Sign On Petition: Stop The Eviction Of Indigenous Pastoralist Communities In Ngorongoro Conservation Area

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An Appeal to the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, to stop the eviction of indigenous pastoralist communities in Ngorongoro Conservation Area

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To:

Her Excellency, Samia Suluhu Hassan
President of the United Republic of Tanzania

Cc:

Hon. Dr. Freddy Safiel Manongi
Conservation Commissioner, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority

Hon. Dr. Damas Daniel Ndumbaro
Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism

Hon. Tirso Dos Santos
Head of Office, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – Tanzania

Hon. Dr. Bruno Oberle
Director-General, International Union for Conservation of Nature

Hon. Audrey Azoulay
Director-General, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania is planning to evict 73,000 Indigenous Peoples from Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). On April 12, 2021, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) had already initially issued a 30-day eviction notice to 45 indigenous pastoralists living in Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The NCAA considers them illegal immigrants. Their baseless pronouncement that Indigenous Peoples and their pastoralist way of life are endangering the ecological balance of Ngorongoro Conservation Area was further disseminated by the mainstream media’s biased coverage of the issue.[1]

Studies have proven that pastoralism is compatible with conservation.[2] The last holding grounds for many of Tanzania’s remaining flora and fauna are found in pastoralist lands or in territories occupied by pastoralists.[3] “The conservation attitude of pastoralists is found in the very practices of pastoralism itself. Conservation ethic is found in their cultures, and their ways of managing critical resources.”[4]

The NCAA and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT) are stuck with a parochial and colonialist mentality. They disregard recent scientific studies that demonstrate and prove the crucial role of indigenous pastoralist communities in conservation. These government entities dismiss the importance of conducting sincere consultation with indigenous pastoralists in addressing biodiversity loss. NCAA and MNRT are neglecting their mandate to protect the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and are solely concerned with deriving profit from tourism.

The NCAA and MNRT have been responsible for a number of human rights violations against the indigenous pastoralist communities, which include the demolition of their homesteads and threats against their lives and livelihoods. The recent eviction order, although currently put on hold, threatens to continue these violations, including the destruction of government-constructed facilities such as schools, health centers, police posts, churches and mosques.

Furthermore, the safety and security of indigenous human rights defenders, including civil society organizations supporting them and the affected communities are at risk.

The threats and attacks of NCAA and MNRT on the indigenous pastoralist communities and their way of life contravene the concern of Her Excellency, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, to take steps to preserve Ngorongoro Conservation Area’s ecology and wildlife.

In light of the impending escalation of human rights violations against the indigenous pastoralist communities in Ngorongoro Conservation Area,  we stand in solidarity with them and fully support their legitimate demands for the respect and protection of their rights and wellbeing. We reecho their urgent call to the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, to:

  • Revoke the eviction order of MNRT and NCAA, and ensure the respect and protection of indigenous pastoral communities’ rights to life, livelihood and cultural integrity;
  • Fully recognize and support indigenous pastoralist communities’ sustainable practices and systems of conservation and management of resources;
  • Address hunger and starvation of indigenous pastoralist communities by lifting the ban on farming in twenty-five villages and the restrictions imposed on the movement of livestock for pasture and water in the conservation area;
  • Organize an independent committee to investigate decades of injustices and human rights violations of the MNRT and NCAA against the indigenous pastoralist communities; and
  • Establish a multi-stakeholder commission composed of self-identified representatives from the pastoralist communities, ecology and wildlife experts, and human rights advocates to develop a rights-based approach to manage and preserve the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

We also wish to draw the attention and action of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN) as partners of the Tanzanian government in the management of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, over the impending unjust eviction of indigenous pastoralist communities. This is clearly against the principles and commitments of UNESCO and IUCN in respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

This petition is closed.
There were endorsements from 124 organizations and 229 individuals from 51 countries.
On 12 May 2021, IPRI sent this appeal to the President of the United Republic of Tanzania. You can read the letter here.

Signatures*

Organizations
  1. AbibiNsroma Foundation
  2. Afrikagrupperna
  3. Agencia Internacional de Prensa Indígena (AIPIN)
  4. Agenda Ciudadana por el Desarrollo y la Corresponsabilidad Social AC
  5. Alliance Nationale d’Appui et de Promotion des Aires et Territoires du Patrimoine Autochtone et Communautaire (ANAPAC)
  6. Almáciga
  7. Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation (AIWF)
  8. Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy (AIPNEE)
  9. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
  10. Asociacion para el Desarrollo Integral de las Victimas de la Violencia en las Verpaces, Maya Achi (ADIVIMA)
  11. Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad
  12. Asociación Brasileira Maloka
  13. Asociación Teatro de la Tierra
  14. Association for Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Policies
  15. Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum (BIPF)
  16. Bangladesh Indigenous Women’s Network (BIWN)
  17. Bethel Lutheran
  18. CENSAT AGUA VIVA
  19. Center for Environmental Concerns – Philippines inc.
  20. Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Research and Development (CIPRED)
  21. Center for Research and Development in Drylands, Kenya
  22. Center for support of indigenous peoples of the North (CSIPN)
  23. Centre for Research and Advocacy Manipur (CRAM)
  24. Centre of Research and Development in Upland Areas (CERDA)
  25. Centro de promoción y defensa de los derechos indígenas Yanapanakuy
  26. Centro para la Autonomía y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CADPI)
  27. Civic and Legal Aid Organization (CILAO)
  28. Colectivo Yehcoa Um
  29. Columbia University, Indigenous Peoples Rights Program, Institute for the Study of Human Rights
  30. Community Development Association (CDA)
  31. Community Empowerment and Social Justice Network (CEMSOJ)
  32. COMPPART Foundation for Justice and Peacebuilding
  33. Comunidad La Toglla, Pueblo Kitu Kara
  34. Conselho Indigenista Missionário, Cimi
  35. CONSULTORIA TECNICA COMUNITARIA, A.C. (CONTEC)
  36. Coopérative des Paysans de Lonzo
  37. Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA)
  38. Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA)
  39. CSWO
  40. Cultural and Development Society
  41. Development Alternatives
  42. Docip Foundation
  43. DYNAMIQUE DES GROUPES DES PEUPLES AUTOCHTONES (DGPA)
  44. EJAtlas
  45. El Pueblo Indígena Bubi de la Isla de Bioko
  46. Environmental Defender Law Center
  47. Extinction Rebellion Youth Solidarity
  48. Federación Indígena Empresarial y Comunidades Locales de México, A. C. (CIELO)
  49. Federation of Indigenous Kirat Associations (FIKA)
  50. First Peoples Worldwide
  51. Force Weavers
  52. Forest and Peoples Organization
  53. Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
  54. Forest Stewardship Council
  55. Foro Indígena Abya Yala (FIAY)
  56. Fotosyntesis
  57. Frente de resistencia indígena
  58. Global Anti-Aerotropolis Movement (GAAM)
  59. Global Forest Coalition (GFC)
  60. Green Development Advocates (GDA)
  61. Haki Nawiri Afrika
  62. Human Rights Law Network (HRLN)
  63. India Indigenous Peoples
  64. Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
  65. Indigenous Peoples Forum Odisha (IPFO)
  66. Indigenous Peoples Global Forum for Sustainable Development (IPGFforSD)
  67. Indigenous Women India Network (I WIN)
  68. Indigenous Women League Nepal (IWL Nepal)
  69. Indigenous Women Legal Awareness Group (INWOLAG)
  70. InsightShare
  71. Institute for Ecology and Action Anthropology (INFOE)
  72. Instituto Orco Huasi. Investigaciones Interculturales – Salta, Argentina
  73. International Accountability Project (IAP)
  74. International Committee for the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (Incomindios)
  75. International Indigenous Fund for development and solidarity (Batani)
  76. International Indigenous Women’s Forum (IIWF)
  77. International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW)
  78. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
  79. Interwaste Research Development (East Africa) Trust
  80. Jatiya Adivasi Parishad, Bangladesh
  81. Kalpavriksh
  82. Kapaeeng Foundation
  83. KENYA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
  84. Kenyan Peasants League
  85. KJBS
  86. Land is Life
  87. Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP)
  88. Lelewal Foundation
  89. Lok Shakti Abhiyan
  90. Maleya Foundation
  91. Manipur Nature Society
  92. Marta López
  93. MICOP-CBO Kenya
  94. Mountain Indigenous Knowledge Centre
  95. MOVIMIENTO WIPHALA España
  96. Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR)
  97. Narasha Community Development Group (NCDG)
  98. National Garifuna Council (NGC)
  99. National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN)
  100. National Indigenous Women Forum (NIWF)
  101. Neteve
  102. Nimotanzania
  103. Onamiap
  104. Paloma Delgado
  105. Pasah Kahanjak Foundation
  106. Pastoralists Integratef Concerns (PICO)
  107. PEREMPUAN AMAN
  108. Programme Intégré pour le Développement du Peuple Pygmé (PIDP)
  109. Reseau des Populations Autochtones et Locales pour la gestion durable des Ecosystèmes forestiers d’afrique centrale (REPALEAC Afrique centrale)
  110. Resguardo de Origen Colonial Cañamomo Lomaprieta
  111. Rights and Resources Initiative
  112. Saku Accountability Forum (SAF)
  113. Sandiwa Network of Advocates for National Minority Rights
  114. SONIA FOR A JUST NEW WORLD
  115. Southern Global Cartography Collective
  116. Tanzania Land Alliance (TALA)
  117. The Common Good Foundation
  118. The New Dawn Pacesetter
  119. Therapy in Motion Ltd
  120. Tribalzone Network
  121. Urgewald
  122. Watu Pori
  123. Women Working Group (WWG)
  124. Wumweri Ghodu CBO
Individuals**
  1. Abraham – Kenya
  2. Adriane Costa Da Silva – Brazil
  3. Agustin Depetris – Sweden
  4. Alaidedia Morijei – Tanzania
  5. Albane Gaudissart – Canada
  6. Alejandra Orozco – Canada
  7. Alejandro Fernandez – United Kingdom
  8. Alex Shani – Kenya
  9. Alexandra Tomaselli – Italy
  10. Aline Chaves Rabelo – Brazil
  11. Amanda Shakespeare – United Kingdom
  12. Amani I. Laizer – Tanzania
  13. Amira Armenta – Netherlands
  14. Amitav Ghosh – United States
  15. Andrew Castillo – Belize
  16. Anne Mosley – United Kingdom
  17. Ariell Ahearn-ligham – United Kingdom
  18. Arkada Mollel – Tanzania
  19. Arnim Scheidel – Spain
  20. Arwa Hleihel – Austria
  21. Augusta M Molnar – United States
  22. Bailey Smith-Helman – United States
  23. Baraka Mollel – Tanzania
  24. Barbara Hermanns – Germany
  25. Batromayo James Sonyo – Tanzania
  26. Benjamin Lenaseiyanl – Kenya
  27. Benoît De L’estoile – France
  28. Bernice See – Philippines
  29. Bivuti Bhuson Mahato – Bangladesh
  30. Callie Berman – United Kingdom
  31. Cathbert Tomitho – Tanzania
  32. Cathy Vetter – United States
  33. Charles Ole-sein – Kenya
  34. Chris Fry – United Kingdom
  35. Cidi Otieno – Kenya
  36. Citlalli Hernández Saad – Mexico
  37. Conduct Hang – United States
  38. Connor Newson – United Kingdom
  39. Daale Simon James – Uganda
  40. Daniel Koitatoi – Kenya
  41. Daniella Vanêssa Abrantes Martins – Brazil
  42. Daudi Ndorosi Naata – Tanzania
  43. David Berger – Denmark
  44. David Smartknight – United Kingdom
  45. Denise Musni – Philippines
  46. Denize Marta – Brazil
  47. Diogo Liberano – Brazil
  48. Dionne Moseley – United Kingdom
  49. Dr Laura J Brown – United Kingdom
  50. Dr P A Azeez – India
  51. Dr Shoa Asfaha – United Kingdom
  52. Dr. Anabel Benjamin Bara – India
  53. Dr. Carla S Handley –
  54. Dr. Judith Dellheim – Germany
  55. Dr.susan Miranda Arnott – United Kingdom
  56. Elaine Hsiao – United States/Taiwan
  57. Elias Kimaiyo – Kenya
  58. Elisabeth Steffens – Germany
  59. Ella Scarleth T. Bugarso – Philippines
  60. Emma Rumney – United Kingdom
  61. Emmanuel – Kenya
  62. Emmanuel – Uganda
  63. Emmanuel Kileli Leyani – Tanzania
  64. Endoo Dorcas Chepkemei – Kenya
  65. Eric Boyd – Sweden
  66. Ewan Robinson – United States
  67. Federico Lenzerini – Italy
  68. Flora Bachmann – Austria
  69. Frances Labrick – United Kingdom
  70. Georgia Tendall – United Kingdom
  71. Gerd Lende – Norway
  72. Goor – United States
  73. Grace Balawag – Philippines
  74. Grace Keane O’connor – Ireland
  75. Grace Roberts Dyrness – United States
  76. Habu Dorcas – Kenya
  77. Ingrid Torrekens – Belgium
  78. Isabelle Haßfurther – Germany
  79. Jacob Horwitz – United States
  80. James Forole Jarso, Hsc – Kenya
  81. Jasjeet Singh Sidhu – Malaysia
  82. Jessica Harding – United Kingdom
  83. Jessica Lasota – United Kingdom
  84. Jessika Eichler – Germany
  85. Jethro Pettit – Italy
  86. Jevgeniy Bluwstein – Switzerland
  87. Jonathan Ole Mashulu – Kenya
  88. Jordana Gomes De Almeida – Brazil
  89. Joseph Moses Oleshangay – Tanzania
  90. Joseph Pusingare Runguna. – Tanzania
  91. José Chaves – Brazil
  92. José Luis Victorio Cervantrs – Mexico
  93. Julio César Solís Zavala – Mexico
  94. Karen Lawrence – United Kingdom
  95. Katie Wightman – United States
  96. Keith Barton, MD – United States
  97. Kepa Fernandez De Larrinoa – Basque Country
  98. Kileto Olepurko – Tanzania
  99. Kim Graybiel – Canada
  100. Kisiaya Saruni – Tanzania
  101. Kizito Joackim Assechekamwati – Tanzania
  102. Kranti L C – India
  103. Lais Nardon Martins – Brazil
  104. Lance Robinson – Canada
  105. Laura Rebolledo Génisson – Spain
  106. Lauren Ramjee – Canada
  107. Learnmore Nyamudzanga – Zimbabwe
  108. Leif John Fosse – Norway
  109. Lekiliara Juma – Kenya
  110. Lenawasae Patrick – Kenya
  111. Lentoimaga A Mamosi – Kenya
  112. Leonor Zalabata – Colombia
  113. Leparan C. Ole Tialal – Kenya
  114. Lewis Pyke – United Kingdom
  115. Lokima Ramazani Yannick – Democratic Republic of Congo
  116. Lucia Helena Andrade Medina – Colombia
  117. Madeleine Sampson – France
  118. Magabilo Masambu – Tanzania
  119. Maison Ole Nkurrunah – Kenya
  120. Malcolm Langford – Norway
  121. Manja Sironga – Tanzania
  122. Marco Mathayo Olekeiya – Tanzania
  123. Maria Gabriela Feitosa Pinheiro – Brazil
  124. Maria Raquel Passos Lima – Brazil
  125. Marie-Sophie VIlleneuve – Canada
  126. Matt York – Ireland
  127. Mbekure Ole Meroro Metemi – Tanzania
  128. Megoliki M Oloije – Tanzania
  129. Michel Dufour – Canada
  130. Mosiany Nkoirishishe – Kenya
  131. Mosses M Lekando – Tanzania
  132. Natana Chaves Rabelo – Brazil
  133. Nathalie Faure – Thailand
  134. Neema Ndemno – Tanzania
  135. Ngeeyan Oloibormunyei Laizer – Tanzania
  136. Ngonina Kirwa – Tanzania
  137. Niyi Asiyanbi – Canada
  138. Norman Biddlecombe – United Kingdom
  139. Noxolo Mboniswa – South Africa
  140. Nsoh Ndam Elvis – Cameroon
  141. Nuria Fernandez Vidal – Spain
  142. Ole Riamit Stanley – Kenya
  143. Oloiteeyo Irmakesen – Tanzania
  144. Onesmo Olengurumwa – Tanzania
  145. Orson Nava – United Kingdom
  146. Panin – Tanzanian
  147. Pilar Font Serrano – Spain
  148. Ponja Edward Tayai – Tanzania
  149. Pricilla Rakotoarisoa – Madagascar
  150. Rande Camana Bayate – Philippines
  151. Rebecca Latchford – United Kingdom
  152. Rebecca Teall – United Kingdom
  153. Regina Weber – United States
  154. Rigan Chakma – Bangladesh
  155. Robert Nowak – Poland
  156. Robie Halip – Philippines
  157. Roger Few – United Kingdom
  158. Rosa Maria Dos Santos Barreiro Chaves – Brazil
  159. Rosy Vilela – Spain
  160. Saitoti Ole Mutaka – Kenya
  161. Saitoti Parmelo – Tanzania
  162. Sali Django – Cameroon
  163. Sam Munck – Sweden
  164. Sara Asadullah – United Kingdom
  165. Sara Mabel Villalba – Paraguay
  166. Sarah Ryder – Switzerland
  167. Sarah Warzecha – United States
  168. Saskia Hesta – Netherlands
  169. Scott S. Robinson – Mexico
  170. Sergio Rene Torres Corrales – Nicaragua
  171. Sethunarayanan – India
  172. Shapiom Noningo Sesen – Peru
  173. Shayo Alakara – Tanzania
  174. Shisei Toma – Japan
  175. Simon Ole Mashati – Tanzania
  176. Sol Gracian Ineira Espinoza – Mexico
  177. Soledad Muniz – United Kingdom
  178. Sophia Pettit – United Kingdom
  179. Steven Sarite – Tanzania
  180. Subeksha Poudel – Nepal
  181. Susanna Nordlund – Sweden
  182. Tara Griffin – United Kingdom
  183. Tejumola A. – Canada
  184. Teo Pasquini – Brazil
  185. Thomas Niederberger – Switzerland
  186. Tiago Moreira – Brazil
  187. Tim Portass – Belgium
  188. Tonje Margrete Winsnes Johansen – Norway
  189. Traute Thiem-hofsommer – Germany
  190. Tricia Jenkins – United Kingdom
  191. Ulrich Bock – Germany
  192. Vedanshi – India
  193. Vilma S. Tuno – Philippines
  194. William K Sipai – Kenya
  195. William Nicholas Gomes – United Kingdom
  196. Zakayo Meng’oru – Tanzania
  197. Чиспияков Алексей Васильевич – Russia

*as of 11 May 2021
**plus 32 undisclosed individual endorsements

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