Only weeks after Survival International called for a boycott of Botswana tourism, two travel companies have suspended their tours to the country and several others have expressed concern about the Botswana government's continued persecution of the Bushmen. The government is stopping the Bushmen from hunting and forces them to apply for permits to access their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
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Act now to help the Bushmen
Your support is vital if the Bushmen are to survive. There are many ways you can help.
- Writing a letter to the Botswana government is a quick and simple way to let them know of your concern.
- Donate to the Bushman campaign (and other Survival campaigns).
- Write to your MP or MEP (UK) or Senators and members of Congress (US).
- Write to your local Botswana high commission or embassy.
- If you want to get more involved, contact Survival International
More about this story:
2005: Kalahari Bushmen Plea for Help in Securing their Botswana homeland
2005: Kalahari Bushmen vs Botswana government - eviction trial resumes
2005: Botswana Bushmen's Last Stand
2005: Botswana police shoot Kalahari Bushmen
2005: Botswana government's attempt to silence and remove the Kalahari Bushmen
2005: Botswana: Kalahari Bushmen evicted at gunpoint and their houses burnt down2005: Protestors against Botswana president's appearance at Oxford
2005: Botswana court orders government to allow Bushman family to return to their land
2006: More bushmen die as a consequence of Botswana and De Beers diamond agenda
2006: Bushmen call for support from Leonardo di Caprio and Linda Evangelista
2006: Botswana Kalahari Bushmen court ruling on December 13
2006: Boycott de Beers web site combats eviction of Kalahari Bushmen
2006: Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral land
2007: Destruction of tribe and their forest home to make way for cattle ranching
2007: The Kalahari Bushmen's struggle to retain their land, culture and existence
2007: Botswana government thwarting court judgement
2008: De Beers stops mining on Kalahari Bushmen land
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