Campaigners have forced the biggest shareholder in a titanium mining project on south Africa's 'Wild Coast' to withdraw, reports Rachel Lees. But they now fear the project itself will continue under the auspices of local 'front' companies, while the big profits enrich the British and Australian investors that are the real masters of Africa's neo-colonial minerals boom.
… Victory in the campaign against mining South Africa's Wild Coast - but it's not over yet! Rachel Lees | 21st July 2016 News Mining Africa South Africa Finance UK Australia Indigenous Peoples …
The pristine landscape of South Africa's Wild Coast is under threat from mining, writes Hal Rhoades, and the communities standing up to defend the land are facing deadly consequences: harassment, threats, physical assault and murder. Attacks on mine opponents have taken four lives so far and many others have been injured. But the opposition is growing and gaining international support.
… murder: the deadly struggle to protect South Africa's Wild Coast Hal Rhoades | 12th May 2016 News Mining South AfricaAfrica Indigenous Peoples Protest Finance …
On international women's day, a remarkable lady fighting to maintain the ancient traditions, local knowledge and sacred sites of one of South Africa's last indigenous clans talks to the Ecologist
… Celebrating women activists: South Africa's Mphatheleni Makaulule The Ecologist | … knowledge and sacred sites of one of South Africa's last indigenous clans talks to the … up in the VhaVenda tribe of northern South Africa. She has a deep passion for the culture …
Janine Roberts describes how De Beers cons the world into paying so much for its cheap, plentiful diamonds and turns a blind eye to the eradication of the oldest culture on the planet.
… countries in the world – in southern Africa, Australia, northern Canada and Russia. … it costs $9, in the Finsch mine in South Africa it costs $12, and in the Argyle mine in … At the Kleinzee diamond mine on South Africa’s Atlantic coast, it costs De Beers, on …
The conflict between lions and Africa's cattle herders goes back centuries, write Grant Hopcraft and Sara Blackburn - and lions have been the big losers in recent years. But where local people benefit from ecotourism, that ancient enmity can quickly be set aside. 'Community conservancies' around formal protected areas are helping both lions and indigenous communities to survive and thrive.
… Africa's lions and pastoralists share the … Comment Natural World Hunting Biodiversity Africa Indigenous Peoples Kenya Science … The conflict between lions and Africa's cattle herders goes back centuries, … of a lost soul in the darkness. The plight of Africa's lions is lamentable. Since the 1960s, …
Across Africa, corporations are grabbing community land and water - and nowhere more than in Liberia, where half the country has already been lost. But one community has shown it's possible to overcome intimidation, organize and resist.
… Jacinta Fay | 7th May 2014 News Land Grabs Africa Farming Indigenous Peoples epo-women-dancing-cut.jpg Across Africa, corporations are grabbing community … agribusiness corporations are courting African governments at the Grow Africa …
Industrial logging in the world's second largest rainforest is out of control, writes Raoul Monsembula, and spells disaster for both wildlife and forest people. There is an alternative: community forestry has just been enshrined in law. But resources must be committed to law enforcement in Congo and abroad, and to empowering forest communities.
… and bonobos! Raoul Monsembula Greenpeace Africa | 1st June 2015 Comment Forests Congo Africa Indigenous Peoples Law Regulation … its new report Trading in Chaos , Greenpeace Africa reveals the findings of two years of …
The Bagungu People are reviving indigenous practices and ecosystems in one of Africa's most biodiverse regions.
… indigenous practices and ecosystems in one of Africa's most biodiverse regions. Byenkya … sites are a haven for wildlife. In one of Africa’s most biodiverse regions, they … an exciting step towards becoming the first African nation to fully enshrine the Rights of …
Three storytellers from Uganda, Zimbabwe and Kenya share how Indigenous communities are reviving culture and restoring nature across Africa.
… Rhoades | 26th November 2021 | Activism Africa Agroecology Climate Change Seed … reviving culture and restoring nature across Africa. Indigenous and traditional communities across Africa are taking matters into their own …
We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and thereby stop direct and indirect subsidies for renewable energy from biofuels and wood-burning.
… Ghana Acción Ecológica, Ecuador AEFJN (Africa Europe Faith & Justice Network), … du Congo), Democratic Republic of Congo Africando, Spain ALDEAH (Alternatives au … Indonesia Biofuelwatch, UK/US Biowatch, South Africa Blackwater Nottoway Riverkeeper …
How pre-industrial societies and cultures mesh together with their host environments.
… settings – the Mbuti forest people in central Africa, the Kayapó people in the Brazilian … forest-dwelling communities of Central Africa such as the Mbuti and the Baka. They … Wangabo, director of East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights, …
Apartheid may have fallen in South Africa. But in Australia John Pilger finds an equally cruel and pervasive racism against the country's 'aboriginal' people. He explains the background to his powerful new film, Utopia ...
… Apartheid may have fallen in South Africa. But in Australia John Pilger finds an … campaigner against apartheid in South Africa, where I had reported from behind the … were corralled in conditions I had seen in Africa and India. One outside tap trickled …
When Martin Cradick and Su Hart travelled to West Africa in 1992, little did they know the journey would set their lives on a whole new direction, writes Matthew Newsome. Inspired by the Baka people of Cameroon's rainforest and the joy that resonates through their music, they are now dedicated to saving this vulnerable people using their magical music to reach into people's hearts.
… Indigenous Peoples Arts Music Cameroon Africa baka flyer-square.jpg When Martin Cradick and Su Hart travelled to West Africa in 1992, little did they know the … - back to 1992 when they travelled to Central Africa in search of musical inspiration, and …
Media furore over the shooting down of a helicopter in Tanzania masks a bigger picture of commercial hunting and evictions of indigenous tribes in the name of wildlife, writes Navaya ole Ndaskoi. It's time to rethink 'white saviour' mythology and develop new models of conservation that respect and engage with African communities, recognise their achievements, and inspire a new generation of conservation heroes.
… the truth about big-game hunting and African nature reserves Navaya ole Ndaskoi | … March 2016 News Natural World Conservation Africa Hunting Corporations Indigenous Peoples … of conservation that respect and engage with African communities, recognise their …
The massacre of elephants for Asian ivory trade is driving the iconic African giant to extinction, writes Lewis Evans. But the 'military response' is both brutal and ineffective, all the more so as it excludes and alienates the indigenous communities who are the best defenders of nature and wildlife. The simplistic message of 'Last Days of Ivory' is both damaging and dangerous.
… | 17th November 2015 Reviews Conservation Africa Wildlife Trade War Indigenous Peoples … for Asian ivory trade is driving the iconic African giant to extinction, writes Lewis … ivory poaching and Islamist terrorism in Africa and further afield is unsupported by …
The anti-poaching conference in London today was disrupted by protests at the Botswana delegation - who call the indigenous Bushmen of the Kalahari 'poachers' and are forcing them into death camps.
… 2014 News Botswana Indigenous Peoples Africa Wildlife Trade bushman-woman.png The … the devastating impact of a hunting ban on Africa's last hunting Bushmen in Botswana - … the hated Pass Laws under apartheid South Africa. A high court judge involved in the …
A 'slow genocide' is unfolding in Ethiopia - one driven by greed rather than hatred. With Chinese and World Bank finance, massive dams and plantations are robbing the Omo Valley's 500,000 indigenous people of their land and water. The UK 'sees no evil'.
… | 7th April 2014 News Land Grabs Ethiopia Africa Finance Indigenous Peoples … communities ", said Leslie Lefkow , deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "The … isolated and under-developed areas in East Africa. At least eight different groups call …
Persistent droughts are undermining the self-sufficiency of Maasai communities in the Great Rift Valley and worsening their living conditions, writes Simone Sarchi. Now these fearless warriors are fighting the battle against climate change through adaptation, education and technology, and by making peace with traditional enemies.
… Simone Sarchi | 16th May 2015 News Kenya Africa Climate Change Indigenous Peoples … after year." What climate change means in Africa According to the Food and Agriculture … continues saying that "the implication for Africa is immense as the African continent is …
Representatives of the Basarwa or Bushman peoples of Botswana will make 2014 the year to step up their fight to end structural oppression of their communities. Joanna Eede reports ...
… are the indigenous peoples of southern Africa . Once largely hunter-gatherers, they … victimized peoples in the history of southern Africa. In 1961, The Central Kalahari Game … Tsila, some of the last hunting Bushmen in Africa. Today they are fighting for their …
Sandy Gall describes the genocide the Botswanan government is waging to clear the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
… of years under the great dome of the African sky. The Kalahari ‘sandface’, as the … Botswana and Namibia in the centre, and South Africa in the south. Unlike the Sahara and … and are found all over the southern half of Africa – from Zimbabwe and even farther north …
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of Indigenous Peoples' land and forests for palm oil plantations. But according to the country's President, they are only 'harrassing and extorting' international investors.
… Farming Land Grabs Indigenous Peoples Liberia Africa deyeatee and comfort jogbahn clan's … (Malaysian, Indonesian and Singaporean) and African (Côte d'Ivoire) with considerable … we lose our land how will we live? We are in Africa, we live by our crops. Palm plantations …
Since 1948 the UN's Food and Agriculture has been clinging to an outmoded definition of 'forests' that includes industrial wood plantations, writes WRM in this Open Letter for delivery to the FAO today, International Forests Day. This mis-definition seriously harms real forests and forest peoples as it justifies the clearance of real forests and their replacement with cash crops of trees.
… people took to the streets in Durban, South Africa, to protest against the problematic way … FAO definition for 100 million Ha of Africa The main example is the World Bank (WB) … during UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris, the so-called 'African Forest Landscape Restoration …
Australia's deliberate and calculated attacks on its indigenous population carry many of the hallmarks of genocide, writes John Pilger. And things are getting worse, not better, as states that have grown rich by exploiting Aboriginal land evict and demolish remote Aboriginal communities.
… universal condemnation on apartheid South Africa. Aboriginal people are to be driven … Read the classic expose of apartheid South Africa, The Discarded People by Cosmas … 'protection acts' were a model for South African apartheid. Today, the same dogma and …
The plight of Kenya's Sengwer people shows that carbon offsets generated by 'sustainable' forest management are empowering a corporate recolonisation of the South backed by the World Bank against its own guidelines, writes Nafeez Ahmed. Indigenous forest peoples are at risk of genocide while corporations let rip.
… total of 500 million acres of land in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean was … A letter to the Bank in March by No REDD in Africa network (Nran) - a group of African civil society organisations - signed …