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As Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed Collects the Nobel Peace Prize, Abuses in the Lower Omo Valley Must Be Addressed

LifeGate

December 10, 2019

Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for achieving peace with Eritrea. Yet Indigenous groups in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley have been abused by government forces, a fact the prime minister must address, says the Oakland Institute.

Ukraine, the Land of Quid Pro Quos

Common Dreams

November 13, 2019

If we are to take the matter of quid pro quos seriously, we should take the measure of over US$20 billion of aid forcing Ukraine to privatize its land and its economy for the profit of a few Western interests.

State projects leave tens of thousands of lives in the balance in Ethiopia – study

The Guardian

June 13, 2019

A giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations are "wreaking havoc" in southern Ethiopia and threaten to wipe out tens of thousands of indigenous peoples, a US-based thinktank has claimed.

Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds

Mongabay

June 11, 2019

A dam in southern Ethiopia built to supply electricity to cities and control the flow of water for irrigating industrial agriculture has led to the displacement and loss of livelihoods of indigenous groups, the Oakland Institute has found.

Farming communities abused at troubled DRC mega-farm, campaigners say

Mongabay

When then-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila hoisted himself into a tractor to celebrate the first harvest of the Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial park on March 5, 2015, it was supposed to be a triumphant moment. Just under 300...
Displacement and Dispossession in Tanzania: How "Conservation" is Destroying the Maasai

World Rainforest Movement

For the past eighty years, the Maasai have been displaced and dispossessed of their land, livelihoods, and more in Northern Tanzania, all under the guise of "conservation." This article traces the origins of this dispossession through to present day struggles, calling for international solidarity in support of the Maasai.
Report Says Loggers Declaring Losses But Increasing Exports

Post Courier Online

A high-end investigative report has revealed that despite decades of operating in PNG, logging companies barely declare profits. Furthermore, the report reveals an odd financial contradiction where loggers have reported doubling their losses while continuing to increase their exports of tropical timber. In a comprehensive report furnished by...
Industrial Agriculture, an Extraction Industry Like Fossil Fuels, a Growing Driver of Climate Change

InsideClimate News

According to the Oakland Institute, nearly half of all U.S. farmland will change hands in the next 20 years as more farmers retire. "With an estimated $10 billion in capital already looking for access to U.S. farmland, institutional investors openly hope to expand their holdings as this retirement bulge takes place," the institute says.
Farmers' March: The Artists, Activists And Students Behind The Scenes In Delhi

HuffPost

NEW DELHI: The mobile phone of 28-year-old Janhavi, a Ph.D scholar at Delhi University, is constantly ringing on Wednesday. She rarely leaves the table at the corner of a library-cum-office in Katwariya Sarai in New Delhi, where she is making a chart and working on a laptop along with her friend Agneya.
Green Resources' Forestry Projects are Negatively Impacting On Local Communities – Donor

Witness Radio

The Finnish Development Finance Iinstitution (FINNFUND) is concerned about effects from its own financed carbon offset projects in Uganda that have negatively impacted on the local communities. FINNFUND is an investment arm of the Finnish Government, with financial support of up to US$ 25 million to the Green Resources Forestry project.
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