Day 238 - 22 Apr 96 - Page 09
1 MR. MORRIS: That is correct. That is excellent. The only
2 other document we will refer to is the one which we have
3 just served this morning. Miss Watson will explain
4 original Indian areas.
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6 MR. MORRIS: Do you have a copy of that one?
7 A. No. It does not matter though.
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9 Q. If you just take the original of that map, (Same handed) I
10 think we are all ready.
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12 Just before we go into the statements, I will ask you a few
13 questions about yourself, Miss Watson. What is your
14 academic background?
15 A. I am have an MA in Hispanic Languages and Literature,
16 which I included some anthropology options, and within that
17 I spent a year in Peru living with an indigenous community
18 in the Andes.
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20 Q. Have you spent much time in South America?
21 A. I have. I spent that year in Peru that I have just
22 referred to. I spent one and a half years living in the
23 Amazon in Brazil working for an environmental project with
24 the Royal Geographical Society and the Institute of Amazon
25 Research in Mannous. My parents lived in Venezuela for 5
26 years and I frequently went out to Venezuela, so I have had
27 experience of, let us say, Peru, Brazil and Venezuela, and
28 in my current job I have travelled to Venezuela, Brazil and
29 Guyana.
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31 Q. We are going to come on to your current job, but let me
32 just ask you about it. Would you say who Survival
33 International are and what their status is?
34 A. Survival International is a world-wide movement to
35 support indigenous or tribal people around the world. We
36 are a Human Rights organisation doing advocacy work logging
37 and campaigning for the rights of indigenous people. We
38 have consultative status at the United Nations and at the
39 European Parliament.
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41 Q. Is there any comparable group on an international scale?
42 A. Not on an international scale. There are other groups
43 who work within specific countries and sometimes with
44 specific peoples but, as far as I know, Survival is the
45 only worldwide organisation. We have offices in other
46 European countries. At any one time we are probably
47 working on cases in over 60 countries.
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49 Q. I am going to read through your statements. If there are
50 any things that are incorrect or need clarification, if you
51 will stop me at the end of the paragraph and say.
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53 This is the statement on 9th February, 1996:
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55 "Statement on the impact of cattle ranching on indigenous
56 peoples in Brazil.
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58 I am Campaigns Co-ordinator for Survival International, a
59 worldwide organisation which defend the rights of
60 indigenous peoples. I have special responsibility for
