livestock
Judge Orders Invaders Out of Ju/’hoansi Lands
Judge Thomas Masuku of the High Court of Namibia in Windhoek has ordered Herero farmers to remove their livestock from Ju/’hoansi communal lands near Tsumkwe. The judge issued his order on Friday, August 10, and it was released, according to a news report in The Namibian, on August 15. The news story describes the background […]
Overgrazing in the Fipa Territory
A corruption scandal in the traditional Fipa territory recently resulted in disciplinary action being taken against numerous officials. Dr. Hamisi Kigwangalla, Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism of Tanzania, suspended 27 game rangers and officers after hearing complaints at a village meeting. According to a report on July 9 in a Tanzanian news service, Kigwangalla […]
Environmental Degradation and a Plan for Restoration
The territory where the Fipa live in southwestern Tanzania has been designated by the national government as an environmentally sensitive area due to human abuses of the land. Two newspapers, the Tanzania Daily News and The Citizen, both from Dar es Salaam, published reports last week on plans to begin rectifying the situation. The so-called […]
Opposition to a New Hutterite Colony
A newly-formed Hutterite colony in southern Alberta has been seeking approval of its plans to construct buildings and begin farming on lands it has purchased, but local residents are strongly opposed. Plans by the Clear Lake Colony, just north of Lethbridge, to develop its new branch colony, Summerland, and the opposition by some residents in […]
Amish Farmers Refuse to Register their Herds
Amish farmers in Wisconsin have run up against a legal requirement that they refuse to honor: a 2005 state law that requires all farms to register their livestock herds. An Amish farmer in Clark County is facing a civil court suit because he will not violate his religious beliefs, which he feels would be compromised […]
