
Government denies Bushman torture and prosecutes victims
The Botswana government has denied the torture of seven Gana 'Bushmen' by wildlife officials last month.
The Botswana government has denied the torture of seven Gana 'Bushmen' by wildlife officials last month.
At a recent meeting in Paris, UNESCO approved a joint request by the Paraguayan government and supporters of the Ayoreo Indians to include a large area of Ayoreo forest in the new Chaco Biosphere Reserve.
A group of poachers recently entered a settlement of the isolated Jarawa tribe on the Andaman islands and stole honey collected by the group.
The BBC's flagship news programme Newsnight has broadcast an in-depth investigation into the Botswana government's expulsion of the Bushmen from their ancestral land.
Yanomami health workers have written to the Ministers of Justice and Environment demanding immediate measures to expel invading goldminers from their land.
Two Truká Indians were shot dead on 30 June by an undercover police 'death squad'.
Survival will continue its campaign in support of the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve despite allegations by De Beers.
Over one hundred Waorani Indians from the Ecuadorian Amazon marched in the capital this week to protest at the destruction of their rainforest by oil companies.