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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN VOLUNTARY ISOLATION

Also see struggles in:
Americas, Asia, Oceania
or a selection of
General articles

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WRM BULLETIN

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

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

Survival International
http://www.survival-international.org/  

Inicativa Amotocodie Coordinación General
http://www.iniciativa-amotocodie.org/

CIPIACI
Comité Indígena Internacional para la Protección
de los Pueblos en Aislamiento y en Contacto Inicial
de la Amazonía, el Gran Chaco y la Región Oriental del Paraguay

http://www.cipiaci.org/home.htm

 



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