Environmental colonialism

Conservation Refugees

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 18:59
rains's picture

A LOW FOG ENVELOPES the steep and remote valleys of southwestern Uganda most mornings, as birds found only in this small corner of the continent rise in chorus and the great apes drink from clear streams. Days in the dense montane forest are quiet and steamy. Nights are an exaltation of insects and primate howling. For thousands of years the Batwa people thrived in this soundscape, in such close harmony with the forest that early-twentieth-century wildlife biologists who studied the flora and fauna of the region barely noticed their existence.

OGIEK OPPOSE KIBAKI’S DIRECTIVE ON TITLE DEEDS

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 18:40
FdN's picture

The President’s directive that more than 12,000 Ogiek shall be issued with title deed in the Mau is ill timed and a monumental conspiracy to expropriate Ogiek ancestral land in Nakuru and Narok districts to other mainstream societies for political expediency. The Ogiek land struggle is as old as our independence and to date the Ogiek people are not legally among the 42 tribes of Kenya.

Statement read by fPcN on behalf of The Dawid Kruiper Clan

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 16:04
FdN's picture

Main theme “Indigenous peoples and the international and domestic protection of traditional knowledge”
Agenda Item 5. Standard-setting: (a) Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent;
Palais des Nations, Assembly Hall, July 2005
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Fifty-seventh session, Working Group on Indigenous Populations
Twenty-third session 18-22 July 2005

Main theme “Indigenous peoples and the international and domestic protection of traditional knowledge”

OGIEK PEOPLE DISPLACED FROM THE MAU FOREST

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 15:53
FdN's picture

Hundreds of Ogiek of Enoosupukia (near Narok / Kenya), who had been camping at the catholic mission Enoosupukia following the 28th February 2005 evictions have been left completely stranded after the camp was reduced to ashes. More than 200 Armed Police officers have been deployed in the area. Children and women are left homeless after the camp they sought refuge was demolished by the police. The exercise has been dubbed as "saving the forests and the environment". The people affected are mainly the Ogiek who have resided and lived there since time immemorial.

ACTION NEEDED:: OGIEK EVICTION ALERT

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 15:46
FdN's picture

Indigenous peoples in Kenya persecuted by state, corporate and NGO terror - Scorched homestead policy in Kenya

Narok, Kenya 09. June 2005 - The Ogiek - one of the few true aboriginal people of Kenya face not only constant persecution from the majority tribes, but are now targeted by international corporations and their proxies in government as well as in NGO cover-ups.

Indigenous People Marginalised at Wasur National Park

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:56
FdN's picture

Wasur National Park is essential for the well-being of Merauke, south WestPapua.

Worldwatch Institute: WWF, CI, TNC exclude indigenous peoples

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 11:13
FdN's picture

A Challenge to Conservationists - A WAKE UP CALL

As corporate and government money flow into the three big international organizations that dominate the world's conservation agenda, their programs have been marked by growing conflicts of interest-and by a disturbing neglect of the indigenous peoples whose land they are in business to protect. In June 2003, representatives of major foundations concerned with the planet's threatened biodiversity gathered in South Dakota for a meeting of the Consultative Group on Biodiversity.

Life of a prince who loved Kenya - and the World Wide Fraud

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 09:42
FdN's picture

Most Kenyans may have heard of him only through the media. But Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, who died on December 1, was a frequent visitor to Kenya and a big supporter of wildlife conservation. He was also President Kenyatta's good friend and made a point of calling on him every time he visited Kenya. Besides being founder of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which has a prominent presence in Kenya, Prince Bernhard was until his death the patron of the Gallmann Memorial Foundation. His chequered life has aptly been called colourful by the media.

Secret Sackings Over Big International NGO (BINGO) Conservation Fraud Article

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 09:16
FdN's picture

Worldwatch kerfuffle, World Watch magazine's controversial article by Mac Chapin on how the Big Three conservation organizations are shafting indigenous peoples roiled the waters not just at those groups (World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and Conservation International) but at Worldwatch itself. The upshot: The magazine's editor is fleeing the coop.