Government drops plans to open up uncontacted tribesÂ’ reserves (fwd link)

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Survival International

Government drops plans to open up uncontacted tribes’ reserves
8 May 2008

Peru’s government has dropped plans to open up uncontacted Indians’ reserves to
oil exploration. The latest round of concessions, announced this week, do not
include any of the uncontacted Indians’ reserves.

The move appears to be in response to a storm of criticism from Survival and
Indian organisations in Peru. Survival had urged the Peruvian government not to
permit exploration in such areas because it could lead to the tribes’
extinction.

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