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This Land Is Whose Land?

The government of Tanzania is reviving a move to block the Maasai tribe from an area of the Serengeti National Park in order to expand a big-game hunting reserve that will be used primarily by an outfit from the United Arab Emirates, which has been flying tourists in for 20 years. One of the more interesting facets of this story is the myriad issues it brings up ~ ethical, historical, environmental, local, global, humanitarian ... ~ many of which are discussed in the "Comments" section: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/30/maasai-game-hunting-tanzania

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