Why Petrostates Keep Seizing the Serengeti | A carbon credit company run by an Emirati sheik just gained control over 8% of Tanzania’s land, displacing nearly 100,000 Maasai people in the process.

@silence7 · 11 days ago

Why Petrostates Keep Seizing the Serengeti | A carbon credit company run by an Emirati sheik just gained control over 8% of Tanzania’s land, displacing nearly 100,000 Maasai people in the process.

@maculata@aussie.zone · 11 days ago

That’s seriously fucked up.

@silence7 · edit-2 11 days ago

Definitely. This one firm has bought big chunks of the land in six African countries, with similar plans in all of them. All to generate likely-fraudulent carbon offsets.

Why Petrostates Keep Seizing the Serengeti | A carbon credit company run by an Emirati sheik just gained control over 8% of Tanzania’s land, displacing nearly 100,000 Maasai people in the process.

Why Petrostates Keep Seizing the Serengeti | A carbon credit company run by an Emirati sheik just gained control over 8% of Tanzania’s land, displacing nearly 100,000 Maasai people in the process.

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