BBC’s Bruce Parry begins Amazon adventure
Bruce Parry, star of the BBC’s hit TV series Tribe, has begun a journey from the source to the mouth of the river Amazon, for a new series, ‘Amazon’, to be broadcast next year.
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Penan headman missing, feared murdered
A headman from the Penan tribe of Sarawak, Malaysia, has gone missing and his community fear he may have been murdered. Kelesau Naan was last seen on 23 October when he left on a hunting trip.
Urgent appeal for ‘trapped’ uncontacted tribe
An urgent appeal to save an uncontacted tribe who are trapped in a shrinking patch of rainforest will be made today to Latin America’s top human rights body.
Bushmen appeal to President
On the first anniversary of their historic court judgment, the Bushman organisation First People of the Kalahari released an open letter to Botswana's President Mogae.
Police arrest, torture and kill Papuan tribal people
Police in West Papua are killing, torturing and intimidating the province's tribal people with impunity. Police shot dead two Papuan women and injured another as they protested on 5 December near the British and American-owned Freeport mine.
Concern over uncontacted tribes fleeing loggers
A group of Indigenous and other organisations have written an urgent letter highlighting how illegal loggers in Peru are forcing uncontacted tribes to flee across the border into Brazil.
Amazon Indians end blockade
The Enawene Nawe Indians ended their protest at the site of a planned hydroelectric dam on Tuesday.
Officials concede Narmada dam illegal
A director of the government agency responsible for India’s controversial Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam has admitted that the construction of the dam has led to the illegal submergence of houses and farms.