cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35220376

• A 4 meter high perimeter wall was built alongside a village bordering Ngezi Forest Reserve as construction to a luxury resort estate has started on Zanzibar’s Pemba island.
• A dirt road cutting through the protected forest has been widened to facilitate the transport of goods.
• Researchers warn that no environmental planning has been done and that animal and plant species could go extinct if the development goes ahead.