Brazil:Malaria and hepatitis threaten Javari Valley tribes 27 April 2007The Indians of the Javari Valley in the Brazilian Amazon have warned that rates of malaria and hepatitis in their communities are spiralling out of control, and that uncontacted tribes in the area are in grave danger.
Botswana:CNN Critics see democracy eroding 27 April 2007A Reuters report published on CNN yesterday cites the governments treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen and the banning of 17 people including Survival International staff as evidence of Botswanas eroding democracy.
Peru:Leader wins Goldman Prize for defending uncontacted tribes 25 April 2007Indigenous 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.
Peru:Government warned uncontacted tribes at 'great risk' 24 April 2007Peru?s national indigenous peoples? organization has urged the Peruvian government to protect uncontacted tribes living in the most remote parts of the Peruvian Amazon.
India:Botswana Bushman leader calls on India to protect Jarawa tribe 24 April 2007Roy 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.
Global:UN Game parks threaten Africas indigenous people 24 April 2007Indigenous 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.
Peru:Oil chief ? Do uncontacted tribes really exist? 22 April 2007The 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.
Paraguay:Indians heartland at risk 20 April 2007The heartland of the last uncontacted Indians south of the Amazon basin is at imminent risk of destruction.
Peru:Ombudsman - Oil threatens uncontacted tribes 19 April 2007Peru'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.
Malaysia:Penan defy police with more blockades 18 April 2007Five new blockades have been set up by Penan tribal communities in the Malaysian province of Sarawak in an attempt to stop loggers destroying their forest homes.
Brazil:New wave of dam building threatens Amazon Indians 17 April 2007As Brazil celebrates its national Day of the Indian on 19 April, a new wave of dam building in the Brazilian Amazon is threatening the lives of remote Indian tribes.
Malaysia:Armed police dismantle Penan logging blockade 11 April 2007Malaysian police in Sarawak have for a second time dismantled a blockade set up by members of the Penan tribe to protect their rainforest land from logging by Malaysian company Samling.
UK:Leaders back Survivals message 10 April 2007Leading figures in British public life, including the Prime Minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Westminster, have backed the message of Survival's cartoon book There you go! that enforced development destroys tribal people.
Venezuela:Indians mining victory 4 April 2007Venezuelas environment minister has announced a presidential decree banning the building of new coal mines planned for the Sierra de Perijá in the state of Zulia. The expansion of existing mines is also prohibited.
Malaysia:Penan rebuild blockade 3 April 2007Members of the Penan tribe have rebuilt their logging blockade, a month after it was dismantled by police and loggers.
Peru: IACHR ? Uncontacted tribes must be protected 1 April 2007The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has urged the Peruvian government to protect some of the world?s last uncontacted Indian tribes.
