h2. 'Socially responsible' Barefoot claims that 'sustainable and socially responsible tourism development' is core to its philosophy. The new resort, however, puts the Jarawa’s lives at risk from disease. The Jarawa are already extremely vulnerable, as poachers invade their land and a road cuts through their forest. Survival's report "'Progress Can Kill'":/progresscankill details the devastating effects that disease has had on isolated tribal peoples. h2. 5km buffer zone The authorities have been pressing for a 5km buffer zone around the reserve to prevent the spread of disease to the Jarawa. The new resort lies inside this buffer zone. There are other developments within the buffer zone that also put the Jarawa at risk, and about which Survival is also concerned. The international nature of Barefoot’s clientele, however, significantly increases the risk of introducing infectious diseases. h2. War of words Following "Survival's publicity":/news/4663 of the authorities' attempts through the courts to stop the building of the resort, Barefoot accused Survival of libel and defamation and demanded an apology. It then escalated its attacks, saying Survival is 'voyeuristic, deeply offensive, racist' and 'bordering on pornography and promotion of paedophilia'. Survival continues to assert that Barefoot's resort poses a severe risk to the Jarawa and must be closed. Survival will also continue to press the authorities to close the road through the reserve and other developments important to Jarawa welfare, as it has been doing for more than 10 years. 20 <img src="http://assets.survival-international.org/pictures/80/JARAWA39_news_medium.jpg" width="249" height="166" style="border: 8px solid #FFF;"/> Barefoot is a travel company with resorts in the Andaman Islands. Its guests have apparently included Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet. Barefoot has a new resort close to the islands' "Jarawa":/tribes/jarawa reserve, set up to protect the recently contacted Jarawa tribal people from intrusion. Government authorities on the Andamans want to close it, and Survival also opposes the resort. 3 h2. From Survival's website <img src="/lib/img/structure/icon_survival_16x16.png" class="icon" width="16" height="16" alt="*" />&nbsp; "*The Jarawa*":/tribes/jarawa <img src="/lib/img/structure/icon_survival_16x16.png" class="icon" width="16" height="16" alt="*" />&nbsp; "*Progress Can Kill report*":/progresscankill <img src="/lib/img/structure/icon_survival_16x16.png" class="icon" width="16" height="16" alt="*" />&nbsp; "*'Celebrity resort threatens isolated tribes'*":/news/4663 <img src="/lib/img/structure/icon_pdf_16x16.png" class="icon" width="16" height="16" alt="*" />&nbsp; "*Survival's responses to Barefoot*":http://asset.survival-international.org/static/Survival_responses_to_barefoot.pdf <img src="/lib/img/structure/icon_pdf_16x16.png" class="icon" width="16" height="16" alt="*" />&nbsp; "*Barefoot's responses to Survival*":http://asset.survival-international.org/static/Barefoot_responses_to_survival.pdf h2. From the web <img src="/lib/img/structure/icon_wikipedia_16x16.png" class="icon" width="16" height="16" alt="*" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarawa_(Andaman_Islands)">*Jarawa article on Wikipedia*</a> <img src="/lib/img/structure/icon_web_16x16.png" class="icon" width="16" height="16" alt="*" /> "*Barefoot official website*":http://www.barefootindia.com/ <img src="/lib/img/structure/icon_web_16x16.png" class="icon" width="16" height="16" alt="*" /> "*Barefoot's response to Survival*":http://rtnetworking.org/ngo/bfresponse.htm h2. Keep up to date notextile. <form name="enewsform" id="enewsform" action="http://list-manage.com/subscribe/post" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="u" value="b14580b05b832fb959c4ee444"> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="241e47c256"> <img src="/lib/img/structure/icons/feed.png" width="16" height="16" class="icon" /> <a href="http://feeds.survival-international.org/SurvivalInternational"><strong>Survival news feed</strong></a><br /> <img src="/lib/img/structure/icons/email_add.png" width="16" height="16" class="icon" /> <strong>By e-mail</strong> <div style="margin-left: 21px;"><form><input type="text" class="textbox" value="your@email.com" onfocus="if(this.value=='your@email.com') {this.value = '';}"style="font-size: 12px;" name="EMAIL" /><br /> <input type="checkbox" id="enews_signup" checked="checked" /> <label for="enews_signup">Sign me up for monthly e-news</label><br /> <input type="submit" value="Go &raquo;" /> </form> </div> barefoot 3 170