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4 Mar 2014

Author:
Survival International

1-year countdown to end ‘human safaris’ in India [India]

Survival International has launched a 1-year countdown timer to end ‘human safaris’ to the vulnerable Jarawa tribe on India’s Andamans Islands…The Andaman authorities pledged to introduce an alternative sea route by March 2015, in order to take tourists off the illegal road that cuts through the reserve. At the moment, hundreds of tourists travel through the Jarawa’s forest every day…But environmental clearance for the sea route has not yet been granted – making it increasingly unlikely that the March 2015 deadline will be met…Jarawa, who are extremely vulnerable to exploitation by intruders on their land, as demonstrated by the recent shocking revelations of the kidnapping and sexual exploitation of Jarawa women by poachers.