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Uncontacted Amazon Indians face annihilation
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 9:23 am | Survival International
A shocking report obtained by [2]Survival International reveals that the home of the [3]nomadic Awá tribe suffered more deforestation than any other indigenous territory in the Amazon in 2009. More >>
India’s policy of ‘integrating’ tribal people disastrous
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 12:51 pm | Survival International
India’s Minister of Tribal Affairs, Kantilal Bhuria, has announced that he supports the ‘integration’ of India’s tribal communities into the ‘mainstream’ society – a policy that has been shown to be disastrous. More >>
Success: Peru acts to save uncontacted tribes
Monday, 7 February 2011, 2:20 pm | Survival International
Peru’s authorities have announced that they will work together with Brazil to stop loggers entering isolated Indians’ territory along the two countries’ joint border. The move is the first success of Survival’s campaign to protect the uncontacted ... More >>
Video: Astonishing new photos of uncontacted tribes
Monday, 7 February 2011, 2:17 pm | Survival International
New photos obtained by Survival International show uncontacted Indians in never-seen-before detail. The Indians are living in Brazil, near the Peruvian border, and are featured in the ‘Jungles’ episode of BBC1’s ‘Human Planet’ (Thurs 3 Feb, 8pm, UK ... More >>
Gillian Anderson Narrates Unique Film Of Uncontacted Indians
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 11:39 am | Survival International
Movie star Gillian Anderson has launched Survival International’s new campaign to protect some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes with an extraordinary new film. More >>
Success: Peru acts to save uncontacted tribes
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:57 am | Survival International
Peru’s authorities have announced that they will work together with Brazil to stop loggers entering [3]isolated Indians’ territory along the two countries’ joint border. Links: 1. http://www.uncontactedtribes.org/news/6956 2. http://www.uncontactedtribes.org/brazilphotos ... More >>
Unique New Photos of Uncontacted Brazilian Indians
Tuesday, 1 February 2011, 11:37 am | Survival International
New photos obtained by Survival International show uncontacted Indians in never-seen-before detail. The Indians are living in Brazil, near the Peruvian border, and are featured in the ‘Jungles’ episode of BBC1’s ‘Human Planet’ (Thurs 3 Feb, 8pm). Links: ... More >>
Victory for Kalahari Bushmen as court grants right to water
Friday, 28 January 2011, 3:53 pm | Survival International
Botswana government guilty of ‘degrading treatment’ - Case described as ‘a harrowing story of human suffering and despair’_ [1] In a momentous decision, Botswana’s Court of Appeal today quashed a ruling that denied the [2]Kalahari Bushmen access ... More >>
Bushman arrested while helping tribe’s lawyer visit clients
Thursday, 27 January 2011, 9:47 am | Survival International
The high profile Bushman activist Jumanda Gakelebone was arrested and held overnight while travelling through his homeland in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve over the weekend. The arrest left the Bushman’s lawyer, who was in the reserve ... More >>
One year after extinction of Bo, Andaman tribe in danger
Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 1:06 pm | Survival International
One year after the death of the last member of the Bo tribe of the Andaman Islands (January 26), [2]Survival International has warned that the neighbouring. Boa Sr, the last of the Bo, [4]died last January aged around 85. The Jarawa tribe number ... More >>
Wikileaks: US embassy condemned eviction of Kalahari Bushmen
Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 12:59 pm | Survival International
The US Ambassador to Botswana strongly condemned the government’s forced eviction of the [2] Kalahari Bushmen, according to secret US embassy cables released today. Ambassador Joseph Huggins told his bosses in Washington in 2005 that the Bushmen ... More >>
Survival protestors target international tourism fair
Sunday, 23 January 2011, 12:33 pm | Survival International
Demonstrators protest against tourism to Botswana at FITUR. © Iñaki Luis/Survival Visitors to the international tourism fair in Madrid were today met by Survival protestors calling for a boycott of tourism to Botswana . More >>
Botswana approves $3bn mine as Bushman water case begins
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 11:17 am | Survival International
Botswana’s government has green-lighted a massive $3bn mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – in the middle of the Kalahari Bushmen’s appeal against the Botswana authorities’ refusal to allow them [2]access to water there. More >>
Bushmen ‘determined’ as legal battle over water approaches
Friday, 14 January 2011, 9:23 am | Survival International
On January 17th, Botswana’s Court of Appeal will begin a hearing to decide whether [2]Kalahari Bushmen living on their ancestral lands have the right to water. The Bushmen, who returned to their lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve after a ... More >>
Borneo indigenous leaders arrested
Thursday, 13 January 2011, 12:58 pm | Survival International
Police in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, have arrested two indigenous leaders for possession of ‘seditious materials’.The offices of the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA) were raided and its secretary, Nicholas Mujah, arrested ... More >>
Nukak’s desperate plea to return home
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 1:14 pm | Survival International
A leader of the [2]Nukak tribe from the Colombian Amazon has made a desperate appeal for his people’s survival before the country’s top human rights committee.’We want to return to our forest,’ said Joaquín Nuká, ‘from where the FARC guerrillas ... More >>
Borneo tribes under threat from massive palm oil expansion
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 10:35 am | Survival International
The hunter-gatherer Penan and other tribes are under threat from new plans to expand palm oil plantations massively in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The Sarawak government has announced plans to double the area used for palm oil by 2020, using indigenous ... More >>
Survival Calls on Obama to Support Indigenous Rights
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 10:43 am | Survival International
To mark tomorrow's opening of the White House Tribal Nations Conference, [2]Survival International has called on President Obama to support the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. The United States is the only country in the world ... More >>
Botswana Government Rejects High-Profile Court Ruling
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 10:26 am | Survival International
Four years on from a court victory which saw the [2]Kalahari Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral lands, the Botswana government has issued a statement flouting the ruling.In 2002, the Botswana government forcibly evicted the Bushmen ... More >>
Botswana president in racist outburst against Kalahari
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 9:47 am | Survival International
[1] In an astonishing outburst, Botswana’s president has described the [2]Kalahari Bushmen as ‘primeval’, ‘primitive’ and ‘backward’. Speaking at the country’s largest diamond mine, President Khama accused the Bushmen of living a ‘life of ... More >>
