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Farming communities abused at troubled DRC mega-farm, campaigners say
April 4, 2019 Source Mongabay Ashoka Mukpo The Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial park, located nearly 300 kilometers (186 miles) east of Kinshasa, was conceived as a way to boost mechanized food...
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The Dangerous Legacy of Fortress Conservation
April 18, 2019 Entrance to a new boma built by the displaced Maasai. Credit: The Oakland Institute Many of the arguments made in this statement stem from the Institute’s report: Losing the Serengeti....
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Land Summit in Papua New Guinea: a dangerous attack on the country’s unique...
May 2, 2019 ---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- May 2, 2019 Contacts: Frederic Mousseau, the Oakland Institute fmousseau@oaklandinstitute.org +1-510-512-5458 Dr Luke Fletcher, Jubilee Australia...
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Ethiopia’s Indigenous Face Acute Hunger, Displacement by Dam and Sugarcane...
June 10, 2019 Kara parent and child sitting along the bank of the Omo River. © Kelly Fogel ---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- June 10, 2019 Contact:Anuradha Mittal amittal@oaklandinstitute.org...
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How They Tricked Us Living with the Gibe III Dam and Sugarcane Plantations in Southwest Ethiopia ethiopia-lower-omo-valley-how-they-tricked-us-full
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June 13, 2019 Source The Guardian Tom Gardner Giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations mean people in lower Omo valley face starvation and conflict, says US thinktank A giant dam and irrigated sugar...
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Who is Afraid of the Forest Rights Act?
Monday, August 5, 2019 By: Janhavi Mittal “First the white colonizer ruled over our forests. But with independence, only the skin color of those colonizing our forests has changed,” says Nivada Rana,...
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We Need Bold, Ambitious Action to Address the Climate Crisis – and...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 By: Elizabeth Fraser Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report on the climate crisis. Focused on climate change and land, the...
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Legalizing Dispossession: A Tale of Two Indian Land Grabs
Thursday, August 15, 2019 By: Anuradha Mittal With the Oakland Institute Research Team India’s 73rd Independence Day merits introspection on the deep crisis faced by the world’s largest democracy. Two...
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Evicted for Carbon Credits: Norway, Sweden, and Finland Displace Ugandan...
August 29, 2019 Green Resources’ pine plantation in Kachung. Credit: Kristen Lyons / The Oakland Institute. ---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- August 29, 2019 Media Contact:Frédéric Mousseau...
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Evicted for Carbon Credits
Evicted for Carbon Credits Norway, Sweden, and Finland Displace Ugandan Farmers for Carbon Trading evicted-carbon-credits-green-resources
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Narmada: Statement of Solidarity
August 31, 2019 Medha Patkar at a World Bank action organized by the Oakland Institute in 2014 in Washington DC. Medha is a senior activist of the Save Narmada Movement and is on an indefinite fast....
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Dalit and Adivasi Women at the Forefront of the Forest Rights Movement in India
Monday, September 9, 2019 By: Janhavi Mittal An Interview with Roma Malik and Ashok Chowdhury of the All India Union of Forest Working People The Supreme Court of India is set to rule on a case,...
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Swedish Energy Agency Postpones Sek10 Million Payment for Carbon Credit...
September 17, 2019 Green Resources’ pine plantation in Kachung. Credit: Kristen Lyons / The Oakland Institute. ---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- September 17, 2019 Media Contact:Frédéric Mousseau...
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UNESCO and Tanzanian Government's Plan Threatens the Continued Survival of...
October 10, 2019Entrance to a new boma built by the displaced Maasai. Credit: The Oakland Institute.---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- October 10, 2019Media Contact:Anuradha...
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UNESCO Tanzania
UNESCO and Tanzanian Government's Plan Threatens the Continued Survival of the Maasai Proposal for Dividing the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Must Be Stopped...
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Massacres in Lower Omo, Ethiopia, Call for Urgent Action by the Nobel...
October 30, 2019Soldiers in Kibish, 2012. Credit: The Oakland Institute---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- October 30, 2019Media Contact:Anuradha Mittalamittal@oaklandinstitute.org+1(510)469-5228Oakland, CA—In...
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Ukraine, the Land of Quid Pro Quos
November 13, 2019SourceCommon DreamsBy Frederic Mousseau and Elena TeareThe withholding of US$391 million in military aid to force the Ukrainian government to investigate the business dealings of...
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Haq Nahi to Jail Sahi
Haq Nahi to Jail Sahi New Delhi, November 21, 2019 Continued Mobilization for Forest Rights in India: Frontline Diary Forest Rights ActThese words are lamented by 35 year old Anar Singh Bandole, who...
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