Global:Biofuels threaten lands of 60 million tribal people 29 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 currently in New York.
Colombia:Isolated Indians targeted by rebels and army 27 April 2008One hundred and thirty Nukak Indians, some of the last nomadic Indians in the Amazon, have fled their rainforest homes after becoming caught up in Colombia’s civil war.
Peru:Judge issues statement in uncontacted tribes court case 21 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.
Malaysia:Penan picture archive online 21 April 2008A collection of hundreds of photographs of the Penan tribe of Sarawak is being made available online for the first time.
Brazil:Removal of illegal invaders suspended 17 April 2008Violence 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.
Peru:Uncontacted tribes go 'round the world' 16 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 10 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.
Brazil:Yanomami slam government over mining 10 April 2008Yanomami and Yekuana Indians from two communities have denounced the Brazilian government’s attempts to persuade them to accept large-scale mining on their land.
Brazil:UK’s Channel 4 to expose mining on Yanomami land 9 April 2008The acclaimed Channel 4 current affairs series, ‘Unreported World’, is to broadcast a documentary tomorrow exposing the devastating effects of illegal goldmining on the land of the Yanomami Indians in the Brazilian Amazon.
Indonesia:Shootings and arrests spread fear in West Papua 7 April 2008Thirteen indigenous Papuans were arrested on 13 March in the town of Manokwari, West Papua, for taking part in peaceful demonstrations against the 2007 law banning the display of the Papuan Morning Star flag.
Brazil:‘Guarani children malnourished due to lack of land’ 3 April 2008A Brazilian public prosecutor has told a Brazilian parliamentary enquiry that the government’s failure to demarcate and protect the land of the Guarani Indians is leading to widespread malnutrition among Guarani children.
Botswana:UN human rights committee criticises Botswana over Bushman issue 2 April 2008The UN Human Rights Committee has criticised Botswana’s government over its treatment of the Bushmen. The committee urged Botswana to ensure that ‘all persons who were relocated are granted the right to return to the CKGR.'
Botswana:McCall Smith breaks silence on Bushmen 1 April 2008Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, has spoken out for the first time in support of the Kalahari Bushmen of Botswana.
