Leader wins Goldman Prize for defending uncontacted tribes
Indigenous leader Julio Cusirichi Palacios has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his work defending the rights and lives of uncontacted tribes in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Government warned uncontacted tribes at 'great risk'
Peru?s national Indigenous peoples? organization has urged the Peruvian government to protect uncontacted tribes living in the most remote parts of the Peruvian Amazon.
UN Game parks threaten Africas Indigenous people
Indigenous peoples in African countries including Botswana and Kenya are on the brink of destruction due to the expansion of game parks, according to the United Nations expert on Indigenous peoples.
Botswana Bushman leader calls on India to protect Jarawa tribe
Roy Sesana, leader of the Bushman tribes who won a historic court victory against the Botswana government in December, has appealed to the Indian government to protect the Jarawa of the Andaman Islands.
Oil chief ? Do uncontacted tribes really exist?
The president of Perupetro, the government body responsible for granting oil exploration licences, has caused outrage after calling into doubt the existence of uncontacted Indian tribes in the Peruvian Amazon.
Indians heartland at risk
The heartland of the last uncontacted Indians south of the Amazon basin is at imminent risk of destruction.
Ombudsman - Oil threatens uncontacted tribes
Peru's Ombudsman, the top human rights body in the country, has warned the Peruvian government that uncontacted Indian tribes are threatened with extinction by oil exploration.
Telegraph Botswana betrays the outcast Bushmen
The UKs Daily Telegraph newspaper yesterday published a damning report accusing the Botswana government of betraying the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari.