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Tanzania Squeezes Maasai by Seizing Livestock, Report Says

January 26, 2023

The update from the Oakland Institute, a U.S.-based environmental think tank, found that the government forcefully confiscated some 5,880 cattle and 767 goats and sheep from the Maasai in November and December last year and is demanding that owners pay heavy fines.

Guebert: American agriculture's Great Carbon Boondoggle, Part 2

Telegraph Herald

January 5, 2023

As highlighted here last week and according to a November report published by the Oakland Institute, a California-based think tank, Summit’s payroll includes General Counsel Jess Vilsack, the son of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

Carbon Offsets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

HBO

August 21, 2022

John Oliver explains what carbon offsets are, what they claim to do, how they might be making climate change even worse, and, of course, how Oscar Isaac is getting hotter.

Tanzanian Maasai Battle Eviction From Ancestral Land

Financial Times

June 18, 2022

Security forces seek to move thousands of people to make way for a luxury game reserve

Brazil's Election Will Be Decisive for Indigenous People, the Environment, and the Climate Crisis

Common Dreams

A reversal of Bolsonaro's destructive policies is essential to to protect people and planet.
Interview: U.S. Firms, Gov’t Aggravate Global Food Crisis, Says U.S. Expert

Xinhua News Agency

Speculative behaviors of Wall Street firms and grain giants in the global market, and the U.S. government's support for such businesses, have aggravated the worldwide food crisis amid the ongoing Ukraine conflict, a U.S. expert has said.
African Farmers to UK: Stop Funding ‘Climate-Stupid’ Agriculture on Our Continent

The Canary

Millions of African people have demanded that the UK and others cease funding an agricultural initiative on the continent.
The push to protect Africa’s land displaces its greatest guardians: Indigenous people

Grist

Calls are mounting for governments to formally protect more land. But colonial-style conservation is unjust and doesn't work.
Political Economy of the Russia Ukraine Conflict

The Citizen

The Combined West is unwilling to consider any dialogue or diplomatic solution
Not a Grain of Truth in Ukrainian Farmland Claim

AAP

There is no doubt that Cargill, Dupont and Monsanto have major business interests in Ukraine (and see major profit opportunities there), but it is not through their direct control of the land.