Paul Renault

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Breaking Green · Decolonizing Conservation: Evictions of Indigenous Maasai in Tanzania · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

So that's one um one example.

And another one um that is um in the area um

um that is inscribed on the World Heritage List, the NCA, Goron Goro Conservation Area.

In that area it's um

The evictions are a bit more subtle, um and actually they are framed by the Tanzanian government as voluntary relocation.

But as you will see, this has nothing um voluntary, because in this area basically the the government is trying to suffocate the Maasai to force them to leave.

So it's characterized by arbitrary arrests, um, some cases of torture and beatings, um, as you said.

lawful confiscation of their cattle.

And um a key aspect is also the the deliberate suspension of social services that are vital for for the masai to be able to continue to to live there.

So that includes healthcare, um

Access to medicine, for example, um funding for hospitals, access to drinking water and also um access to to education.

Um and there is a whole narrative pushed by the Tanzanian government around NCA that really frames uh Maasai pastoralism as an environmental threat.

Um and um

And what's interesting is that the Tanzanian government has also been using UNESCO as a justification for this, and using UNESCO's recommendations.

Because the World Heritage Committee, when it assesses all the sites that are inscribed on its list, also makes recommendations.

And in that in the case of the NCA, UNESCO recommended to Tanzania to be careful of the

population pressure in the area to make sure that the

That the population remained within, and I quote, the capacity of the reserve.

And it said that not doing so would jeopardize the area's status as a UNESCO World Heritage.

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