Ogiek tribe to become ‘conservation refugees’ 1 June 2009The hunter-gather Ogiek tribe of Kenya could become the latest in the world’s growing tide of ‘conservation refugees’ if Kenya’s government acts on its threat to evict them from their land in the name of conservation.
'Dalai Lama of the rainforest' brings climate change warning to Britain 28 May 2009A Yanomami Indian shaman from the Brazilian Amazon, dubbed ‘the Dalai Lama of the Rainforest’, will journey to Europe in June to give a message to world leaders in advance of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December.
London protesters vow to stop British mine and destruction of tribe in India 26 May 2009Survival International will hold a protest tomorrow outside the Indian High Commission in London, to demand that the Indian government stops the mining giant Vedanta Resources from destroying the land of the Dongria Kondh tribe.
French hotel group to review cooperation with Borneo loggers 22 May 2009Following pressure from members of the Penan tribe in Borneo, Europe’s leading hotel chain ACCOR has announced an independent review of the operations of logging company Interhill.
ConocoPhillips poses 'deadly' threat to uncontacted tribes 21 May 2009One of the United States’ largest energy companies, ConocoPhillips, could constitute a ‘deadly’ threat to uncontacted tribes in northern Peru, says a new report by AmazonWatch and Save America’s Forests (SAF).
Government renews assault on Bushmen 20 May 2009Botswana’s government sent trucks full of police and wildlife scouts into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) yesterday to confiscate goats from Bushmen who have returned to their ancestral homes.
Exposed - Vedanta’s ‘lies’ about tribe 20 May 2009An exposé of the ‘lies’ of British FTSE-100 company Vedanta Resources was launched today by Survival International.
Government approves controversial mine 18 May 2009The Indian government has given Britain’s Vedanta Resources final approval to start a controversial bauxite mine in the hills of the Dongria Kondh tribe.
'State of emergency' declared in the Amazon 14 May 2009Peru’s government has declared a ‘state of emergency’ in several regions in the Amazon following protests involving thousands of indigenous people.
'Mother Earth in climate crisis' say indigenous people 12 May 2009A statement by indigenous representatives from around the world describes ‘Mother Earth (as) no longer in a period of climate change, but climate crisis.’
Farmers leave Indian land 5 May 2009After years of conflict and tension, rice farmers are finally leaving the indigenous territory known as Raposa-Serra do Sol (the Land of the Fox and Mountain of the Sun) in northern Brazil.
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.’
