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4 May 2012

Amazon road could cut uncontacted tribes’ land in half

Peru’s Congress is about to approve a highly controversial road that will slash in half the territory of at least two uncontacted tribes.
29 Apr 2012

Indigenous rights campaign breaks records for online activism

A campaign to save one of the world’s most threatened tribes has generated more than 10,000 protest emails to the Brazilian government in just three days.
25 Apr 2012

Uncontacted tribe photographed in Colombian Amazon

An uncontacted tribe has been photographed from the air in an area of the Colombian Amazon increasingly invaded by illegal gold-miners and loggers in recent years.
22 Mar 2012

Brazil's Awá tribe face 'real genocide'

Calls were growing to stop “genocide” inside Brazil’s Amazon, as the UN marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination yesterday.
27 Feb 2012

Guard post to protect uncontacted Peruvian tribe

Residents living close to the uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe will build a guard post to protect both the Indians and locals from violent contact.
12 Jan 2012

Indigenous child allegedly burnt alive by loggers in Brazil

Loggers have reportedly invaded the Amazon home of uncontacted Awá Indians in Brazil. One of them has allegedly been "burnt alive".
28 Jul 2011

Malaysia’s King at eco awards as Sarawak’s forests are destroyed

The King of Malaysia attended an 'eco event' in London yesterday, as his country destroys the forests of the indigenous Penan people.
6 Apr 2011

Uncontacted tribes at risk of massive population loss

Survival International has warned on the eve of World Health Day that uncontacted tribes face massive population loss if their land is not protected.
23 Feb 2011

Penan tribal land trespass case can go ahead

A Malaysian court has ruled that members of the Penan tribe can sue the government and a timber company for trespassing on their land.
12 Jan 2011

Borneo tribe launch legal case to save rainforest

Penan tribespeople in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, have launched a legal case against the logging giant Samling.

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