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In a world of global warming and habitat destruction, programs to protect wilderness and travel

to visit remaining natural lands and species are appealing.

But our guest journalist Stephanie McCrumman writes that in many parts of the world,

indigenous people are being evicted from their lands to make way for eco-tourism, carbon offset

schemes, and other activities that fall under the banner of conservation.

In a new article in the Atlantic, she focuses on the Messiah, pastoral tribespeople who for centuries

have herded cattle and goats in northern Tanzania.

She writes that the Messiah are increasingly being forced off traditional grazing lands to make

way for foreign investors, including the Royal Family of Dubai, who wanted an exclusive game reserve for hunting expeditions.

The massage displacement, she writes, has been accomplished in part through harsh government measures,

including arrests, confiscation of livestock, and lethal

violence.

Stephanie McCrumman is a staff writer at The Atlantic.

She previously worked at the Washington Post, where she covered national politics and served

as the paper's East Africa Bureau Chief.

Among her journalistic honors are the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for coverage of Roy Moore's 2017 Alabama Senate campaign

and two George Polk Awards.

Her new article in the Atlantic is

This Will Finish Us.

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