Sixty-five Nukak Indians have been displaced by armed conflict on their land between right-wing paramilitary groups, left-wing guerrillas and the Colombian army.
The Nukak are an isolated hunter-gatherer group; many of them died from disease before their lands were protected following a Survival campaign in 1997.
About ten percent of the Nukak reserve is occupied by armed groups. Another ten percent is occupied by colonists displaced by the fumigation of their coca crops in Guaviare province. The colonists are now growing coca on the Nukak's land. The nomadic Nukak are experiencing severe disruption to their normal migration patterns.
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Act now to help the Nukak
Campaigning for the Nukak’s rights has already made a huge difference. After campaigns led by Survival and local indigenous organisations, the Colombian government created a Nukak reserve in 1993 and enlarged it in 1997.
What the Nukak want now is for the boundaries of their reserve to be respected and for them to be able to live there in peace.
Please write to the Colombian government to urge them to ensure the Nukak can return to their land.
