Peru:Uncontacted tribes report is 100 days late 1 October 2008One hundred days after Peru’s government promised to report on the impact of illegal logging on uncontacted Indians in the remote Amazon, no report has been made public.
Peru:Arrows confirm uncontacted tribe’s flight across border 29 September 2008Arrows just discovered by government officials in one of the remotest corners of the Brazilian Amazon prove that uncontacted Indians are fleeing from Peru into Brazil.
Peru:Government breaks promise on uncontacted tribes report 5 September 2008One hundred days after photos of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes made world headlines, a report promised by the Peruvian government in response has still not been made public.
UK:British newspaper The Observer apologises to Survival over ‘hoax’ story 2 September 2008The British newspaper The Observer, whose misleading article about Survival’s release of photos of uncontacted Indians led to false reports that they were a hoax, has now admitted that its story was 'inaccurate'.
Peru:UN to hear threats to uncontacted tribes 6 August 2008The desperate plight of uncontacted Indians in Peru, some of the last anywhere in South America, has been raised with the UN.
Peru:Government finds evidence of uncontacted tribes 23 July 2008Evidence of an uncontacted tribe living in the remote Peruvian Amazon has been found by the Peruvian government’s natural resources department, INRENA.
Peru:Uncontacted Indians ‘killed by loggers’ 8 July 2008Uncontacted Indians in Peru are being killed and having their houses burned to the ground by illegal loggers, according to a pan-South American indigenous group.
Brazil:Uncontacted tribe photos no hoax 24 June 2008The British newspaper The Observer claimed on 22 June that it has now ‘emerged’ that the uncontacted tribe whose photos received worldwide publicity were neither ‘lost’, nor 'undiscovered' nor ‘unknown’.
Peru:Government team investigates uncontacted tribes 19 June 2008Spurred into action by a wave of international protest, a Peruvian government team is currently in a remote part of the Amazon investigating the plight of uncontacted Indians.
Peru:'Don't wipe out uncontacted tribes' say Indians 13 June 2008Peru’s Amazon Indian organisation has urged the Peruvian government not to ‘wipe out uncontacted tribes’ living in the remote Peruvian rainforest.
Peru:Uncontacted tribe pictures provoke public outrage 6 June 2008Photographs published last week of an uncontacted tribe in Brazil near the Peruvian border have provoked public outrage, with over 1,300 people writing letters to Peru’s government to demand an end to illegal logging.
Peru:South American Indians demand ‘respect’ for uncontacted tribes 4 June 2008An indigenous federation that defends uncontacted tribes across South America has demanded that Peru’s government respects the rights and lives of uncontacted Indians living in the remote Peruvian rainforest.
Peru:French company in legal battle over uncontacted tribes 29 May 2008A French company is locked in a legal battle with Amazon Indians over its plans to drill for oil in parts of the jungle inhabited by some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes. A hearing is due on 30 May.
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.
Peru:Judge issues statement in uncontacted tribes court case 22 April 2008A judge in Peru has issued a statement dismissing the arguments of three companies and the Peruvian government in a court case involving some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes and oil exploration.
Peru:Uncontacted tribes go 'round the world' 17 April 2008The threats of extinction to uncontacted tribes in the Peruvian Amazon have turned the tribes’ plight into one of global concern, with members of the public all around the world increasingly aware of the desperate situation facing them.
Peru:Uncontacted tribes flee across the border 11 April 2008Uncontacted tribes in Peru are fleeing across the border to Brazil because illegal mahogany loggers are invading their territory and killing them, according to an uncontacted tribes expert.
Peru:British TV company deny allegations about Peru visit 27 March 2008The British TV company Cicada Films has denied being responsible for a flu epidemic in a remote region of Peru that according to local Indians caused four deaths.
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