News archive » January 2008
Brazil: Uncontacted Indians saved
23 January 2008
After an intensive Survival campaign, Brazil’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI, has announced that it is restricting all entry into the Rio Pardo territory, home to a tiny group of about 30 uncontacted Indians who are on the brink of extinction. 
Botswana: Mine ‘consultation’ process fatally flawed
22 January 2008
Representatives from the consultancy firm Marsh Environmental Services today begin a whirlwind twelve-day consultation programme in and around the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), in Botswana. 
Brazil: Tribunal upholds Indians’ land rights
16 January 2008
A Brazilian federal tribunal has upheld the government’s recognition of the Apyterewa indigenous territory, home to the Parakaná Indians in the Amazonian state of Pará. 
Malaysia: Penan receive death threats
9 January 2008
A small community of Penan tribal people in Sarawak, Malaysia, report that an official from the company logging their forests has threatened them with death. Malaysia: Penan headman found dead, suspected murdered
4 January 2008
Penan tribal headman Kelesau Naan of Sarawak, Malaysia, who went missing on 23 October, has been found dead. His relatives suspect he has been murdered due to his resistance to illegal logging on the Penan’s land. 
Kenya: Election violence affects Ogiek
4 January 2008
Survival has received reports that many Ogiek areas are effectively closed off due to the post election violence in Kenya. Police have barricaded roads leading to one area, so that people cannot leave the community.
