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The Looming Threat of Eviction: The Continued Displacement of the Maasai Under the Guise of Conservation in Ngorongoro Conservation Area

The Looming Threat of Eviction: The Continued Displacement of the Maasai Under the Guise of Conservation in Ngorongoro Conservation Area , reveals the Tanzanian government’s plans to evict over 80,000 residents — mostly Indigenous Maasai from their land, further restrict the livelihoods of those remaining, and destroy buildings in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). Announced in April 2021, evictions of local residents are scheduled...

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Losing the Serengeti: The Maasai Land that was to Run Forever

Losing the Serengeti: The Maasai Land that was to Run Forever is based on field research, never publicly-seen-before documents, and an in-depth investigation into Tanzania’s land laws. This report is the first to reveal the complicity between Tanzanian government officials and foreign companies as they use conservation laws to dispossess the Maasai, driving them into smaller and smaller areas and creating a stifling map of confinement. The...

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Kuipoteza Serengeti, Ardhi Ya Wamasai Iliyopaswa Kudumu Milele
Sweet Potato to Fight Vitamin A Deficiency and Reduce Malnutrition

Sweet Potato to Fight Vitamin A Deficiency and Reduce Malnutrition

Location: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia Orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties are poorly disseminated in Africa, but several important research-based initiatives are producing the crop and encouraging consumption to reduce undernourishment, especially Vitamin A Deficiency.

Soil and Water Conservation on the Slopes of Kilimanjaro

Soil and Water Conservation on the Slopes of Kilimanjaro

Location: Moshi, Hai, and Rombo districts, Tanzania Himo Environmental Management Trust Fund has worked to improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers facing low productivity and soil erosion on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Farmers have been trained in soil and water conservation techniques and built small rural infrastructures.

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Conservation Agriculture in Tanzania

Conservation Agriculture in Tanzania

Location: Arusha Region, Northern Tanzania The Eotulelo Farmer Field School participants increased yields dramatically and improved resource management through erosion-control technologies, sustainability measures, improved cattle and goat sheds, fodder planting, and new income sources.

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Press Releases and Public Statements

World Bank Finances Evictions and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania

Open Letter to Vice President of the United States of America Kamala Harris

Request for Action Regarding the Human Rights Crisis Faced by the Indigenous Maasai Communities in Tanzania

URGENT ALERT: Tanzanian Government Resorts to Cattle Seizures to Further Restrict Livelihoods of Maasai Pastoralists

Broken Promises: Relocation Sites for Maasai Facing Evictions Remain Critically Flawed with Risk of Conflict Escalating

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Media

UNESCO World Heritage Day is a celebration of violent colonial conservation against Indigenous people

The Canary

Over 100 Maasai Threaten to Return to Ngorongoro Following Claims of Abandonment

The Chanzo

Shaping our present and determining our future

Independent Online (IOL)

Tanzania: il governo accanito contro i maasai

Nigrizia

Kicking Native People Off Their Land Is a Horrible Way to Save the Planet

NY Times

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Documentation and Contracts

Tanzania Legal Discovery Documents

Tanzania Lawsuit - Legal Documents

Communications Between Thomson Safaris and the Oakland Institute

Mbasa Resettlement Housing Flooded

Smallholder Outgrower Program

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