‘They should leave us alone and go away’: Indigenous leaders protest against nature conservation projects that are forcing them off their land
25 October 2026 at 04:00
Mirihai Ngilepoi knows what it means that his cattle can’t graze in his Tanzanian village. A carbon-trading and emissions-reduction program restricts the use of his land. Across the Indian Ocean, JA Shivu has witnessed the expulsion of thousands of families. In India, to make room for a tiger reserve, they’ve been kicked off their ancestral lands.

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