Wildlife Conservation Society partners with loggers in the Republic of Congo.
Indigenous Bayaka dispossessed
More… Oct 30, 2017
Indigenous Bayaka dispossessed
More… Oct 30, 2017
The preamble of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples sets out that “…respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment”. Despite this emphatic international human rights standard, and the global leadership and commitment demonstrated by Indigenous Peoples throughout the world, some Indigenous communities in some parts of world continue to have their rights denied in the name of conservation.
More… Oct 25, 2017“Protecting our planet is as much about respecting the rights of the people that depend on it as it is about protecting wildlife”
Recently, Survival International published a report titled, “How will we Survive?” It documents in detail the impact on indigenous communities of the national parks, logging concessions and trophy hunting zones that have been imposed on vast areas of land in the Congo Basin. The report is critical of the roles of the World Wildlife Fund and the Wildlife Conservation Society have played in conservation in the Congo.
More… Oct 13, 2017
A Batwa “Pygmy” man has issued a desperate plea to the organization which runs New York’s Bronx zoo, after his 17-year-old son was shot dead by a park guard.
More… Oct 12, 2017Survival International accuses WWF and WCS of supporting violence against indigenous people in the Congo Basin
National parks, logging concessions and trophy hunting zones have been imposed on vast areas of land in the Congo Basin. A new report by Survival International documents how the World Wildlife Fund and the Wildlife Conservation Society have played a key role in this carve up of indigenous peoples’ lands.
More… Oct 12, 2017Activists fear project may remain only on paper as there is no clarity on availability of land.
More… Oct 05, 2017
The Inuit of Labrador and the federal government have signed a deal that will see the Inuit use their traditional knowledge to develop a marine-management plan covering more than 380,000 square kilometres of coastal waters on the far eastern end of the Northwest Passage.
More… Oct 02, 2017