**Update: African Parks Foundation withdraws from Ethiopia**
read the African Parks withdrawal statement
Seven Tribal Groups in danger of displacement from Omo National Park
The Omo National Park in Southern Ethiopia has been taken over by the
Dutch conservation organization, African Parks Foundation, which has
failed to guarantee the land rights of people who live in and/or make
use of agricultural and grazing land within the park. An estimated
40,000 tribal people are therefore in danger of being displaced and/or
of losing access to their vital subsistence resources.
The Omo National Park
is home to
the Suri, Dizi, Mursi, Me'en, Kwegu, Bodi and Nyangatom tribal peoples. These tribal
peoples
live in or use nearly the entire park for cultivation and cattle
grazing. read more on this
Contents:
Information on the Suri, Dizi, Mursi, Me'en, Nyangatom
In the News
Letters to and from African Parks Foundation
