UN to hear threats to uncontacted tribes
The desperate plight of uncontacted Indians in Peru, some of the last anywhere in South America, has been raised with the UN.
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Malaria strikes Penan
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Judge says yes to drilling on uncontacted tribes' land
A Peruvian judge has ruled that two European oil companies can explore in a remote part of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted Indians.
Vedanta promises no mining without tribe's 'permission'
British mining giant Vedanta's Chairman Anil Agarwal told the company’s AGM today that his company would only go ahead with its highly controversial bauxite mine in Orissa, eastern India, with the ‘complete permission’ of the Dongria Kondh tribe.
Survival International protests outside Vedanta AGM
Human rights organisation Survival International protested today outside the AGM of British mining giant Vedanta.
Tribal justice for Canadian mining company
A tribe in the Philippines has served its own tribal justice on Canadian mining company, TVI Pacific.
Reports of uncontacted Indians seen by oil workers
Uncontacted Indians have been spotted by oil workers in the remote Peruvian Amazon, according to Peru’s national Amazon Indian organisation, AIDESEP.