Indigenous peoples demand an end to the human rights abuses occurring in the name of conservation. #pause30by30
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Natural Habitat Adventures has contributed $6 million to WWF to support global conservation projects.
Meanwhile, NatHab's activities in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area could lead to the eviction 100,000 Maasai.
Read our recent report on the WWF/NatHab partnership: bit.ly/3QAU14R
For the first time in 20 years, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has explicitly called out the need for Indigenous involvement in restoration of the Everglades.
Read more here: bit.ly/4gueSkO
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🌳 A World Resources analysis of forests in South America showed that annual deforestation rates in Indigenous-managed areas were significantly lower than on other lands.
Giving Indigenous peoples secure tenure over their lands is the best way to slow climate change.
Learn more: bit.ly/4eju8AQ
The @wsj released a story on how big tourism and carbon-credit projects are violating the human rights of the Maasai in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Read the full article (subscriber sign-in required): on.wsj.com/405sWuC%22
Since 2021, the number of Indigenous people displaced from tiger reserves in India has increased by 967%, despite evidence that tigers and people can coexist peacefully. Meanwhile, these preserves allow uncontrolled commercial and eco-tourism.
Read the full report here: bit.ly/4fPwo2B
100,000 Maasai tribespeople are being forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. WWF's partner, Natural Habitat Adventures, earns millions from tours in Tanzania—like the $13,395-per-person Ngorongoro safari.
Read our recent report: bit.ly/3QAU14R
