Controversial mine on Bushman land shelved as recession hits diamond industry
The planned diamond mine at the centre of an international controversy over the forced relocation of Botswana’s Bushmen has been shelved due to the global recession.
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Penan slam French hotel group’s cooperation with Borneo loggers
Members of the Penan tribe in Borneo have written to the CEO of Europe’s foremost hotel chain, ACCOR, asking him to end his company’s cooperation with the loggers who are destroying their forests.
Anglo-French company has oil seized and sold
Almost three quarters of a million barrels of oil seized from Anglo-French company Perenco will be auctioned by Ecuador’s government.
Tribes stage mass protest against British mining company Vedanta
Several hundred tribespeople today staged a protest against FTSE-100 company Vedanta, as it bids massively to expand its controversial aluminium refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
Indians launch petition against draft law facilitating theft of children
A group of Brazilian Indians have launched a petition against a draft law that would facilitate the theft of Indigenous children by evangelical missionaries.
Indians blockade main Amazon tributary
A large number of Indians have blockaded one of the Amazon’s main tributaries, the Napo River, in response to the violation of their rights by oil companies and Peru’s government.
Government urged to release findings on sexual abuse of Penan women
Women’s and Indigenous peoples’ groups have urged the Malaysian government to release the findings of its investigation into claims that Penan women have been sexually abused by loggers operating on their land.
Indigenous people from around the world urge more countries to sign law for tribal people
One hundred representatives of Indigenous peoples have signed a declaration calling on states to ratify ILO Convention 169 – the only international law for tribal peoples’ rights.