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the Tanzanian government advances resettlement plans for the Maasai to be displaced from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Tanzania’s Flawed Relocation Plans For Maasai From Ngorongoro Area

Photos: Twitter\Oakland Institute Oakland, CA — As the Tanzanian government advances resettlement plans for the Maasai to be displaced from…

72,000 signatories calling on UN organizations to end business with the French Bolloré Group.

72,000 People Call On UN To End Business With Bolloré Group

BY OAKLAND INSTITUTE2 years ago06 mins

Photo: Oakland Institute Oakland, CA — Monday, the Oakland Institute and Rettet den Regenwald (Rainforest Rescue) delivered a petition with…

Endless War: The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamil People in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Government Lying About Repression of Tamil People

BY OAKLAND INSTITUTE2 years ago03 mins

Photos: YouTube\Twitter Oakland, CA — On August 27, 2021, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on…

Out of the 82,000 mostly Maasai pastoralists to be relocated, the resettlement plan states that 40,000 “immigrants” will be iden

Tanzania: Resettlement Plant Threatens Mass Eviction of Maasai

BY OAKLAND INSTITUTE2 years ago07 mins

Photo: IP Watch Oakland, CA—The Looming Threat of Eviction: The Continued Displacement of the Maasai Under the Guise of Conservation…

efforts to reclaim 100,000 hectares of their ancestral land, initially seized over a century ago for oil palm plantations

DRC Report: Investors Bankrolling Land Theft, Human Rights Violations

BY OAKLAND INSTITUTE3 years ago05 mins

Photo: Oakland Institute As community efforts to reclaim 100,000 hectares of their ancestral land, initially seized over a century ago…

decision of whether to continue or terminate the H-2A “guest worker” program.

Report: Biden Must End Slavery Like Conditions of Guest Worker Program

BY OAKLAND INSTITUTE3 years ago04 mins

Photo: Cornell University As the Biden administration begins dismantling Trump’s anti-immigrant legacy and contemplates reforms to US immigration policy, it…

These transnational corporations have employed corrupt practices to secure large concessions for gold mining with devastating im

Nicaragua: Invasions of Indigenous Land intensify amid role of Mining corporations

BY OAKLAND INSTITUTE3 years ago01 mins

[Nicaragua’s Failed Revolution] Anuradha Mittal: “Mining in Nicaragua is one of the key drivers of community displacement, land invasions, and…

These should start with a halt to the current attacks on customary land tenure, which is the basis of the village economy

Report: From “Extraction to Inclusion” in Papua New Guinea

BY OAKLAND INSTITUTE3 years ago01 mins

[Papua New Guinea] Eddie Tanago: “our nation’s most important assets are not the minerals and petroleum that foreign corporations value…

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Report: Nicaragua’s Indigenous Communities Face New Land Threats

BY OAKLAND INSTITUTE3 years ago01 mins

[Nicaragua’s Indigenous] Anuradha Mittal: “The report details the incessant violence facing the Indigenous communities…and provides in depth information about the…