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1904 The First Maasai Agreement and Move contested 7 cit. In 1904 the administration pressed the Maasai, through the laibon Lenana, to sign an agreement giving up the central Rift Valley grasslands and move into two reserves, one on the Laikipia plateau to the north and one to the south around Ngong and Loita. The treaty said the arrangement would last as long as the Maasai existed. Historians dispute how freely Lenana acted and whether he spoke for all the Maasai sections, but the effect was to clear prime pasture for white ranchers. diplomacy / society ●●●
December 2022 The 30x30 target and warnings of mass eviction contested 3 cit. Governments agreed a global goal to protect thirty percent of land and sea by 2030, known as 30x30. Groups including Survival International and Amnesty International warned it could dispossess millions of indigenous and rural people if it followed the fortress model. Supporters said it need not, if it recognised community land rights, but the risk to people like Kenya's Ogiek and pastoralists was real enough to spark alarm. diplomacy / environment / society ●●