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Dutch pensions firm joins Vedanta sell-off
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 12:09 pm | Survival International
A firm managing pensions for more than two million people in the Netherlands has sold its €13million (US$ 16million) stake in the notorious mining conglomerate Vedanta Resources . More >>
Tribe Fights Rainforest Destruction With Blockade
Friday, 9 July 2010, 4:01 pm | Survival International
Nomadic tribespeople in Borneo are blockading a road to stop loggers destroying their rainforest. The Penan tribe have mounted the blockade in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo to stop the destruction of the forests they depend on for their survival. More >>
Spotted: The Tribe That Hides From Man
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 10:51 am | Survival International
A man belonging to the only uncontacted tribe in South America outside the Amazon basin has been sighted near a region targeted for deforestation by Brazilian cattle-ranchers. More >>
Call to remove Andaman tribe’s children
Friday, 2 July 2010, 12:14 pm | Survival International
An Indian MP’s call for the children of a recently-contacted Andaman Island tribe to be removed from their parents and sent to residential schools has sparked worldwide outrage. More >>
Vedanta's controversial mine
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 3:15 pm | Survival International
In a highly unusual move, India's Prime Minister has intervened directly in the approval process for one of the world's most controversial mines. The office of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has written to the Environment and Forests Ministry urging it ... More >>
Indigenous Leader slams French oil company
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 2:50 pm | Survival International
Oil company Perenco has been slammed for denying the existence of uncontacted tribes by a Peruvian indigenous leader almost immediately after his return from 11 months in political exile. More >>
Human safaris threaten Andaman tribe
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 1:55 pm | Survival International
The survival of the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands is being threatened by human safaris run by local tour operators. More >>
Botswana Bushmen appeal to Prince William
Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 4:23 pm | Survival International
The Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have appealed to Prince William ahead of his visit to Botswana this month. More >>
Bushmen take Botswana government to court
Wednesday, 2 June 2010, 6:36 pm | Survival International
Kalahari Bushmen are taking the government of Botswana to court over its refusal to allow them access to a water borehole on their land. More >>
Obama Urged To Protect Uncontacted Tribes
Saturday, 29 May 2010, 12:52 pm | Survival International
Survival Internationalhas written to President Obama highlighting the threat posed to two of the world’s last uncontacted tribes by the construction of an oil pipeline in the remote Peruvian Amazon. More >>
Oil Companies Banned From Tribes' Reserve
Saturday, 22 May 2010, 10:47 am | Survival International
The decision was revealed this morning at a promotional event held in London by Perupetro, the state company responsible for promoting oil and gas exploration in Peru. More >>
Amazon mega-dams endanger uncontacted Indians
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 2:41 pm | Survival International
Two mega-dams being constructed in the Brazilian Amazon threaten to devastate several groups of uncontacted Indians. The Santo Antônio and Jirau dams are being built on the Madeira River, next to the territory of isolated Indians who are unaware that ... More >>
Vedanta Resources' head abandons talks
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 3:39 pm | Survival International
FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta Resources ’ billionaire owner Anil Agarwal has pulled out of a London conference, where he was due to speak, after Survival International announced plans to demonstrate outside. More >>
Landmark Trial Of Indian’s ‘Killers’ Suspended
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 11:19 am | Survival International
The trial of three men accused of killing the Guarani Indian leader Marcos Veron of Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, has been suspended. More >>
Ad Campaign for Peru’s Uncontacted Tribes
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 4:56 pm | Survival International
An ad supporting Peru’s last uncontacted tribes is appearing in publications around the world in a bid to stop Peru’s government allowing an oil pipeline to be built through the Indians’ territory. More >>
Protests Against Oil Giant’s Plans For Tribe
Saturday, 1 May 2010, 10:49 am | Survival International
Demonstrators gathered outside the headquarters of oil giant Repsol-YPF today to protest at its plans to explore for oil on uncontacted tribes’ land. Repsol, holding its AGM today, refuses to accept that the uncontacted tribes exist. More >>
Survival Demands Retraction From Dam Builder
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 6:02 pm | Survival International
Controversial Italian dam-builders Salini Costruttori are embroiled in a new dispute over allegations they leveled at the tribal rights organization Survival International. More >>
Safari lodge under attack for failing Bushmen
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 2:19 pm | Survival International
A safari lodge operating on the traditional lands of the Gana Bushmen of Botswana has come under fire from Survival International days before the company is listed on the Botswana and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges. More >>
Brazilian ranchers on the UN ‘Global Compact’
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 1:14 pm | Survival International
Survival International is calling for Brazilian cattle-ranchers involved in a controversial scheme to bulldoze uncontacted Indians’ land in Paraguay to be removed from the UN’s ‘Global Compact’. More >>
Deadly pipeline threat to uncontacted tribes
Friday, 26 March 2010, 1:05 pm | Survival International
Anglo-French oil company Perenco has revealed plans to build a pipeline deep into the heart of uncontacted tribes’ land in the Amazon rainforest. More >>
