Videos

On Fox 5 DC Weekend Live, Julie Donaldson interviews Andy Currier, Oakland Institute Policy Analyst. Watch the discussion on fortress conservation and the human cost of climate solutions that displace Indigenous communities who best protect our biodiversity.

Trade Justice Power Hour, organized by the California Trade Justice Coalition, presents a deep dive into how the critical minerals grab is playing out in the DRC, and what this frontline case reveals about a broader global scramble for minerals, from Greenland to the Asia-Pacific. e will explore how trade policy, corporate power, and geopolitics are shaping the clean energy transition, and what it will take to build one that is truly just and sustainable., Trade Justice Power Hour, organized by the California Trade Justice Coalition, presents a deep dive into how the critical minerals grab is playing out in the DRC, and what this frontline case reveals about a broader global scramble for minerals, from Greenland to the Asia-Pacific. We will explore how trade policy, corporate power, and geopolitics are shaping the clean energy transition, and what it will take to build one that is truly just and sustainable.

An edited recording of the AFSA, PLAAS, Oakland Institute Side Event at the Conference on Land Policy in Africa - CLPA 2025

On June 26, 2025, this webinar brought together movement leaders across education, public health, climate justice, and food sovereignty to critically examine Gates’ legacy—and strategize how to confront the power of billionaire philanthropy. The time for accountability is long overdue., Tech billionaires are reshaping our world. While Elon Musk grabs headlines, Bill Gates laid the blueprint—normalizing billionaire control over public policy through his foundation. Since 2000, the Gates Foundation has used private wealth to influence global agendas in education, health, agriculture, and climate toward corporate-friendly, market-driven solutions. 

USAID, America’s lead aid agency, could also be nearing its end, after US President Donald Trump ordered a halt to foreign aid. Trump said the agency was run by "lunatics", while billionaire Elon Musk called it "criminal". The US provides $72bn to 180 countries – but that aid has come under criticism in the past. So, what would it mean to pull the plug on USAID? Kevin Hirten of The Take, by Al Jazeera, talks to our own Anuradha Mittal about the recent US crusade against foreign aid. More from The Take here.

Indigenous and local communities in the DRC are victims of forced evictions and horrific human rights abuses in the name of conservation.

Dans un rapport publié le mois dernier, De l’abus au pouvoir : mettre fin à la conservation-forteresse en République démocratique du Congo, l’Oakland Institute détaille les causes et l’impact dévastateur de la conservation-forteresse, et appelle à un changement décisif d’approche vers un nouveau paradigme qui respecte et protège à la fois les personnes et la biodiversité.

On July 13, 2023, 15-year-old Joshua Kirtila Patoro was attacked by NCA rangers while watching over cattle near his village in Ngorongoro, Tanzania. Joshua and his mother provided this testimony to the Oakland Institute in the hope that their call for justice is heard and supported internationally.