Survival claims the Bushmen were removed to make way for diamond prospecting, and that, removed from their ancestral lands, they are succumbing to early deaths in the new settlements from HIV/Aids and alcoholism...The government, in turn, accuses Survival of peddling to gullible foreigners a romantic, or even racist, image of the Bushmen as anthropological relics untouched by the modern age...De Beers, after angrily disputing many of Survival's claims last year, has more recently been quiet about the conflict. According to some reports, it is now believed to be pushing Botswana's government to take a more conciliatory line. As the world's biggest purveyor of diamonds, it may fear the dispute's potential to damage the image of its product.