UK: Bawm man tells British MPs of tribes’ persecution |
21 May 2008A representative of the Bawm people, one of the eleven 'Jumma' tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, spoke to British MPs and peers at a House of Commons reception in London y... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Mon, 26 May 2008 04:23:00 PST |
BRAZIL: ’Nobody has consulted us about dams’ say Indians |
22 May 2008Brazilian Indians holding a mass rally this week in the Amazon town of Altamira say they have not been consulted about a series of huge dams that the Brazilian government wants to build on ... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Mon, 26 May 2008 04:14:00 PST |
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 I... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Mon, 26 May 2008 04:11:00 PST |
INDIA: Dongria Kondh tribe say Vedanta is destroying us for profit |
15 May 2008 As 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 ... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Mon, 26 May 2008 04:05:00 PST |
INDIA: New Survival campaign targets British company Vedanta - mine set to destroy remote tribe |
29 April 2008Survival International has launched a new campaign targeting British FTSE-100 company VEDANTA, whose plans to mine a sacred mountain in India, if approved, will destroy the remote Dongria... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Thu, 01 May 2008 04:45:00 PST |
GLOBAL: Biofuels threaten lands of 60 million tribal people |
30 April 2008Demand for biofuels is destroying tribal peoples' land and lives, according to indigenous representatives at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), meeting curr... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Thu, 01 May 2008 04:35:00 PST |
BRAZIL: Removal of illegal invaders suspended |
18 April 2008 Violence by farmers illegally occupying indigenous land in the Brazilian state of Roraima has led the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) to suspend a police operation to remove them. Th... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Thu, 01 May 2008 04:22:00 PST |
BOTSWANA: Water for tourists in the Kalahari, but not for Bushmen |
21 April 2008 Tourist lodges requiring huge amounts of water are to be built on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen but the Bushmen are not allowed to pump water from their single borehole. The g... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Thu, 01 May 2008 04:16:00 PST |
BRAZIL: Ranchers threaten Enawene Nawe Indians |
17 March 2008 A group of armed men have walked into an Enawene Nawe fishing camp in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, and threatened the Indians with reprisals unless they leave. When the India... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:59:00 PST |
BOTSWANA: Bushman women dying for diamonds |
13 March 2008 Botswana’s Attorney General, the Governor of the Bank of Botswana and the CEO of De Beers Botswana were greeted outside Chatham House in London yesterday by protesters holding... Posted by T.R.I.B.E. on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:49:00 PST |