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| Tribes under threat from conservation, and Africa's children locked in poverty Tribes under threat from conservation, and Africa's children locked in poverty | |
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| The drive for conservation around the world is coming at a heavy human cost, with the world’s most vulnerable people being evicted in the name of protecting fragile habitats. John Vidal reveals the many indigenous peoples evicted from their land in recent years, from the San in Botswana to the Baiga of India. Writer Marine Gauthier and photographer Riccardo Pravettoni also provide in-depth reports on three tribal peoples under pressure. The Mongolian Dukha are facing ruination after the snow forest in which they live became a national reserve. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the indigenous Mbuti people were initially banned from their ancestral lands when the government created the Itombwe nature reserve, but are now working with conservationists to preserve the forest. And in northern Chile, the Los Flamencos reserve is the first in the country to be co-managed by the state and indigenous people – the Lickan Antay of the Atacama desert – yet with tourism encroaching on water sources their existence is still a battle. | The drive for conservation around the world is coming at a heavy human cost, with the world’s most vulnerable people being evicted in the name of protecting fragile habitats. John Vidal reveals the many indigenous peoples evicted from their land in recent years, from the San in Botswana to the Baiga of India. Writer Marine Gauthier and photographer Riccardo Pravettoni also provide in-depth reports on three tribal peoples under pressure. The Mongolian Dukha are facing ruination after the snow forest in which they live became a national reserve. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the indigenous Mbuti people were initially banned from their ancestral lands when the government created the Itombwe nature reserve, but are now working with conservationists to preserve the forest. And in northern Chile, the Los Flamencos reserve is the first in the country to be co-managed by the state and indigenous people – the Lickan Antay of the Atacama desert – yet with tourism encroaching on water sources their existence is still a battle. |
| West Africa correspondent Ruth Maclean reports on the latest study into poverty in Africa, and the toll it will take on the continent’s children. Research from the Overseas Development Institute reveals that high birth rates and poverty would undermine a generation. If nothing is done to reverse existing trends, the young people of Africa will represent nearly half the world’s poorest by 2030. Maclean also investigates the dire situation for newborn babies and their mothers in Guinea, where maternal health services are desperately scarce: of every 1,000 babies born, 123 die before their fifth birthday. | West Africa correspondent Ruth Maclean reports on the latest study into poverty in Africa, and the toll it will take on the continent’s children. Research from the Overseas Development Institute reveals that high birth rates and poverty would undermine a generation. If nothing is done to reverse existing trends, the young people of Africa will represent nearly half the world’s poorest by 2030. Maclean also investigates the dire situation for newborn babies and their mothers in Guinea, where maternal health services are desperately scarce: of every 1,000 babies born, 123 die before their fifth birthday. |
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| Book extract | Book extract |
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| What you said | What you said |
| On Marine Gauthier’s report on the state co-managing a national reserve with the Lickan Antay people of the Atacama desert, petermcclure said: | On Marine Gauthier’s report on the state co-managing a national reserve with the Lickan Antay people of the Atacama desert, petermcclure said: |
| By far the most participatory configuration I’ve ever seen. And it includes the recognition that indigenous people have a good understanding of their world. | By far the most participatory configuration I’ve ever seen. And it includes the recognition that indigenous people have a good understanding of their world. |
| But on the other side is the same kind of exploitation we’ve seen in other parks worldwide, where outsiders with the capital to buy the tour buses and advertise their “attractions” bring in the tourists and send all the profits away to their shareholders. | But on the other side is the same kind of exploitation we’ve seen in other parks worldwide, where outsiders with the capital to buy the tour buses and advertise their “attractions” bring in the tourists and send all the profits away to their shareholders. |
| The cooperative model only works if it includes equal opportunities for local people to make money, too. | The cooperative model only works if it includes equal opportunities for local people to make money, too. |
| Highlight from the blogosphere | Highlight from the blogosphere |
| Humanosphere reports on how Uganda is edging closer to eradicating river blindness. Tom Murphy writes that the government has announced that it has eliminated the disease in four areas of focus in the country, leaving only two more regions with active transmission of the parasite. | Humanosphere reports on how Uganda is edging closer to eradicating river blindness. Tom Murphy writes that the government has announced that it has eliminated the disease in four areas of focus in the country, leaving only two more regions with active transmission of the parasite. |
| And finally … | And finally … |
| Poverty matters will return in two weeks with another roundup of the latest news and comment. In the meantime, keep up to date on the Global development website. Follow @gdndevelopment and @LizFordGuardian on Twitter, and join Guardian Global development on Facebook. | Poverty matters will return in two weeks with another roundup of the latest news and comment. In the meantime, keep up to date on the Global development website. Follow @gdndevelopment and @LizFordGuardian on Twitter, and join Guardian Global development on Facebook. |