Farmers leave Indian land
After years of conflict and tension, rice farmers are finally leaving the Indigenous territory known as Raposa-Serra do Sol (the Land of the Fox and Mountain of the Sun) in northern Brazil.
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Ranchers seek license to destroy uncontacted tribes’ land
A Brazilian cattle-ranching company is seeking permission from Paraguay’s government to destroy forest inhabited by one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes.
Government determined to exploit uncontacted Indians’ land
Peru’s government has shown its determination to permit work on uncontacted tribes’ land by passing a law declaring oil exploitation in northern Peru a ‘national necessity.’
Perenco chairman meets president as Indians protest across Amazon
The chairman of Anglo-French oil company Perenco has told the Peruvian president his company will invest $2 billion in the country, as Indians protest against the invasion of their territories by oil companies.
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.
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.