The Maasai Communities in Tanzania

Reference RC-B9-0511/2023

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How the groups voted

GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity

The Left37

260011100%

S&D141

1050036100%

Greens/EFA71

5800

The European Parliament adopted by 493 votes to 29, with 17 abstentions, a resolution on the Maasai Communities in Tanzania.The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, ECR, The Left groups and Members.The Maasai communities are facing evictions from their land in the Ngorongoro District, which includes the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Loliondo Area. As a reminder, in June 2022, the Tanzanian authorities began converting 1 500 km2 of land in Loliondo into a game reserve, leading to widespread evictions and depriving over 70 000 people of access to grazing land critical for their livestock’s health and their livelihoods. In the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the government has restricted access to vital…