https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/06/the-cost-of-conservation-how-tanzania-is-erasing-the-maasai-identity/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:10:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/06/the-cost-of-conservation-how-tanzania-is-erasing-the-maasai-identity/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/06/the-cost-of-conservation-how-tanzania-is-erasing-the-maasai-identity/#respond Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:18:16 +0000 Kizito Makoye https://www.ipsnews.net/?p=191020

The removal of tens of thousands of Maasai from Ngorongoro to Msomera is part of a disturbing global trend known as "fortress conservation," where Indigenous people are cast as threats to biodiversity rather than its protectors. ]]>

The removal of tens of thousands of Maasai from Ngorongoro to Msomera is part of a disturbing global trend known as "fortress conservation," where Indigenous people are cast as threats to biodiversity rather than its protectors. ]]> https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/06/the-cost-of-conservation-how-tanzania-is-erasing-the-maasai-identity/feed/ 0