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BOTSWANA: Water ban - Bushman leader travels to London 19 Mar 2007
The Botswana government has banned the Kalahari Bushmen from using their own water as UN World Water Day approaches on 22 March. A Bushman leader is travelling to London this week to protest against the ban.
INDIA: UN – Road must be closed to protect isolated Jarawa tribe 12 Mar 2007
In a devastating report India has been urged by the UN to protect the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands by closing the highway running through their land. For four years the Indian government has defied a ruling of its own Supreme Court that the road should be closed.
BRAZIL: Uncontacted Indians flee logging onslaught 28 Feb 2007
The Brazilian government has discovered signs of some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes living near the border with Peru.
The Indians are believed to have fled illegal mahogany logging sweeping through Peru’s rainforests, destroying the Indians’ homelands and forcing them out of their traditional territory.
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