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Bushmen Prevented from Transporting Water
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 11:01 am | Survival International
Authorities in Botswana are preventing Kalahari Bushmen from bringing water to their relatives in one of the driest places on earth. More >>
UK government bars Iroquois Lacrosse team
Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:12 pm | Survival International
The British government has refused to allow an Iroquois lacrosse team into the country because they are using Iroquois passports. More >>
Third blow for Vedanta in a month
Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:11 pm | Survival International
In the third major blow to Vedanta in a month, the Chief Secretary of the Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) has ordered a new investigation into the rights of the Dongria Kondh tribe affected by Vedanta Resources’ controversial bauxite ... More >>
Pygmy peoples issue warning on climate change
Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:09 pm | Survival International
Members of ‘Pygmy’ communities in Cameroon have issued a clear message in the wake of the Copenhagen climate change talks: their rights to their forests must be respected. More >>
Judgment day for Bushmen
Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:08 pm | Survival International
The long-awaited judgment in the landmark court case over the Botswana Bushmen’s right to water will be delivered next Wednesday July 21st at the High Court in Lobatse, Botswana. More >>
Judgment Day For Bushmen In Vital Water Case
Saturday, 17 July 2010, 12:07 pm | Survival International
The long-awaited judgment in the landmark court case over the Botswana Bushmen’s right to water will be delivered next Wednesday July 21st at the High Court in Lobatse, Botswana. More >>
Timber demand threatens uncontacted Peruvian tribe
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:57 pm | Survival International
Illegal mahogany loggers are plundering uncontacted Indians’ land in the depths of the Peruvian Amazon, according to a new report by the Upper Amazon Conservancy (UAC). More >>
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 >>
