Victory! Canadian oil company pulls out of Matsés territory
"The Matsés have strongly opposed any oil exploration on their land"© Survival InternationalA Canadian oil company has pulled out of the territory of an Amazon tribe in Peru. In July 2016, Pacific...
View ArticleSurvival complains to OFCOM over "racist" Channel 4 News piece
Channel Four made wide-ranging accusations against Brazilian tribes in its news report© Channel Four newsSurvival International has lodged a formal complaint to OFCOM over a Channel Four News report...
View ArticleTwo killed in violent eviction from 'shoot on sight' national park
Two people were killed during the evictions on the edge of Kaziranga. © The WireTwo people were killed and about 20 injured this week during a brutal eviction from India’s notorious shoot-on sight...
View ArticleUN expert raises alarm as Brazilian Indians fight “genocide”
"A UN expert has warned that the Brazilian government is failing to protect the country’s indigenous peoples."© Fiona Watson/SurvivalA UN expert has warned that the Brazilian government is failing to...
View ArticleBotswana President named as Racist of the Year 2016
President Ian Khama was named Survival's Racist of the Year 2016 for comments he made about the Bushmen© Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeSurvival International has given its “Racist of the Year” award...
View ArticleSurvival announces winners of annual photographic competition
"Dani, West Papua, 2014, Magda Zelewska © Magda Zelewska/ Survival"© SurvivalSurvival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, is delighted to announce the twelve winning entries...
View ArticleRevealed: The tragic second act of 'A United Kingdom'
President Seretse Khama, the hero of 'A United Kingdom' was widely praised for his treatment of the Bushmen, but subsequent Botswana presidents, including his son Ian, have been severely criticized.©...
View ArticleRevealed: ‘Master plan’ to open up uncontacted tribe’s Park to Big Oil
"Many contacted Matsés have expressed opposition to any efforts to contact their uncontacted neighbors, or to explore for oil in their territory."© Survival InternationalSurvival International has...
View ArticleTribal Voice: Pataxó Indians send desperate appeal
"The Pataxó tribe has sent a desperate appeal to the world"© PataxóA tribe of Brazilian Indians have sent a desperate appeal to the world, recorded in their community as they were evicted from their...
View ArticleXukuru-Kariri indigenous leader assassinated in Brazil
"João Natalício Xukuru-Kariri (center), a Brazilian Indian leader, has been assassinated."© José Hélio Pereira da Silva/CIMIA Brazilian Indian leader at the forefront of his people’s struggle to...
View ArticleBrazil: “Harpy Eagle” tribe and uncontacted neighbors in Amazon face...
The Uru Eu Wau Wau are famous for tattooing around their mouths with genipapo, a black dye made from an Amazonian fruit.© Fiona Watson/Survival (1991)Waves of ranchers and other settlers are...
View ArticleBrazil: “Wave after wave” of loggers invade uncontacted tribe’s rainforest
"The Kawahiva are forced to live on the run, moving from camp to camp to evade intruders on their land (image taken in a chance encounter with a FUNAI team.)"© FUNAI 2011Waves of loggers are invading...
View ArticleBillionaire's elephant-hunting safaris implicated in "Pygmy” abuses
WWF trustee Peter Flack with dead forest elephant © Peter FlackSurvival International has learned that an elephant-hunting safari operation jointly owned by a French billionaire has been implicated in...
View ArticleIndigenous protestors acquitted over the Bagua Massacre in Peru
"Police attack protesters on June 5th 2009"© Thomas Quirynen52 protestors have been acquitted of charges relating to the Bagua Massacre, one of the bloodiest episodes in recent Peruvian history.The...
View ArticleBolivia covers up evidence of uncontacted Indians
The Tacana have long warned against oil exploration in the area, because of the threat to their uncontacted neighbors© El DiarioThe Bolivian state oil company has denied reports that workers...
View ArticleIncredible new photos of uncontacted Amazon tribe – that could be wiped out
Uncontacted Yanomami yano (communal house) in the Brazilian Amazon, photographed from the air in 2016© Guilherme Gnipper Trevisan/HutukaraExtraordinary new aerial photos show a contemporary uncontacted...
View ArticleIndia: Mining company targets Dongria’s sacred hills - AGAIN
The Dongria have repeatedly expressed opposition to efforts to mine in Niyamgiri© SurvivalA mining company in India has renewed its efforts to start mining on the sacred hills of the Dongria Kondh...
View ArticlePeru: Priest’s notorious “death road” set to cut uncontacted tribes in two
"A recently contacted Mastanahua man. If the plans go ahead, many more tribal people in the Amazon Uncontacted Frontier will face the catastrophe of first contact."© David Hill/SurvivalA new “death...
View ArticleBrazil: Six Indians murdered as land conflict deepens
"José Dias Guajajara (right) was one of the Guajajara men murdered in late 2016"© CIMI Regional MaranhãoSix Amazonian Indians have been murdered in the latest wave of violence against Brazil’s...
View ArticleFive things the BBC didn’t tell you about Kaziranga
Armed park guard in Kaziranga national park in India, as seen on the BBC's Planet Earth II© BBCThe BBC’s “Planet Earth II” recently featured an Indian national park, Kaziranga, known for its one-horned...
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