International tribunal tells Brazilian government to halt dam project 31 October 2008The Latin America Water Tribunal has ruled that the Brazilian government should halt plans to dam one of the main tributaries of the Amazon, because of the effects the dams would have on indigenous people.
Uncontacted tribes’ situation to be investigated 31 October 2008Latin America’s top human rights body has announced it will visit Peru to ‘investigate the situation of uncontacted tribes’ in the country, according to reports.
Bushmen and Survival force De Beers withdrawal from Kalahari reserve 29 October 2008De 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 near a Bushman community.
Police shoot Tupinambá Indians 29 October 2008Several Tupinambá Indians in the Brazilian state of Bahia have been shot with rubber bullets, as large numbers of heavily armed federal police entered their community without warning in a conflict over land rights.
Washington hears threats to uncontacted tribes 28 October 2008Peru's national Amazon Indian organisation has appeared before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), based in Washington, to detail the threats facing Peru's uncontacted tribes.
Quentin Blake designs Christmas card for Survival 27 October 2008The world’s best-loved illustrator, Quentin Blake, has designed a
2008 Christmas card to mark Survival International’s 40th anniversary.
Indians plead for world’s help to save uncontacted relatives 23 October 2008Four Indians, including one man whose first contact with the outside world was just four years ago, have journeyed to Paraguay's capital city, Asunción, to appeal for help to save their uncontacted relatives.
Tribe dances in mass protest against British mining company 22 October 2008Hundreds of members of the Dongria Kondh tribe danced and sang through the capital of the Indian state of Orissa on Monday, to mark their opposition to British company Vedanta’s plans to mine their sacred mountain.
Survival denounces 'good governance' award to Mogae 20 October 2008Survival International today criticised the Mo Ibrahim Foundation for awarding its 'Achievement in African Leadership' prize to Festus Mogae, the former president of Botswana who oversaw the eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen from their land.
Sat photos show doubling destruction of uncontacted tribe’s land 20 October 2008Satellite photos taken just a few days ago reveal how hundreds of hectares of forest belonging to Paraguay's last uncontacted Indians have been devastated in the last thirty days alone.
Security forces shoot and kill protesters 17 October 2008Security forces in Colombia have attacked indigenous protestors, leading to the deaths of several people and more than a hundred wounded, according to reports.
Yanomami denounce illegal gold miners 17 October 2008Two Yanomami Indian communities have written to the Brazilian government, denouncing the invasion of their land by illegal gold miners.
PM to implement international law for tribal peoples 16 October 2008Nepal’s Prime Minister has promised to include indigenous peoples’ rights in the country’s new constitution, in line with his country’s commitment to uphold the only international law for tribal peoples, ILO Convention 169.
Tribe vows to fight mine with axes and arrows 13 October 2008One of India’s most isolated tribes, the Dongria Kondh, is preparing to stop British FTSE 100 company Vedanta from mining aluminium ore on their sacred mountain, after police and hired thugs forced protestors to dismantle a barricade.
Amazon tribe’s protest shuts down dam site 13 October 2008Indians from the Enawene Nawe tribe in the Brazilian Amazon occupied and shut down the site of a huge hydroelectric dam on Saturday, destroying equipment, in an attempt to save the river that runs through their land.
Minister makes promise on refugee uncontacted tribes 8 October 2008Peru's Minister of Environment has spoken publicly about some of the world's last uncontacted Indians, fleeing for their lives from Peru to Brazil.
Penan mount logging road blockade 8 October 2008Penan communities in Sarawak, Malaysia, have mounted a road blockade against the logging company Interhill in an attempt to stop the destruction of their last remaining rainforests.
Government to investigate sexual abuse claims 2 October 2008The Malaysian government has said it will investigate allegations by members of the Penan tribe of Sarawak that logging company workers are routinely sexually abusing Penan women, including schoolgirls.
Uncontacted tribes report is 100 days late 1 October 2008One hundred days after Peru’s government promised to report on the impact of illegal logging on uncontacted Indians in the remote Amazon, no report has been made public.
