---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Survival International <info....@survivalinternational.org> Date: Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 11:11 PM Subject: Urgent Action: Stop tribal families being evicted from Tiger Reserves To: AYUSH <adiy...@gmail.com>
<http://survival-international.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b14580b05b832fb959c4ee444&id=973c163741&e=fdc6267ad9> We help tribal peoples defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures. Members of the Khadia tribe were harassed and pressured for three years to leave their ancestral homeland, after it was turned into the Similipal Tiger Reserve. They were removed from the Reserve in December 2013. They had been promised money, livestock and land in compensation but have received almost nothing. They now live in squalid conditions under plastic sheets. URGENT ACTION Stop tribal families being evicted from Tiger Reserves Over 20 Baiga and Gond tribal villages have already been evicted from Kanha Tiger Reserve (India) in the name of conservation. More are being pressured to leave in the coming weeks. The Baiga’s survival, which is intricately connected to the forest, is under threat. They worship forest deities, harvest goods from the forest for most of their needs and make their living from forest products. The tribes have co-existed with the tigers for generations, protecting the forest the big cats need to survive. But across India, in tiger reserves like Similipal and Kanha, tribal people are treated not as allies but as enemies of conservation. Whilst the tribes are threatened with eviction and banned from entering the core zone, even for worship or medicinal plants, hundreds of tourist jeeps rush through the reserve every day trying to spot tigers. There are reports that Baiga and Gond families have been tricked into signing blank pieces of paper that are then used to show their 'consent' to being moved from their villages - a total violation of their rights. Please send a message to India's President calling for no tribes to be evicted from Kanha Tiger Reserve without their genuine consent. Click here<secy.presid...@rb.nic.in?bcc=info%2bacti...@survivalinternational.org&subject=Please%20act%20to%20stop%20the%20Baiga%20and%20Gond%20being%20evicted%20from%20their%20homeland&body=Dear%20President%2C%0A%0ABaiga%20and%20Gond%20tribal%20families%20in%20Kanha%20Tiger%20Reserve%20are%20threatened%20with%20eviction.%20They%20are%20being%20put%20under%20pressure%20to%20%E2%80%98agree%E2%80%99%20to%20be%20relocated%20outside%20the%20Reserve.%20%0A%0AThere%20is%20no%20evidence%20that%20these%20people%20cannot%20coexist%20with%20the%20wildlife%20of%20Kanha%20%E2%80%93%20as%20they%20have%20done%20for%20generations.%0A%0AIndia%20is%20a%20signatory%20of%20the%20UN%20Declaration%20on%20the%20Rights%20of%20Indigenous%20Peoples%2C%20under%20which%20it%20has%20acknowledged%20that%20%E2%80%98No%20relocation%20shall%20take%20place%20without%20the%20free%2C%20prior%20and%20informed%20consent%20of%20the%20indigenous%20peoples%20concerned'.%0A%0APlease%20ensure%20the%20Baiga%20and%20Gond%20can%20continue%20to%20live%20on%20their%20ancestral%20land%20in%20the%20reserve.%20%0A%0ASincerely%2C>to send a pre-written message Or if this doesn't work for you, you can use this text to send an email to the President at: secy.presid...@rb.nic.in Dear President Baiga and Gond tribal families in Kanha Tiger Reserve are threatened with eviction. They are being put under pressure to ‘agree’ to be relocated outside the Reserve. There is no evidence that these people cannot coexist with the wildlife of Kanha – as they have done for generations. India is a signatory of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, under which it has acknowledged that ‘No relocation shall take place without the free, prior and informed consent of the indigenous peoples concerned'. Please ensure the Baiga and Gond can continue to live on their ancestral land in the reserve. Sincerely, If you have a few minutes, please write your own message: This is much more powerful. If your email bounces, please don't worry about letting us know. It's probably because the recipient has blocked their account due to the high number of protest emails. It means the campaign is working! Thank You. SUCCESS! 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