The Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of EACOP on Indigenous Peoples in Tanzania

Written on 10 December 2025.

BY EDWARD POROKWA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a 1,445-kilometre cross-border project, is designed to transport crude oil from Uganda's Lake Albert basin to the coast of Tanzania for international export. With a construction budget of US$3.5 billion and a planned capacity of 216,000 barrels per day, this project threatens the livelihoods of Indigenous communities, including the Maasai, Hadzabe, Akie, Barbaig, Sukuma, and Nyamwezi, across eight Tanzanian regions.

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Defending Customary Territory: A Collective Conservation Initiative of the Daai Indigenous Peoples

Written on 04 December 2025.

Indigenous Peoples’ rights to land, territories and resources is not legally recognized in Myanmar (Christian Erni, et al., 2019).^[1] Rather, the customary lands of Indigenous Peoples are at the disposal of the government (VFV Land Law 2012, and 2018), allowing the state to use and demarcate the land as they wish, turning it into conservation areas and granting right-to-use concessions to companies for resource extraction and monocrop agriculture, for example. This situation often triggers conflict between the state and Indigenous communities, which has been the case with the Daai Indigenous Peoples’ territory.

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Ogiek celebrate Court decision: Kenyan government must “act without delay”

Written on 09 December 2025.

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued a judgment on 4 December in favour of the Ogiek, ordering the Kenyan government to “take immediate steps and act without delay” to fully comply with previous Court rulings.

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The similarities between the Transition Minerals and Fossil Fuel Economies and their Impacts on Indigenous Peoples: the Case of Lithium

Written on 03 December 2025.

BY EDSON KRENAK FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The destruction of territories rich in biodiversity and cultural heritage is a concerning consequence of the global demand for minerals such as nickel, cobalt and lithium. These territories are being sacrificed in the name of economic growth and the so-called energy transition, as governments and corporations prioritise short-term gains. To challenge this contradiction and fight for their rights, Indigenous Peoples' proposals are not merely technical fixes but holistic responses rooted in their traditional knowledge, territorial sovereignty, and cultural survival.

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