UNESCO report calls for closure of road to protect Andaman tribe
Self-determination ‘has to be the ultimate aim of any process that will involve the Jarawas'
News from the Jarawa
Outrage at call to remove Andaman tribe’s children
Similar schemes have failed in the US, Canada and Australia
Andaman tour company ends human safaris
Jarawa tribe still at risk from tours run by other operators
Human safaris threaten Andaman tribe
Tours put the Jarawa tribe at serious risk of disease
Legal blow for controversial Andaman tourist resort
Weeks after the last member of the Bo tribe died on the Andaman Islands, an Indian court has moved to protect the neighbouring Jarawa tribe by suspending the operation of a controversial tourist resort.
Extinct: Andaman tribe’s extermination complete as last member dies
Boa Sr, who died last week aged around 85, was the last speaker of ‘Bo’, one of the ten Great Andamanese languages. The Bo are thought to have lived in the Andaman Islands for as much as 65,000 years, making them the descendants of one of the oldest human
Tourism threat to recently-contacted tribe – Fears of swine flu contagion
A court ruling in India has put one of the world’s most recently-contacted tribes at greater risk of the swine flu pandemic, according to campaigners.
Celebrity resort threatens isolated tribes
A luxury resort being built on the Andaman Islands in India is threatening the survival of the Jarawa tribe, who number just 320 and have only had contact with outsiders since 1998.