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WATCH: Anti-poaching Militias Backed by WWF Inflict Violence on Baka Men & Women

In these video testimonies, Baka men and women reveal the violence they have suffered at the hands of anti-poaching militias backed by WWF.

Excerpt from The Big Conservation Lie

"In this Samburu woman, I saw the embodiment of a community praised for its traditional conservation ethics that spared for the world vast populations of diverse wildlife, a community, however, shunned by the world, even as acres of paper and decades of airtime are expended by many a conservationist and organization to discuss their welfare. Upon this revelation, I refused to play along, and I made it my career to expose the rot."

Reclaim Conservation: Activists & Communities Vs. Mainstream Conservation Myths

"These large NGOs cannot challenge these overarching systems of oppression because they have become part of them."

The Best Lecture You Will Ever Watch on “Conservation”

"That hot afternoon in Amboseli; I experienced my road to Damascus. I realized that I was part of a system that had no respect for the very bedrock on which it stood. I was a qualified black face put in place to smooth over fifty years of exploitation in two and to create a pleasant backdrop that would allow for the renewal of this insidious arrangement."

Conservation Refugees

When protecting nature means kicking people out by Mark Dowie Published in...

Controversial deal between US-based conservation NGOs and polluting industry slammed

By Chris Lang, 28th May 2009 Last week, an organisation called Avoided...