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Opinion: Bruce Rastetter Is No Climate Hero

Des Moines Register

April 17, 2022

The Iowan’s past makes it clear that he cannot be accused of caring for sustainability or the environment.

Better Use of Groundwater Could Transform Africa, Research Says

The Guardian

March 21, 2022

Studies ‘debunk the myth that Africa is running out of water’ but say resource needs to be better managed

Tanzania, Siding With UAE Firm, Plans To Evict Maasai From Ancestral Lands

Mongabay

February 18, 2022

In northern Tanzania, more than 70,000 Indigenous Maasai residents are once again facing eviction from ancestral lands as the government reveals plans to lease the land to a UAE-based company to create a wildlife corridor for trophy hunting and elite tourism.

Conservation and Capital in Kenya

The Architectural Review

February 9, 2022

Confronted with land inequality sedimented by colonial legacies, mechanisms of capital cannot solve the challenges that face wildlife conservation

Stealth Game: The Proverbial Has Hit the Fan

The Elephant

By Mordecai Ogada

The report of the Oakland Institute is simply saying what I have been saying since 2016. That “Community” Conservancies Devastate Land and Lives in Northern Kenya

Many of my friends, particularly those from outside the conservation sector have been puzzled by the silence that has followed the release of the...
Top Donors Zoom In on Northern Rangelands Trust in Wake of Abuse Claims

Africa Intelligence

Allegations of human rights abuses levelled by a US NGO and a German research institute have led several of the high-profile conservation group's major western backers to call for a probe into its activities.

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Allegations of Displacement, Violence Beleaguer Kenyan Conservancy NGO

Mongabay

The California-based Oakland Institute published a report on Nov. 16 alleging that the Kenya-based nonprofit Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) keeps pastoralists and their herds off of their ancestral grazing areas.
Anatomy of a Paranoid, Prejudiced Cult…

Dr. Mordecai Ogada

Many of my friends, particularly those from outside the conservation sector have been puzzled by the silence that has followed the release of the “Stealth Game” report by the Oakland institute https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/stealth-game-...

Report Blames Kenya Conservation Groups for Conflict

BBC News

A new report by a US-based policy think-tank says that some conservancies in Kenya are driving local communities from their lands and fuelling ethnic conflict in the north.
The End of World Bank's "Doing Business Report": A Landmark Victory for People & Planet

Inter Press Service

The September 16, 2021 announcement from the World Bank that it had discontinued publication of the Doing Business Report (DBR) marked a major victory for people and planet.