A Dubai company’s staggering land deals in Africa raise fears about risks to Indigenous livelihoods

A Dubai company's staggering land deals in Africa raise fears about risks to Indigenous livelihoods

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Matthew Walley's eyes sweep over the large forest that has sustained his Indigenous community in Liberia for generations. Even as the morning sun casts a golden hue over the canopy, a sense of unease lingers. Their use of the land is being threatened, and they have organized to resist the possibility of losing their livelihood.

A Dubai company’s staggering land deals in Africa raise fears about risks to Indigenous livelihoods

A raft of agreements between African countries and Dubai-based company Blue Carbon could give the company control over large swaths of land for conservation projects. In Liberia, 10% of the