ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WRM BULLETIN

2008

• Peru/Brazil: The right to self-determination of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation
• Paraguay: Forced contact brought illness and death to indigenous man
• Amazonia: The right of indigenous peoples to live in voluntary isolation
• Peru and Ecuador: The last Free Peoples besieged by oil and logging companies

2007

• Paraguay: So the forest does not become extinguished – the struggle of the Isolated Ayoreo Groups in the Paraguayan Chaco
• Ecuador: Indigenous peoples close to extinction because of illegal logging
• Brazil: Indigenous Amazon people forced into contact
• Paraguay: Ayoreo-Totobiegosode endangered by a cattle ranching company

• Brazil: Dams would destroy isolated tribe Enawene Nawe’s livelihood

2006

• Ecuador: The Huaorani people of Yasuni Park are attacked by timber and oil groups
• Bolivia: Indigenous Toromona in voluntary isolation in serious danger of disappearing

2005

• Paraguay: Two pieces of good news for the Totobiegosode and for Humanity
• Paraguay: Congress failed to support the land rights of the Ayoreo

2004

• Special Bulletin on Peoples in Voluntary Isolation

2003

• Paraguay: Uncontacted Indians in danger

Special Bulletin nº 87 - October 2004( complet version)

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN VOLUNTARY ISOLATION

Many people are unaware that there are still indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation –both contacted and uncontacted- particularly in the tropics. People are also largely unaware about the impacts resulting from forced or free contacts of these peoples with the outside world. As a means of generating awareness and support to their plight, we have focused this entire bulletin on this issue, in collaboration with the Forest Peoples Programme and with other organizations and individuals working to protect these peoples' rights.

Uncontacted Tribes -
By Survival, the Movemente for Tribal People
Over one hundred tribes around the world choose to reject contact with outsiders. They are the most vulnerable peoples on the planet. Many of them are living on the run, fleeing invasions of their land by colonists, loggers, oil crews and cattle ranchers. They have often seen their friends and families die at the hands of outsiders, in unreported massacres or epidemics. This is their story, narrated by Julie Christie

Indigenous People Living in Isolation -
Masato, Fenadad, Tea Imagen, IWgia - 10 Minutes

Indígenas voluntariamente aislados en el Parque Nacional Alto Purús - Nota que da cuenta de la indudable existencia de grúpos indígenas nómadas en aislamiento voluntario en la amazonía sur oriental del Perú - Intendencia de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Lima, setiembre 2007 Only in Spanish