Human rights abuses complaint against WWF to be examined by OECD

In unprecedented move, OECD will look into allegations that world's largest conservation organisation facilitated abuse of Baka people of Cameroon

A human rights abuses complaint against WWF, the world's largest conservation organisation, is to be examined by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OECD) in an unprecedented step.

Anti-poaching government "eco-guards" in the Cameroon rainforests, part-funded and logistically supported by WWF, are alleged to have destroyed camps and property belonging to the hunter-gatherer Baka people. The guards are accused of using physical force and threats of violence against the Baka people over a number of years.