BBC’s Bruce Parry begins Amazon adventure 21 December 2007Bruce Parry, star of the BBC’s hit TV series Tribe, has begun a journey from the source to the mouth of the river Amazon, for a new series, ‘Amazon’, to be broadcast next year.
Penan headman missing, feared murdered 20 December 2007A headman from the Penan tribe of Sarawak, Malaysia, has gone missing and his community fear he may have been murdered. Kelesau Naan was last seen on 23 October when he left on a hunting trip.
Urgent appeal for ‘trapped’ uncontacted tribe 19 December 2007An urgent appeal to save an uncontacted tribe who are trapped in a shrinking patch of rainforest will be made today to Latin America’s top human rights body.
Bushmen appeal to President 17 December 2007On the first anniversary of their historic court judgment, the Bushman organisation First People of the Kalahari released an open letter to Botswana's President Mogae.
Police arrest, torture and kill Papuan tribal people 17 December 2007Police in West Papua are killing, torturing and intimidating the province's tribal people with impunity. Police shot dead two Papuan women and injured another as they protested on 5 December near the British and American-owned Freeport mine.
Concern over uncontacted tribes fleeing loggers 17 December 2007A group of indigenous and other organisations have written an urgent letter highlighting how illegal loggers in Peru are forcing uncontacted tribes to flee across the border into Brazil.
Amazon Indians end blockade 14 December 2007The Enawene Nawe Indians ended their protest at the site of a planned hydroelectric dam on Tuesday.
Officials concede Narmada dam illegal 13 December 2007A director of the government agency responsible for India’s controversial Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam has admitted that the construction of the dam has led to the illegal submergence of houses and farms.
Illegal goldminers invade Yanomami land 11 December 2007More than a thousand illegal goldminers have invaded the land of the Yanomami Indians in Brazilian Amazonia.
Amazon Indians blockade dam site 10 December 2007The remote Enawene Nawe tribe have blockaded the construction site of a hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon, which they say will destroy their vital fishing grounds.
Bushmen appeal for legal costs 5 December 2007The Kalahari Bushmen applied in Botswana’s High Court today for leave to appeal for the Botswana government to pay their legal costs.
Historic court case begins 3 December 2007An historic land rights case has opened in Guyana’s Supreme Court, lodged by the Akawaio and Arekuna people of the Upper Mazaruni river basin.
One year after court victory, Bushmen still far from home 3 December 200713 December marks the first anniversary of the Kalahari Bushmen’s landmark victory in Botswana’s High Court. But most of the Bushmen remain stranded in resettlement camps.
