European protests to stop bulldozers on uncontacted tribe's land by Survival International 26 January 2010
Protestors gathered in London,
Madrid and Paris today to oppose the destruction of land
belonging to one of the world's last uncontacted tribes.
The protestors stood outside the Paraguayan embassies in Madrid
and London
holding placards reading, 'Save the Ayoreo.' The Ayoreo-Totobiegosode are
losing their forest to a Brazilian company bulldozing it to graze cattle for
beef.
In Paris, a
letter was handed in to UNESCO's head office expressing their concern for the
Totobiegosode. The forest being destroyed by the cattle-ranchers is part of a
UNESCO 'biosphere reserve', but despite pleas from the Totobiegosode to stop
the destruction UNESCO has yet to respond. (Read more)
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