Peru’s ‘final attempt’ to stamp out uncontacted tribes

[Judi Lynn]

Peru’s ‘final attempt’ to stamp out uncontacted tribes
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 5:17 pm
Press Release: Survival International
July 18, 2011

Peru’s Indian Affairs Department has revealed plans to open up uncontacted tribes' reserves to oil companies – just days before the country’s new government takes office.

New laws would allow the state to grant oil and gas companies open access to the reserves, despite the extreme risk this would pose to the Indians’ lives.

The proposal has generated a wave of criticism from indigenous organizations.

Around 15 tribes have chosen to resist contact in the Peruvian Amazon; all face extinction if their lands are opened up.

More:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1107/S00398/perus-final-attempt-to-stamp-out-uncontacted-tribes.htm

[naaman fletcher]

1. any idea what Humala's position is on this? nt