Tanzania wants to evict Maasai for wildlife – but they’re fighting back

Community members are on a campaign to get international donors to defund their government and stop rights violations.
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Community members are on a campaign to get international donors to defund their government and stop rights violations.
The World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that caused the suffering of tens of thousands of villagers, according to a U.S.-based rights group that has long urged the global lender to take such action.
U.S. sanctions imposed in 2022 against Nicaragua’s mining industry were supposed to help combat a bloody wave of human rights abuses against local communities. But several years later, some aspects of the sanctions still aren’t being enforced, allowing mining companies to continue operations and even expand into new parts of the country.
The Olympics are a sustainability nightmare, and Paris, despite its efforts, is no exception.
CellPress speaks with Anuradha Mittal, executive director of the Oakland Institute, about the impact of carbon credits sales on land use.
When the 193-member UN General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution, back in September 2015, the goals were highly ambitious: to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, eliminate inequalities, protect human rights, promote gender empowerment and ensure economic, social and environmental development—and much more. The deadline for achieving...
Multinational companies funded a US $4.4-million carbon offset project. Senegalese locals did much of the work—and saw almost none of the money.
Depuis des siècles, les Massaïs vivant dans la zone de conservation de Ngorongoro se déplaçent en grande partie librement sur les vastes étendues de savane à la recherche d’eau et de pâturages, sans aucune restriction. Mais, en 1979, quand l’UNESCO est entrée en scène, beaucoup de choses ont changé. Notamment, la mise en place de…
For years, human rights organizations have accused UNESCO of being either inattentive or complicit in the illegal evictions of communities and allegations of torture, rape and murder in several World Heritage Sites.
These sites include biodiversity hotspots in Africa, including the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania and the Odzala-...