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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.

The World Bank is driving a failed strategy in the DRC

The Africa Report

April 23, 2019

In the DRC, the Bukanga Lonzo Debacle shows that agro-industrial parks are a false solution to the challenges faced by the DRC and Africa when it comes to food, agriculture, and poverty alleviation.

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. The PNG government responded by introducing a progressive rate of taxation, that was designed to reduce the amount of tax evasion.

Tanzanie: les Masaï expulsés de leurs terres au nom du tourisme

RFI

En Tanzanie, les Masaï sont toujours plus réprimés. La semaine dernière, une douzaine de villageois a été attaquée par une patrouille de l'armée tanzanienne alors qu'ils faisaient paître leur bétail à quelques kilomètres du parc national du Serengeti, au nord-est du pays. Le peuple semi-nomade voit ses terres systématiquement réduites au profit...
Maasai Clash with Tanzania in Court Over Eviction from Serengeti

Thomson Reuters Foundation

NAIROBI - Maasai herders near Tanzania’s famous Serengeti wildlife park have asked a regional court to stop the government intimidating witnesses supporting their legal bid to return to their ancestral land, a lawyer for the community said on Thursday.
Luxury Safaris Are Expelling This Indigenous Group From Their Ancient Lands in the Serengeti

Global Citizen

The Maasai people of the Serengeti are being expelled from their native lands in Kenya and Tanzania to make way for luxury tourism, according to a new report by US-based think tank Oakland Institute.
Ecotourism is Being Used to Displace One of East Africa's Long-standing Indigenous People

Quartz

Government officials and foreign companies in Tanzania are using ecotourism and conservation laws to displace indigenous Maasai people, evicting them and denying them access to watering holes and vital grazing for their livestock.
Thousands of Tanzania's Maasai Evicted from their Land 'for Tourism'

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kampala, Uganda: Tens of thousands of Tanzania's ethnic Maasai people are homeless after the government burnt their houses to keep the savannah open for tourism benefiting two foreign safari companies, a US-based policy think-tank claims.
Maasai Herders Lose Land to Tourism in Tanzania, Says New Report

Yale Environment 360

Maasai herding communities are being pushed off their ancestral land by the Tanzanian government and safari companies in favor of more lucrative tourism and hunting, according to a new report by the Oakland Institute, a California-based think tank...