Lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill that, if passed, would require human rights safeguards to be embedded in Department of Interior grants given to conservation organizations working overseas. Co-sponsored by Arizona Democrat Raul Grijalva, chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, and Bruce Westerman, an Arkansas Republican, the bill follows a congressional investigation into U.S. support for protected areas in Central Africa and South Asia where park rangers committed serious human rights abuses against local villagers.
“With this bill, we are sending a signal to the world that the United States demands the highest standards of respect for every human life; we will not tolerate human rights abuses in the name of conservation,” Grijalva said.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/new-law-would-tie-u-s-conservation-funding-to-human-rights-protection/
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