Searchable database of alleged violations against Indigenous Peoples' human rights in protected areas and natural parks.
| Title | Country | Impacted Indigenous People(s) | Description of the alleged violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tayrona National Park | Colombia | ||
| Laponia World Heritage Site | Sweden | ||
| Kahuzi-Biega National Park | Democratic Republic of Congo | ||
| Mt Elgon National Park (Uganda) | Uganda | ||
| Ngorongoro Conservation Area | Tanzania | ||
| Bardiya National Park | Nepal | Tharu, Sonaha, Raji, Kumal | Forceful evictions: |
| Mau Forest Complex | Kenya | Ogiek | The Ogieks have been uncertain about the enjoyment and fulfillment of their rights and freedoms. They have been rendered squatters, and their rights to self-determination and development are violated. They are always on the verge of imminent eviction or moving from one forum to another, including international and regional human rights mechanisms seeking to assert their rights to access and reclaim Mau Forest. |
| Chitwan National Park | Nepal | Tharu, Bote, Majhi, Darai, Kumal | |
| Ruaha National Park-Runapa | Tanzania | Maasai, Sangu, Toga, Barabaig | The "fortress" conservation model, exemplified by the REGROW project in Tanzania's RUNAPA, MINAPA, and NNP parks, has led to local communities losing land access. Focusing on RUNAPA, the government's ruthless park expansion plan, announced in October 2022, targets evictions affecting thousands of people from five villages and 47 sub-villages. The government claims the 2008 decision (GN 28) encompassed these areas, which needs to be clarified as the villages are legally registered, lack free, prior, and informed consent, and have generations-long residency. |
| Selous Game Reserve-SGR | Tanzania | Maasai, Barabaig, Sukuma | Operation Save Kilombero Valley reveals a distressing narrative of forceful tactics deployed against Indigenous People, particularly Sukuma, Maasai, and Barabaig pastoralists, who confronted threats and eviction from their ancestral lands in the Kilombero and Ulanga districts. The government justified these evictions by alleging that the pastoralists' livestock had negatively impacted the wetlands and water sources. |
Disclaimer: The Conservation database contains allegations related to human rights violations of indigenous peoples impacted by protected areas, national parks and other conservation measures. Allegations of human rights violations were collected from a wide range of sources, including thematic, country, and fact-finding mission reports submitted by indigenous organizations, individual experts, non-governmental organizations and other civil society actors, newspaper articles, petitions, communications, statements, and other relevant information or materials issued by United Nations independent experts and human rights mechanisms. The information provided in this database does not necessarily reflect the official views of the University of Arizona, the University of Arizona College of Law, or the University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, nor is there any guarantee or endorsement of any information or views expressed therein. If you wish to add additional allegations, please reachout to us via email law-conservation@arizona.edu