The future of the Masai population threatens to go up in flames
They have been terrorized by the Tanzanian government for years, hundreds of houses have been set on fire. Now the government is really determined to make short work of them. They cut in crucial medical services and threatening the expulsion of thousands of families so that a foreign company can expand the trophy hunt in the territory of the Masai. The Masai are herders. If they lose their ancestors' grassland in Ngorongoro, thousands of them could end up in severe poverty. For yet another legal battle, they don't have enough money.
Masai people have to give way to nature park and trophy hunting
The Tanzanian government wants to turn the migratory route of wildebeest, zebras and elephants into a big nature park. The consequence is that some 167,000 Masai will be expelled from their ancestral land in the short term and their traditional lifestyle as livestock farmers is jeopardized.
If they are expelled from their territory, thousands of families could end up in severe poverty, while hunters have free rein in the area that the Masai have protected for centuries. More than 70% of their country has already been seized! Now the government is again using vile, life-threatening tactics to drive them out.
The Masai are in danger of losing everything. But they are not the only 80% of the biodiversity that still holds on Earth is protected by Indigenous peoples and local communities. Almost everywhere we look, these communities are being harassed for timber, demining and tourism, and all too often they have to fight with an acute lack of resources to survive.
Indigenous peoples have protected the rivers, forests and meadows on our beautiful planet for thousands of years. Today, they are fighting to survive themselves. Even a small donation makes a huge difference in this unfair battle.
