UN expert visits Bushmen, sees no access to water 31 March 2009The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, visited Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana this month.
Joanna Lumley narrates new film about remote tribe 31 March 2009British actress Joanna Lumley has narrated a new film for Survival International. ‘Mine: story of a sacred mountain’ reveals the hidden story of the remote Dongria Kondh tribe in India and their battle to stop a vast bauxite mine destroying their land and
Government considers new uncontacted tribes’ reserves 30 March 2009Peru’s indigenous affairs department (INDEPA) has announced it will hold a meeting to discuss the creation of five new reserves for uncontacted tribes in the remote rainforest.
Oil rush accelerates 27 March 2009The head of Peru’s state oil company has announced that it will auction off up to twelve new ‘lots’ for oil and gas exploration, according to reports.
At last – Australia announces support for UN Declaration 26 March 2009The Australian government has announced that it now intends to support the UN Declaration on indigenous peoples’ rights, reversing its previous opposition
Brazilian rancher greeted by ‘illegal’ advert 26 March 2009A Brazilian rancher destroying uncontacted Indians’ land in Paraguay has today arrived in that country to be greeted with a national newspaper advert denouncing his actions as ‘illegal’.
'State of emergency' declared against Brazilian company 24 March 2009More than one hundred indigenous communities in northern Peru have declared themselves in a permanent ‘state of emergency’ after a Brazilian company announced its intention to enter their territories.
Tribe refuses food and medicine from British company 23 March 2009Dongria Kondh villagers in Orissa have refused to accept medicine and food from Vedanta Resources, in protest at the company’s plan to mine the tribe’s mountain.
Colombian oil company to enter uncontacted tribes' land 20 March 2009Colombia’s state oil company will enter territory inhabited by some of the world’s last uncontacted Indians in Peru under an agreement reached this week.
Missionary film leads to people 'hating Indians and wishing them dead' 19 March 2009To mark the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, Survival is accusing the makers of a controversial film of inciting racial hatred against Brazilian Indians.
New report confirms uncontacted tribe has been fleeing to Brazil 17 March 2009A report published today by Survival International confirms that some of the world’s last uncontacted Indians have been fleeing from Peru to Brazil in order to escape illegal logging.
'Protect uncontacted tribe's land!' say local groups 10 March 2009A desperate plea for the protection of uncontacted Indians’ land in western Paraguay has been issued by nine local organisations after round-table talks sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme.
Peru's great 'hope' has oil income frozen in Ecuador 9 March 2009The French company tipped to transform Peru’s economy is having its income from oil revenues frozen in neighbouring Ecuador, it has been announced.
Commission calls for demilitarization and Jumma land rights 5 March 2009An international commission has urged Bangladesh’s new government to demilitarize the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and return stolen land to its tribal owners, the Jummas.
112 mining licences granted on Bushman land since evictions 3 March 2009Since the Bushmen were forced off their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in 2002, the Botswana government has granted 112 mining licenses for mining companies to explore in the reserve. 16 licenses have been awarded for uranium exploration
Survival director says: 'Don't call tribal people primitive' 2 March 2009An article by Survival International’s director, Stephen Corry, published in one of the UK’s leading newspapers, slams the use of terms like ‘primitive’ and ‘stone age’ to describe tribal peoples.
