Cases / Protected area / relocation · Tanzania · 1980–1997
Herders with residence papers forced out of Mkomazi reserve
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
In the 1980s and 1990s, herders with written residence rights were forced out of the Mkomazi reserve in Tanzania, and the dispute went to court, according to a 1997 IIED report. The sources reviewed do not give how many people were removed or the outcome of the case, so the scale of the loss is unknown.
What?
Herders with written residence rights were forcibly removed from the Mkomazi reserve in Tanzania in the 1980s and 1990s, and the case was taken to court, according to a 1997 IIED report. IIED
Where?
Mkomazi reserve, Tanzania IIED
When?
1980s to 1990s; report published January 1997 IIED
Who?
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Forced removal of herders from the reserve; the dispute was taken to court. IIED
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Herders with written proof of residence rights were forcibly removed from the Mkomazi reserve, and a case was brought to court, according to a 1997 IIED report.
Brockington's 2002 book Fortress Conservation draws on this case, according to the sources reviewed.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the number of people removed; the 1997 report gives no figure.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the outcome of the court case over the removals.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: about 250 eviction reports across 184 protected areas worldwide, with under-reporting likely (Brockington and Igoe, 2006).
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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