India:Tribe – ‘Vedanta is destroying us for profit’ 15 May 2008As FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta announces record profits today, India’s remote Dongria Kondh tribe is claiming the company will destroy them forever if it goes ahead with plans to mine their sacred mountain.
Brazil:Amazon Indians hold mass rally to oppose dams 13 May 2008The largest indigenous gathering in the Brazilian Amazon in nearly twenty years will take place from May 19 to 23 in the town of Altamira, Pará, to protest against a series of huge hydroelectric dams.
Peru:Government drops plans to open up uncontacted tribes’ reserves 8 May 2008Peru’s government has dropped plans to open up uncontacted Indians’ reserves to oil exploration. The latest round of concessions, announced this week, do not include any of the uncontacted Indians’ reserves.
Paraguay:Ayoreo Indian dies after first contact 7 May 2008A Paraguayan Indian, who lived without contact with the outside world until 1998, has died of tuberculosis. Survival has called his life, ‘a symbol of the fate of indigenous people in the Americas since Columbus’.
Botswana:Government urges public not to fund Survival 7 May 2008A Botswana government spokesperson has appealed to members of the public not to donate to Survival, because of its support for the Bushmen who were evicted from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve [CKGR].
