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Report Says Loggers Declaring Losses But Increasing Exports

Post Courier Online

February 12, 2019

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 renowned international researching group The Oakland Institute, new evidence of financial misreporting and grand scale tax evasion in the PNG logging industry have been unearthed.

Think Tank Report Highlights Tax Puzzle in PNG Logging Sector

ABC Radio

September 6, 2018

Two years ago the Oakland Institute published a report on illegal logging in Papua New Guinea, and warned that millions of dollars in taxes were being lost because of financial misreporting.

Tanzania’s Maasai Losing Ground to Tourism in the Name of Conservation, Investigation Finds

Mongabay

May 11, 2018

The government of Tanzania is casting aside Maasai communities to make way for lucrative high-end safari tourism and hunting, says the Oakland Institute, a policy think tank, in a report published May 10.

En Tanzanie, les Masai sont rejetés hors de leurs terres au nom de la protection de la nature

Le Monde

May 10, 2018

Un rapport du Oakland Institute dénonce des intimidations envers les éleveurs qui pâtissent de conflits fonciers et doivent céder la place aux touristes et aux chasseurs.

Tanzania’s Maasai Evicted in Favor of Tourism, Group Says

The Washington Post

By Rodney Muhumuza | AP

KAMPALA, Uganda—Tens of thousands of Tanzania’s ethnic Maasai people are homeless after the government burned their houses to keep the savannah open for tourism benefiting two foreign safari companies, a U.S.-based group charged Thursday.

Villagers in northern Tanzania’s Loliondo area, near the Ngorongoro...
Thousands Homeless as Tanzania's Government Burns Houses to Clear Space for Tourism: Report

Chicago Tribune

Rodney Muhumuza Associated Press

Tens of thousands of Tanzania's ethnic Maasai people are homeless after the government burned their houses to keep the savannah open for tourism benefiting two foreign safari companies, a U.S.-based group charged Thursday.

Villagers in northern Tanzania's Loliondo area, near...
Tanzania Accused of Abuses Against Maasai

BBC

Sammy Awami

A new report accuses the Tanzanian government and some foreign safari companies of a series of human rights abuses against the indigenous Maasai people.
The report, released today by independent policy think tank, the Oakland Institute, details cases of arrests, evictions and beatings of Maasai people.
The Maasai...
Tanzania's Maasai Evicted in Favor of Tourism, Group Says

The New York Times

KAMPALA, Uganda — Tens of thousands of Tanzania's ethnic Maasai people are homeless after the government burned their houses to keep the savannah open for tourism benefiting two foreign safari companies, a U.S.-based policy think tank charged Thursday.
Villagers in northern Tanzania's Loliondo area, near the Ngorongoro Crater tourism...
Report Reiterates Allegations Against Watertown Safari Company

Boston Globe

A report out Thursday provides a detailed account of allegations previously levied against Thomson Safaris, the Watertown company that has come under fire from land-...
Tanzania Evicted Maasai People and Burned Their Homes for Safari Tourism, Group Says

Time

(KAMPALA, Uganda) — Tens of thousands of Tanzania’s ethnic Maasai people are homeless after the government burned their houses to keep the savannah open for tourism benefiting two foreign safari companies, a U.S.-based policy think tank charged Thursday.