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Africa: Green Groups Fear Failure On New Global Biodiversity Pact After Sluggish Talks
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 27 June 2022
Lack of progress at Nairobi talks aimed at brokering a global nature deal leave environmentalists frustrated, with much to do ahead of the make-or-break COP15 in December Read more »
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Tanzania: Statement from the Maasai Community in Loliondo #AfricaClimateCrisis
International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity, 24 June 2022
How could it be that we possessed and protected this land for millennia and this sacred link is in danger of disappearing from Tanzania's history in merely 60 years? Read more »
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Africa: Indigenous Communities Want Stake in New Deal to Protect Nature
IPS, 23 June 2022
In early June 2022, more than 30 people from the Maasai community in the Loliondo division in Tanzania's northern Ngorongoro District were reportedly injured, and one person died… Read more »
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Africa: Indigenous Peoples Warn of Global Delay On Forest Protection Push #AfricaClimateCrisis
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 23 June 2022
From the Amazon rainforest to Indonesia, indigenous groups see little progress on protecting forests since COP26 climate summit Read more »
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Africa: The Sustainable Use of Wild Species Is Important for Everyone
IPS, 22 June 2022
You probably use wild species far more often than you realise. For many people, especially in more developed economies, the use of wild species sounds like something quite removed… Read more »
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Tanzania: Eviction of Maasai Shows Need for Indigenous Rights in Global Nature Pact
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 June 2022
In Tanzania, Maasai people are being evicted from their ancestral lands in the name of conservation and economic need - something a new global nature accord cannot allow Read more »
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Africa: Crunch UN Talks Face Pressure to Land Global Nature Pact in 2022
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 21 June 2022
Amid slow progress, negotiations are taking place in Nairobi, aimed at sealing a new global deal to protect biodiversity, at the COP15 summit in December Read more »
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Africa: Africa's Role in Saving the World's Damaged Lands and Ecosystems
Africa Renewal, 17 June 2022
In global battle against climate change and loss of biodiversity, Africa's success is crucial Read more »