Robert SanscartierThen, along come government officials who tell you what you already know: The forest is precious, an environmental & ecological gem that should be preserved. And then they tell you that to protect it, you all have to leave
That's the latest reason given in a series of efforts to evict the Ogiek people, an Indigenous group of hunter-gatherers in the Mau Forest of East Africa
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-efforts-combat-climate-exclude-indigenous.html
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Efforts to combat climate change often exclude Indigenous people—and they may not have any recourse
Imagine living in the same forest as your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and all your ancestors as far back in time as stories can tell, and depending on the forest for food, shelter, recreation and education. Imagine, then, that the forest depends on you, too, because you and your people have protected it for generations.