Kenya

Articles from the WRM Bulletin

2018

• Violence, appropriation and resistance: Eastern and southern Africa

• Large Hydropower Dams Are Not the Answer: Time to Rethink Africa’s Energy Infrastructure

• Industrial tree plantations in eastern and southern Africa

2017

• Kenya: International Finance Corporation throws lifeline to REDD+ project and provides greenwashing for the largest mining company in the world

2016

• The Racist Colonial Roots of Western Forest Conservation: A look into a REDD project in Kenya

2015

• African Amazons fight destruction of forests

2014

• Kenya: Appeal against forced eviction from Embobut Forest

2011

• Kenya: Laureate Maathai advises discouraging plantation of Eucalyptus

2010

• Kenya: The Forest Service to the rescue of eucalyptus

2009

• Mounting pressure against eucalyptus in Kenya, described as the “water guzzler”

• Kenya: Projected sugar cane plantations may wipe out invaluable Tana River Delta

• Kenya: Ogiek’s rights violated by climate change and by measures to stop it

2002

• Kenyan Indigenous Group Faces October 1 Court Date

• Kenya: Forest destruction for the benefit of government cronies

• Kenya: Forest degradation and the way ahead for conservation efforts

2001

• Kenya: Who favours and who destroys forest biodiversity?

• Kenya: Resistance to the Sondu Miriu Dam project

• Kenya: Pollution and deforestation caused by Pan African Paper Mills

• Kenya: Is the government serious about forest biodiversity conservation?

• Kenya: International campaign for the Ogiek

2000

• Kenya: the future of the Ogiek and their forests

• Kenya: Mangroves threatened by Canadian mining company

• Kenya: Local peoples’ land rights ignored

1999

• Kenya: violence against forest activists

• Kenya: Ogiek people’s fight to protect their forest

Books and Briefings

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  Mashamba makubwa ya miti kwa ajili ya viwanda yanavyovamia Mashariki na Kusini mwa Afrika

  Posted on October 9, 2017

  SWAHILI. Taarifa hii ya pamoja kati ya Timberwatch Coalition na World Rainforest Movement inalenga katika mambo mbalimbali ya ndani na nje yanayojulisha kuhusu hali ya mabadiliko ya mashamba makubwa ya miti kwa ajili ya viwanda katika...

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  Industrial Tree Plantations Invading Eastern and Southern Africa

  Posted on October 5, 2016

  Also available in Swahili

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  REDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies

  Posted on December 3, 2014

  REDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies presents summaries of reports from 24 REDD projects or programmes with a common characteristic: they all show a number of structural characteristics that undermine forest...

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Other Relevant Information

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  Forced Relocation of Sengwer People proves urgency of canceling REDD

  Posted on February 25, 2014

  February 25, 2014 Download here the full letter in pdf format with the final list of sign-ons  We, the No REDD in Africa Network (NRAN) together with the undersigned organizations and individuals, strongly condemn the massive evictions...

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  Recognising Sacred Natural Sites and Territories in Kenya: An Analysis of how the Kenyan Constitution, National and International Laws can Support the Recognition of Sacred Natural Sites and their Community Governance Systems

  Posted on December 14, 2012

  New report: “Recognising Sacred Natural Sites and Territories in Kenya: An Analysis of how the Kenyan Constitution, National and International Laws can Support the Recognition of Sacred Natural Sites and their Community Governance...

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  Status of Implementation of Forest-Related Clauses in the CBD: An Independent Review & Recommendations for Action

  Posted on March 18, 2002

  Commissioned by the Global Forest Coalition This report is based on 21 country case studies, including Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech republic, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya,Malaysia, the Netherlands, New...

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