Government determined to exploit uncontacted Indians’ land 1 May 2009Peru’s government has shown its determination to permit work on uncontacted tribes’ land by passing a law declaring oil exploitation in northern Peru a ‘national necessity.’
Perenco chairman meets president as Indians protest across Amazon 30 April 2009The chairman of Anglo-French oil company Perenco has told the Peruvian president his company will invest $2 billion in the country, as Indians protest against the invasion of their territories by oil companies.
Penan slam French hotel group’s cooperation with Borneo loggers 28 April 2009Members of the Penan tribe in Borneo have written to the CEO of Europe’s foremost hotel chain, ACCOR, asking him to end his company’s cooperation with the loggers who are destroying their forests.
Anglo-French company has oil seized and sold 28 April 2009Almost three quarters of a million barrels of oil seized from Anglo-French company Perenco will be auctioned by Ecuador’s government.
Indians blockade main Amazon tributary 24 April 2009A large number of Indians have blockaded one of the Amazon’s main tributaries, the Napo River, in response to the violation of their rights by oil companies and Peru’s government.
Government urged to release findings on sexual abuse of Penan women 22 April 2009Women’s and indigenous peoples’ groups have urged the Malaysian government to release the findings of its investigation into claims that Penan women have been sexually abused by loggers operating on their land.
Supreme Court ruling could threaten Indians’ land 3 April 2009Brazilian Indians are concerned that the ‘small print’ of last month’s Supreme Court ruling on the Raposa-Serra do Sol indigenous territory could jeopardize Indian land rights.
