Biofuels threaten lands of 60 million tribal people 30 April 2008Demand for biofuels is destroying tribal peoples’ land and lives, according to indigenous representatives at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), meeting currently in New York.
Isolated Indians targeted by rebels and army 28 April 2008One hundred and thirty Nukak Indians, some of the last nomadic Indians in the Amazon, have fled their rainforest homes after becoming caught up in Colombia’s civil war.
Safari company to build tourist lodge near Bushman community 25 April 2008The Botswana government has awarded the ‘Safari & Adventure Company’ a tender to build a tourist lodge near the Bushman community of Molapo in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Seven Jumma villages burnt down in Chittagong Hill Tracts 24 April 2008Seven villages belonging to the ‘Jumma’ tribal people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts were burned to the ground on Sunday by Bengali settlers, with the support of the Bangladesh army.
Penan picture archive online 22 April 2008A collection of hundreds of photographs of the Penan tribe of Sarawak is being made available online for the first time.
Judge issues statement in uncontacted tribes court case 21 April 2008A judge in Peru has issued a statement dismissing the arguments of three companies and the Peruvian government in a court case involving some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes and oil exploration.
Water for tourists in the Kalahari, but not for Bushmen 21 April 2008Tourist lodges requiring huge amounts of water are to be built on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen – but the Bushmen are not allowed to pump water from their single borehole.
Removal of illegal invaders suspended 18 April 2008Violence by farmers illegally occupying indigenous land in the Brazilian state of Roraima has led the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) to suspend a police operation to remove them.
Uncontacted tribes go 'round the world' 17 April 2008The threats of extinction to uncontacted tribes in the Peruvian Amazon have turned the tribes’ plight into one of global concern, with members of the public all around the world increasingly aware of the desperate situation facing them.
Gem Diamonds sink water boreholes on Bushman land, Bushmen still denied water 14 April 2008Several water boreholes have been sunk in preparation for a diamond mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana, but the Bushmen who live there are forbidden from taking any water at all from their own borehole.
Yanomami slam government over mining 11 April 2008Yanomami and Yekuana Indians from two communities have denounced the Brazilian government’s attempts to persuade them to accept large-scale mining on their land.
Uncontacted tribes flee across the border 11 April 2008Uncontacted tribes in Peru are fleeing across the border to Brazil because illegal mahogany loggers are invading their territory and killing them, according to an uncontacted tribes expert.
UK’s Channel 4 to expose mining on Yanomami land 10 April 2008The acclaimed Channel 4 current affairs series, ‘Unreported World’, is to broadcast a documentary tomorrow exposing the devastating effects of illegal goldmining on the land of the Yanomami Indians in the Brazilian Amazon.
Shootings and arrests spread fear in West Papua 8 April 2008Thirteen indigenous Papuans were arrested on 13 March in the town of Manokwari, West Papua, for taking part in peaceful demonstrations against the 2007 law banning the display of the Papuan Morning Star flag.
‘Guarani children malnourished due to lack of land’ 4 April 2008A Brazilian public prosecutor has told a Brazilian parliamentary enquiry that the government’s failure to demarcate and protect the land of the Guarani Indians is leading to widespread malnutrition among Guarani children.
UN human rights committee criticises Botswana over Bushman issue 3 April 2008The UN Human Rights Committee has criticised Botswana’s government over its treatment of the Bushmen. The committee urged Botswana to ensure that ‘all persons who were relocated are granted the right to return to the CKGR.'
McCall Smith breaks silence on Bushmen 2 April 2008Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, has spoken out for the first time in support of the Kalahari Bushmen of Botswana.
Enawene Nawe Indians win right to fish 1 April 2008A Brazilian judge has affirmed that the Enawene Nawe Indians have the right to fish on the Rio Preto, their most important fishing river.
Survival launches Bushman water campaign 1 April 2008Survival launches a new letter-writing campaign today asking the new President of Botswana, Lt Gen Ian Khama, to allow the Bushmen of the central Kalahari to access water on their land.
