Peru:Urgent appeal for ‘trapped’ uncontacted tribe 19 December 2007An urgent appeal to save an uncontacted tribe who are trapped in a shrinking patch of rainforest will be made today to Latin America’s top human rights body.
Peru:Concern over uncontacted tribes fleeing loggers 17 December 2007A group of indigenous and other organisations have written an urgent letter highlighting how illegal loggers in Peru are forcing uncontacted tribes to flee across the border into Brazil.
Peru:Oil chief – uncontacted tribes photos do not prove they exist 14 November 2007The chairman of Perupetro, the government body responsible for granting oil exploration licences, has said that photos of twenty-one uncontacted Indians taken recently in south-east Peru prove ‘nothing’ of their existence.
Peru:President Garcia questions existence of 'unconnected’ tribes 5 November 2007Peru’s President Garcia has questioned the existence of uncontacted tribes living in the remote Peruvian rainforest. The president’s comments come just six weeks after 21 uncontacted Indians were photographed in south-east Peru.
Peru:New law threatens uncontacted tribes 30 October 2007The existence of some of the world's last uncontacted tribes has been threatened by a new law passed by the Peruvian government.
Peru:'They exist' - uncontacted Indians spotted from the air 1 October 2007Twenty-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.
Peru:Highway condemned because of uncontacted tribes 30 August 2007Plans for the construction of a highway in one of the most remote parts of the Peruvian Amazon have been rejected by a local indigenous organization because of the danger it poses to uncontacted tribes living there.
Peru:Rights body pressures government on uncontacted tribes 29 August 2007The top human rights body in Latin America, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), has demanded to know what the Peruvian government is doing to protect uncontacted tribes living in the remote Amazon.
Peru:More evidence of uncontacted tribes fleeing 21 August 2007Further evidence of uncontacted tribes fleeing from Peru to Brazil because of illegal logging has been found by a Brazilian government official and uncontacted tribes expert.
Peru:Uncontacted tribes flee ‘red gold’ rush 2 August 2007A large group of uncontacted Indians has appeared in a remote village in the Amazon rainforest near the Peru-Brazil border, a Brazilian government official and expert on uncontacted tribes has reported.
Peru:Indians ask court to ban oil exploration 20 July 2007Peru?s Amazon Indian organisation, AIDESEP, has applied to the courts for oil exploration and drilling to be banned in parts of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted tribes.
Peru:Uncontacted tribes compared to 'Loch Ness monster' 11 July 2007A spokeswoman for Peru's state oil company, Perupetro, has questioned the existence of uncontacted tribes in the Peruvian Amazon by comparing them to the Loch Ness monster.
Peru:Oil industry told to keep off uncontacted tribes’ land 5 July 2007Oil companies from all over the world have been warned by Peru?s national indigenous peoples? organization not to explore for oil in areas where uncontacted tribes live.
Peru:Appeal to top human rights body on uncontacted tribes 15 June 2007Peru's national indigenous peoples' organization has lodged an urgent appeal to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Latin America's top human rights body, out of concern for some of the world's last uncontacted tribes.
Peru:Second oil company blocked over uncontacted tribes 4 June 2007The Peruvian government has blocked oil exploration by US company Barrett Resources in the northern Amazon over concerns about uncontacted tribes living there.
Peru:Outrage at oil chief's plans for uncontacted tribes 21 May 2007Peru’s national indigenous peoples’ organization has strongly condemned plans by state oil company Perupetro to forcibly contact some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes, a move that threatens them with extinction.
Peru:Oil chief seeks contact with uncontacted tribes 17 May 2007Peru’s oil chief has provoked a storm of controversy with plans to contact some of the world’s last uncontacted Indian tribes to ‘consult’ them about potential oil exploration on their land.
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.
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.
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.
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.
