The administration in India's Andaman Islands is defying a supreme court order to close a road running through the reserve of the isolated Jarawa tribe. Until the road is closed, the Jarawa are at great risk of catching fatal diseases.
The recently-contacted Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean was given new hope in 2002.
The Ayoreo-Totobiegosode Indians of western Paraguay are the last uncontacted Indians south of the Amazon basin. They now face a real crisis, and Survival considers this one of the most urgent cases in the whole of South America.
The Mirrar Aborigines of Australia's Northern Territory have for many years opposed the construction of a uranium mine on their land.
In an exciting development, hunter-gatherer and pastoralist peoples are playing an active part in the conference which is debating Kenya's new Constitution. That they are able to do so is a breakthrough and a sign of hope for tribal peoples' rights.
'The Government was justified in removing the Basarwa ['Bushmen'] from the Reserve... It is sensible of Government to take such action. Otherwise who would always want to remain in the Dark Ages while others move forward?'
Triumph for Brazil's last hunter-gatherers after 20-year Survival campaign
'This here is my life, my soul. If you take me away from this land, you take my life.' Marcos Veron, Guarani-Kaiowá leader, killed January 2003.
