Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya via @mongabay

Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya

Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya via @mongabay

International Bird Area in Kenya saved from conversion into biofuel crop (02/29/2012) A campaign by NGO Nature Kenya has saved the Dakatcha Woodland Important Bird Area (IBA) from destruction for planting biofuel crops, reports BirdLife International. Located near Kenya's eastern coastline, the forest is home to two IUCN Red List Endangered species, Clarke's weaver (Ploceus golandi) and sokoke pipit (Anthus sokokensis), both of which are imperiled by habitat loss. The plan to covert 10,000 hectares of the forest in jatropha, used for biofuels, was recently rejected by Kenya's National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). Elephant poachers kill unarmed wildlife ranger in Kenya (01/16/2012) Abdullahi Mohammed, an wildlife ranger, was killed in the line of duty in Kenya this weekend by elephant poachers. A ranger with the conservation organization Wildlife Works, Mohammed...

Full article: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0312-chauvenet_samburu.html

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@rossman423 » 15 Mar '12, 11pm
Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community ...: Africa Wildlife Foundation (AWF), the co... [link]
@cbjones1943 » 15 Mar '12, 9pm
[link] Kenyan indigenous group suing #Africa Wildlife Foundation over fortress #conservation measures...
@CChauvenet » 14 Mar '12, 1am
New piece on the controversy surrounding @AWF_official's treatment of #indigenous people in #Kenya: [link] @Survival
@eloft » 13 Mar '12, 4pm
Africa Wildlife Foundation facing lawsuit from indigenous Kenyans over unlawful eviction from tribal land: [link]
@TheRoadHome » 13 Mar '12, 3pm
Africa Wildlife Foundation based in DC, facing lawsuit over indigenous community evictions in Kenya / #LANDGRAB... [link]
@wisewoman7info » 12 Mar '12, 10pm
RT @RayBeckerman: Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya ~ #mongabay [link]
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Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link] @piepvandaag
@touristinfo » 12 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @TsarSam (Samuel) #wildlife Africa #Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from #indigenous community in #Kenya [link] #conse...
@torbenja » 12 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @H_Svar: Lawsuit against #Africa #Wildlife Foundation. Evictions of #indigenous communities. #Kenya [link] Via @mongabay @reddmonitor
@TsarSam » 12 Mar '12, 8pm
Africa #Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from #indigenous community in #Kenya [link] #conservation #conflict #land
@H_Svar » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
Lawsuit against #Africa #Wildlife Foundation. Evictions of #indigenous communities. #Kenya [link] Via @mongabay @reddmonitor
@rs79 » 12 Mar '12, 5pm
This lawsuit is just the latest in a conflict that began several years ago between the Samburu and AWF. AWF bought the [link]
@REALGOLD » 12 Mar '12, 4pm
RT @Explorersinn: Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link] via @mongabay
@funnywhitedog » 12 Mar '12, 3pm
RT @LandConnect: 'Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya' for #evictions [link] #Kenya
@LandConnect » 12 Mar '12, 3pm
'Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya' for #evictions [link] via @addthis #Kenya
@darrylv » 12 Mar '12, 3pm
Disputed facts perhaps but this highlights threats to indigenous communities from wildlife conservation. [link] via @mongabay
@EcoInternet » 12 Mar '12, 3pm
RT @EI_Forest: #forest Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya: Mongabay [link] *acting like loggers
@EI_Forest » 12 Mar '12, 3pm
#forest Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya: Mongabay [link] *acting like loggers
@GreenCollarGCS » 12 Mar '12, 3pm
Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya: By Christina Chauvenet... [link] @reddmonitor
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Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link] #REDD
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RT @BeatriceLacy: Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link] via @mongabay Please read this. Thank you!
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Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link] via @mongabay Please read this. Thank you!
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Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link] via @mongabay
@saveborneo » 12 Mar '12, 2pm
Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link]
@RayBeckerman » 12 Mar '12, 9pm
Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya ~ #mongabay [link]
@Earth_NewsRT » 12 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @TsarSam Africa #Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from #indigenous community in #Kenya [link] ... [link]
@zubairzakir » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
RT @reddmonitor: Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link] #REDD
@Explorersinn » 12 Mar '12, 4pm
Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link] via @mongabay
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Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya [link]
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@ISF_Latvia » 12 Mar '12, 2pm
Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya!... [link]