Environment or (Collective) Human Rights: What Is More Important? A Critical Perspective on the Implementation of the Joint UNESCO/ICOMOS/IUCN Recommendation on the Voluntary Relocation of Maasai Residents from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania

Kannowski, Bernd and Ngaiza, Cecilia (2022) Environment or (Collective) Human Rights: What Is More Important? A Critical Perspective on the Implementation of the Joint UNESCO/ICOMOS/IUCN Recommendation on the Voluntary Relocation of Maasai Residents from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW, 3 (2). pp. 55-93. ISSN 2732-0707 (nyomtatott), 2732-1460 (online)

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Abstract

This article reflects on the ‘Yellowstone model’ of environmental conservation while considering the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)/ International Council of Monuments and Sites /International Union for Conservation of Nature’s recommendation on the voluntary relocation of Maasai residents from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) in Tanzania. While advocating for an inclusive conservation approach, it synthesizes the extent to which the relocation has affected the collective socioeco- nomic and cultural rights of the Maasai in the property. It discusses the concept of Yellowstone conservation model, and subsequently traces the legal background to the existence of the Maasai in the NCA. The NCA’s statuses as a UNESCO heritage site of outstanding universal value, international biosphere reserve, and a global geo-park are also canvassed in the light of multiple-land use model. It further criti- cally discusses the practical impacts of controlling the growing Maasai population at the site through induced voluntary relocation. The authors have drawn lessons from the Inter-American human rights system on the same area of conservation. Ultimately, the article concludes with practical recommendations and proposed issues for further research on this controversial topic.

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