Yanomami leader - Britain must sign international law
Brazilian shaman Davi Yanomami today delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street calling on the UK government to ratify ILO Convention 169, the key international law on tribal peoples.
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Brazilian shaman’s visit – ‘Buying rainforest won’t save it’
Visit to London by a renowned leader from Brazilian Amazonia throws spotlight on schemes to ‘buy the rainforest’.
Government crackdown on Bushman hunters
Six Bushmen have been arrested for hunting in New Xade resettlement camp, according to First People of the Kalahari, a Bushman human rights organisation.
Bushmen report further arrests, beatings
A Bushman human rights organisation today reported that at least ten men in Kaudwane resettlement camp have been arrested and beaten by wildlife officials for hunting.
Tattoo artists bare all for Survival
Top UK tattoo artists are tastefully baring their all in a new 2008 calendar going on sale this week in support of Survival.
'They exist' - uncontacted Indians spotted from the air
Twenty-one uncontacted Indians have been spotted from the air during a flight over one of the most remote parts of the Peruvian rainforest. Their territory is currently being targeted by illegal loggers.
Stars of BBC ‘Tribe’ show in conflict with logging company
The Malaysian authorities have told timber giant Samling that the company will lose its licence to log on the land of the nomadic Penan, stars of this week’s BBC television show ‘Tribe’, unless it resolves its conflict with the tribe.
Companies that respect tribal peoples to get stamp of approval
A new scheme has been launched in the UK requiring companies to back-up their social, environmental and ethical claims in exchange for accreditation.