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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.

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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."

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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."

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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."

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Conservation Refugees

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

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

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

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