policy

Report Clears Kenyan Conservancy of Community Abuse, but Advocates Cry Foul

Mongabay

Conservation Champion NRT Under Scrutiny Over Human Rights Record

Africa Intelligence

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Documentation and Contracts

Namunyak Conservancy Withdrawal from Northern Rangelands Trust

Documentation: Stealth Game

Environment & Land Court, Meru

Community Petitions From Merti & Cherab

Community Petitions From Garbatulla

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