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Diamond Mine On Bushman Land Gets Govt Approval

Thursday, 11 December 2008, 1:39 pm | Survival International

Botswana: Diamond Mine On Bushman Land Gets Government Approval – On Condition Bushmen Receive No Water More >>

India: Tragedy Strikes Andamans Tribe

Thursday, 11 December 2008, 11:25 am | Survival International

Eight members of the Onge tribe in the Andaman Islands, India, have died and 15 more are in hospital after drinking from a container which washed ashore on their island reserve. More >>

Human Rights Declaration Reaches 60

Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 4:35 pm | Survival International

The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be celebrated tomorrow, 10 December – but only 20 countries have signed up to the international law on tribal peoples, whose rights are routinely violated. More >>

India: Tribe Slams Award To Vedanta Chairman

Thursday, 4 December 2008, 2:25 pm | Survival International

The award of the ‘Indian Entrepreneur of the Year’ prize to Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal has been met with derision from the Dongria Kondh tribe, whose sacred mountain Vedanta plans to destroy. More >>

India: Andaman Tribesman Presumed Dead

Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 10:25 am | Survival International

A man from the remote Jarawa tribe on the Andaman Islands in India is missing and presumed dead following a conflict with a group of poachers who were fishing illegally on their land. Police have arrested the poachers. More >>

Botswana: Bushmen Appeal To The Pope

Friday, 28 November 2008, 11:27 am | Survival International

The Kalahari Bushmen have appealed to the Pope to support them in their struggle to return to their land, as the Vatican established diplomatic relations with Botswana earlier this month. More >>

Remote Jarawa Tribe Kill Poacher

Saturday, 22 November 2008, 12:15 pm | Survival International

Two days after members of the remote Jarawa tribe attacked a group of poachers inside their reserve, killing one and wounding three, Survival today released exclusive footage of the Jarawa, taken during a recent investigation in India’s Andaman Islands. More >>

Brazil: ‘Risk Of Genocide’ For Uncontacted Tribe

Friday, 21 November 2008, 9:35 am | Survival International

A Brazilian government official has warned that the last known survivors of an uncontacted Amazon tribe will face genocide unless illegal logging and ranching on their land are stopped. More >>

Paraguay: Uncontacted Tribe Flees Land Destruction

Friday, 14 November 2008, 10:14 am | Survival International

The last uncontacted Indians in South America outside the Amazon basin have been spotted, apparently fleeing the rapid destruction of their forest home. More >>

Botswana: Bushmen Condemn Mo Ibrahim

Thursday, 13 November 2008, 11:11 am | Survival International

Kalahari Bushmen who were evicted from their land by the government of Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae today condemned African billionaire Mo Ibrahim and his Foundation for giving Mogae their ‘Achievement In Africa Leadership Award’. ... More >>

Peru: Uncontacted Tribes Could Disappear In 3 Yrs

Friday, 7 November 2008, 10:26 am | Survival International

Uncontacted tribes in the most remote parts of the Peruvian Amazon 'could disappear within three years', an expert on the tribes has warned. More >>

CO3 Targeted For Representing Vedanta Mining Co.

Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 10:24 am | Survival International

Survival International has targeted corporate social responsibility consultancy CO3 for representing British mining company Vedanta Resources, and is urging CO3 to resign its account in the interest of human rights. More >>

Paraguay: Ranchers Bar Entry To Govt Investigators

Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 10:18 am | Survival International

A Brazilian company illegally destroying the land of Paraguay's last uncontacted Indians has barred government investigators from entering the area. More >>

De Beers Diamond Co.Withdraws From Bushmen Reserve

Thursday, 30 October 2008, 11:33 am | Survival International

Following pressure from Survival International, De Beers says it has stopped operations on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana because those it consulted did not agree with its plan to explore for diamonds. More >>

India: Tribe Dances in Mass Protest

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 7:45 pm | Survival International

Hundreds of members of the Dongria Kondh tribe danced and sang through the capital of the Indian state of Orissa on Monday, armed with traditional weapons, to mark their opposition to British company Vedanta’s plans to mine their sacred mountain. More >>