Survival International answers to Martin Horwood MP

It also supported the groundbreaking court case which resulted in the Bushmen's rights being upheld, and which saw the legal concept of 'native title' recognised for the first time by an African court.

Applauded by many, particularly by the Bushmen themselves and other tribal peoples, Survival has also been subject to fierce criticism: by the Botswana government and De Beers, which was inevitable, but also by some NGOs and their allies, anthropologists, and even UK parliamentarians.