The Northern Rangelands Trust’s carbon sequestration project in Kenya raises concerns about land displacement and human rights violations.
Category: Kenya
Mau Forest Evictions of Maasai
The Mau Forest complex – which spans four Kenyan districts including Kericho, Nakuru, Bomet, and Narok – is rapidly declining due to human deforestation.
Maasai against Kedong Ranch Ltd. in Kenya
The land dispute between Maasai and Kedong Ranch Ltd has exposed communities and activists to ongoing harassment, intimidation, and threats.
Olkaria Geothermal Power Stations vs. Maasai
The Kenyan government’s plan to generate clean energy interferes with Maasai lives, displacing them from their land to make way for energy stations.
Maasai vs. Maasai Mara National Reserve
Maasai members had over two-thirds of their land taken away during British and Kenyan rule in 1961 to create the Maasai Mara National Reserve and were forced onto smaller pieces of land in Narok and Kajiado Districts. A 2004 petition for compensation and the reclaimed land was turned aside by the government, leading to protests and…
The Turkana
The Kenyan government seeks increased energy output and exploration in forcing out Turkana communities. Photo credit: Africa|101 last tribes
The Sengwer
The Sengwer are an indigenous hunter-gatherer community facing eviction from their home in the Embobut Forest of Kenya.
The Ogiek
The Ogiek are a hunter-gatherer community who have won two landmark court cases this decade to remain on their ancestral land in the Mau Forest and be recognized as indigenous rights holders.
LAPSSET Infrastructure in Isiolo County
Isiolo County, Kenya, is vital for many of LAPSSET’s projects because it lies in the middle of the corridor stretching from South Sudan, where oil exports originate, to the ports of Kenya. Photo credit: Julia Cumes
Northern Rangeland Trust in Laikipia
In order to make way for a new national park, the Samburu have been forcefully evicted from Laikipia. The Northern Rangeland Trust is a conservation NGO that started in Kenya in 2004. Despite claiming to be a community-based organization, its large influence over the region has harmed local peoples instead. Photo Credit: Jimmy Nelson