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policy analyst @oaklandinstitute.org
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Crisis hits so-called community-led conservation group in northern Kenya. Must rd/share from @mongabay.com @shokes.bsky.social on successful community resistance against NRT:

news.mongabay.com/2025/05/cris...

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Crisis hits community-led conservation group in northern Kenya
GOTU, Kenya — Under the shade of an acacia tree in northern Kenya’s sweltering dry season, a group of elders have gathered to discuss community business in the town of Gotu. Two hours or so from the r...
news.mongabay.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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BREAKING - #DRC sentences former prime minister to 10 years of forced labour over corruption occurred during the set up of the agroindustrial park of #BukangaLonzo - a debacle we documented prior to the official investigation by the Inspection of Finances in this report:
The Bukanga Lonzo Debacle
The Oakland Institute's report on the Bukanga Lonzo project and its impact reveals that agro-industrial parks are a false solution to the challenges faced by DRC and Africa when it comes to food, agri...
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May 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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grain.org
⚖️ Un ancien Premier ministre de la RDC a été reconnu coupable de détournements de fonds destinés au développement du parc agro-industriel de Bukanga-Lonzo
www.radiookapi.net/2025/05/20/a... @oaklandinstitute.org
Affaire Bukanga-Lonzo: Matata Ponyo condamné à 10 ans des travaux forcés
La Cour constitutionnelle a condamné mardi 20 mai Augustin Matata Ponyo, à 10 ans des travaux forcés, à son inéligibilité pour 5 ans. La Haute Cour, qui siège en premier et dernier ressort, a aussi or...
www.radiookapi.net
May 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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oaklandinstitute.org
#WorldBank is expanding “high-integrity”#carbonmarkets across the Global South. But a closer look behind this push exposes phantom credits, land grabs & exploitation.

New on Our Take: Carbon Offsetting: Good for the Climate or Corporate Interests?

#FalseClimateSolution #CarbonColonialism
Carbon Crediting: Climate or Corporate Interests?
The world cannot stop the climate crisis without protecting our remaining forests and empowering the communities who sustainably steward them. Afforestation and reforestation have been touted by the I...
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May 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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#WorldBank's #LandConf2025 climate rhetoric masks a mining agenda that ignores #Indigenous resistance & tramples their right to say NO to exploitation of their lands.

Latest from Our Take: www.oaklandinstitute.org/our-take/wor...

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The World Bank Fuels Landgrabs for Mining Under the Guise of Climate Action
The horrific toll of the war in the eastern DRC has put a global spotlight on the deadly role of “critical minerals” in fueling violence and displacement. Backed by Rwanda, the M23 militia has seized ...
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May 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The Bank argues that it is necessary to formalize land rights so that local communities can benefit from mining projects. But is the Bank’s agenda really about ensuring fair benefits for the people?
May 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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oaklandinstitute.org
#Worldbank's fresh offensive on land rights EXPOSED in Climatewash. New report reveals how Bank is exploiting the #climatecrisis to push global land grab agenda that benefits corporations at expense of local & Indigenous communities.

oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...

@mittaloak.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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WorldBank confirms cancellation of controversial tourism project in Tanzania, after 2+ years of campaigning led by @oaklandinstitute.org and affected communities💪

Read more in our latest #ObserverSpring25⤵️

tinyurl.com/REGROWProject

@mittaloak.bsky.social
Civil society and communities achieve victory as World Bank cancels tourism project in Tanzania 15 APRIL 2025 SUMMARY World Bank confirms cancellation of controversial tourism project in Tanzania, after over 2 years of civil society campaigning.
April 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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rainforestrescue.bsky.social
#GoodNews: The World Bank has dropped its funding for REGROW, a project in #Tanzania linked to forced evictions, extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses. Marketed as a conservation effort, it was primarily aimed at boosting tourism. www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1316...
Tanzania: World Bank drops harmful project
The World Bank has discontinued funding for the REGROW project in Tanzania following harsh criticism. The Oakland Institute presented evidence that human rights were being violated in the name of envi...
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April 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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oaklandinstitute.org
World Bank pledges to review & retrofit all conservation projects to ensure harms caused by #REGROW project are not repeated, in response to courageous advocacy by impacted Tanzanian villagers.

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April 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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oaklandinstitute.org
@apnews.com : ‘I bought their dream': How a US company’s huge land deal in Senegal went bust - vital read from Jack Thompson on impact of #AfricanAgriculture’s land grab.
apnews.com/article/clim...

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'I bought their dream': How a US company's huge land deal in Senegal went bust
Rusting pipes in a barren field and unpaid workers are what remain after a U.S. company promised to turn a huge piece of land in Senegal — about twice the size of Paris — into an agricultural project ...
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM