News from April 2010

Protests against Spanish oil giant’s plans for uncontacted tribes
30 April 2010 Demonstrators gathered outside the headquarters of Repsol-YPF today to protest plans to explore for oil on uncontacted tribes’ land.
Massive theft of West Papuan land condemned in New York
28 April 2010 Indonesia’s plans to seize 1.6 million hectares of West Papuans’ land has been condemned at the UN in New York.
Survival demands retraction from controversial dam builder
28 April 2010 Controversial Italian dam-builders Salini Costruttori are embroiled in a new dispute over allegations they leveled at Survival.
Report demands EU-Malaysia timber deal guarantees indigenous rights
27 April 2010 A Malaysian indigenous network has urged the EU not to sign a timber agreement unless it recognizes indigenous rights.
First African country ratifies international law for tribal peoples
27 April 2010 The Central African Republic has ratified International Labour Organization Convention 169 on the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples.
Venezuelan authorities investigate Yanomami deaths
23 April 2010 Venezuelan authorities are investigating the deaths of six Yanomami Indians in the Amazon.
Report blames Peru’s government for Amazon violence
23 April 2010 A report written by a splinter group of a government-appointed commission blames Peru’s government for violent conflict in the Amazon.
60% of Colombian tribes at 'risk of extinction'
22 April 2010 At least 64 out of 102 indigenous Colombian tribes are facing ‘extinction’, says leading indigenous organisation ONIC.
New Zealand finally supports UN Declaration on indigenous rights
20 April 2010 New Zealand has endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, after opposing it for almost three years.
Spanish oil giant targets uncontacted Indians' rainforest
20 April 2010 Repsol YPF applied to Peru's government to cut seismic lines in its search for oil on uncontacted tribes' land.
Trial of suspects accused of assassinating Guarani leader postponed
16 April 2010 The trial of three men accused of killing the Guarani Indian leader Marcos Veron has been postponed.
Indians and activists march against Amazon mega-dam
14 April 2010 A large protest was held on Monday against the Belo Monte mega-dam, due to be constructed in the Brazilian Amazon.
Puma urged to disinvest over controversial tourist lodge on Bushman land
14 April 2010 Survival is appealing to sports giant Puma to disinvest from tourism company Wilderness Safaris.
Borneo court rules for tribal rights in palm oil case
13 April 2010 Indigenous people in Sarawak have won their second major court victory this year.
Perenco slammed for uncontacted tribes pipeline threat
13 April 2010 Perenco has been slammed by a leading indigenous organisation for its plans to build a pipeline on uncontacted tribes’ land.
International ad campaign launched to protect uncontacted tribe
12 April 2010 Survival launched an international ad campaign for the protection of one of the last uncontacted tribes in South America.
Yanomami Indians protest against illegal miners
9 April 2010 Yanomami and Yekuana Indians held a protest this week to denounce the illegal invasion of Yanomami land by goldminers.
Perenco in press storm about uncontacted tribes
9 April 2010 Anglo-French company Perenco is caught in a press storm over plans to build a pipeline into uncontacted tribes' land.
Kenyan tribe's houses torched in Mau Forest eviction
8 April 2010 Thugs and plain-clothed police officers are destroying the homes of Ogiek tribe members in Kenya’s Mau Forest, leaving families destitute.
US latest to criticize Botswana government over treatment of Bushmen
8 April 2010 The US State Department’s latest human rights report has criticized the Botswana government
Peru to investigate uncontacted tribes' 'possible' existence
6 April 2010 Peru has promised to investigate the existence of uncontacted tribes where an oil company wants to build a pipeline.
Botswana safari lodge under attack for failing Bushmen
6 April 2010 A safari lodge operating on the traditional lands of the Gana Bushmen of Botswana has come under fire from Survival
Mark Rylance becomes Survival ambassador
1 April 2010 Olivier Award winning actor and long-term Survival supporter, Mark Rylance, has become an ambassador for Survival
‘Pioneering' plan to give Bushmen armbands as tourist lodge opens
1 April 2010 In a major announcement, Botswana’s government today responded to critics of its ‘immoral policy’ of allowing safari lodges with swimming pools in the Kalahari while the Bushmen who live there are denied access to water.

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