News archive » January 2008

Kenya: Honey-hunting Ogiek tribe caught up in violence
30 January 2008 Leaders of the honey-hunting Ogiek tribe have reported that they are being targeted in the escalating post-election violence in Kenya.
Global: Julie Christie and Survival launch Uncontacted Tribes campaign
25 January 2008 Screen icon Julie Christie and Survival have launched a campaign to save uncontacted tribes from extinction, with a film featuring previously unseen footage of some of the world’s most remote and endangered peoples.
Australia: Survival calls for a new start in Aboriginal relations
24 January 2008 To mark Australia Day on 26 January Survival International calls on Australia’s new government to lay the foundations for a fresh start in relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Brazil: Uncontacted Indians saved
23 January 2008 After an intensive Survival campaign, Brazil’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI, has announced that it is restricting all entry into the Rio Pardo territory, home to a tiny group of about 30 uncontacted Indians who are on the brink of extinction.
Botswana: Mine ‘consultation’ process fatally flawed
22 January 2008 Representatives from the consultancy firm Marsh Environmental Services today begin a whirlwind twelve-day consultation programme in and around the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), in Botswana.
India: Traffic triples on highway that threatens Jarawa tribe
21 January 2008 The Andaman Trunk Road, which the Indian Supreme Court ruled must be closed six years ago because it threatens the Jarawa tribe, has seen a threefold increase in traffic since 2001.
India: British mining company to devastate sacred mountain
21 January 2008 A British company, Vedanta Resources plc, looks likely to be given the go-ahead for a mine that will devastate the Dongria Kondh tribe’s sacred mountain.
Bangladesh: Jumma king’s government appointment gives tribes fresh hope
17 January 2008 Bangladesh’s caretaker government has given fresh hope to the Jumma tribal people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts by appointing a Jumma king to run the affairs of the area.
Brazil: Tribunal upholds Indians’ land rights
16 January 2008 A Brazilian federal tribunal has upheld the government’s recognition of the Apyterewa indigenous territory, home to the Parakaná Indians in the Amazonian state of Pará.
Brazil: Javari Valley Indians dying due to lack of medical care
11 January 2008 Eight Indians, including five children, died in the Javari Valley in the Brazilian state of Amazonas in December.
Malaysia: Penan receive death threats
9 January 2008 A small community of Penan tribal people in Sarawak, Malaysia, report that an official from the company logging their forests has threatened them with death.
Malaysia: Penan headman found dead, suspected murdered
4 January 2008 Penan tribal headman Kelesau Naan of Sarawak, Malaysia, who went missing on 23 October, has been found dead. His relatives suspect he has been murdered due to his resistance to illegal logging on the Penan’s land.
Kenya: Election violence affects Ogiek
4 January 2008 Survival has received reports that many Ogiek areas are effectively closed off due to the post election violence in Kenya. Police have barricaded roads leading to one area, so that people cannot leave the community.
Ethiopia: Mursi celebrate withdrawal of conservation organisation from their land
4 January 2008 Mursi tribal people living in and around the Omo National Park in Ethiopia are celebrating the withdrawal of conservation organisation African Parks from their land.

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