Survival International has been speaking to Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve as they celebrate drinking water from the Mothomelo borehole for the first time in nine years. It marks a significant step towards …
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Borehole breakthrough for Botswana’s Bushmen
HIV/AIDS rates in West Papua rocket, partly thanks to Freeport-Rio Tinto
Official figures released this month show that the number of people with HIV/AIDS in West Papua has grown by more than 30% in just four months. The figure now stands at more than 17,000. However, …
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Vedanta in a spin as it digs hole for itself
Ah, the desperate whiff of worried PRs. London-listed mining giant Vedanta Resources had a bruising encounter with tribal rights charity Survival International last year.
Now, says the charity, “it appears that Vedanta has sent down …
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Victory for Kalahari Bushmen as court grants right to water
In a case which may have implications for London-listed Gem Diamonds, the Botswana government has been judged guilty of ‘degrading treatment’. The case was described as ‘a harrowing story of human suffering and despair’.
See …
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Botswana approves $3bn mine as Bushman water case gets underway
Botswana’s government has green-lighted a massive $3bn mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – in the middle of the Kalahari Bushmen’s appeal against the Botswana authorities’ refusal to allow them access to water there.…
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Botswana government rejects high-profile court ruling
Four years on from a court victory which saw the Kalahari Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral lands, the Botswana government has issued a statement flouting the ruling.
Survival International believes that …
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Celebrities back Survival’s call to boycott Botswana diamonds
Gillian Anderson, Quentin Blake, Joanna Lumley, Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Rylance are amongst the celebrities who have pledged not to travel to Botswana or wear its diamonds until the Bushmen are allowed to live on …
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Finsbury wins ‘PR Disaster of the Year’ award 18 October
On the eve of the PR Week Awards, Survival has presented its ’PR Disaster of the Year’ Award to Finsbury PR and its founder Roland Rudd for their work with FTSE-100 mining company Vedanta Resources.…
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Vedanta’s controversial mine gets backing of India’s PM
In a highly unusual move, India’s Prime Minister has intervened directly in the approval process for one of the world’s most controversial mines.
The office of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has written to the …
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Universities Superannuation Scheme faces ethical dilemma over strip-mining operation
Investment by the Universities Superannuation Scheme in a British mining company could damage an ancient forest sacred to an Indian tribe, activists say.
Survival International, a charity that supports tribal peoples, has been lobbying the …
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Vedanta takes on critics of mining at India tribal site
London-based resource giant Vedanta has decided to take on its critics who have been attacking from all sides over its plans to mine an area in India held sacred by a tribal group.
See http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100304/wl_sthasia_afp/indiabritainminingvedantarights…
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The Sun supports the Dongria Kondh, attacks Vedanta
Tribe’s fight to save their Pandora
British tabloid The Sun has joined those comparing the story of James Cameron’s film Avatar to that of the Dongria Kondh people resisting London-based Vedanta Resources in the Niyamgiri …
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