Exposed: World’s ‘most threatened tribe’ outnumbered 10:1 by invaders
Little Butterfly and her people, the Awá, are earth's 'most threatened tribe'.© Survival The extent of the peril facing the world’s ‘most threatened tribe’ was revealed today, as Brazilian authorities...
View ArticlePaper forced to apologize to Penan after false incest claims
A Penan family. The tribe have been the subject of several defamatory stories in Malaysia's press.© Andy Rain/Nick Rain/Survival A Malaysian paper has been forced to apologize after publishing a...
View ArticleHumiliation as Indian Minister scraps lecture rather than face accusers
Naveen Patnaik's state of Odisha is renowned for brutally crushing indigenous protests© Survival The controversial Chief Minister of an Indian state has pulled out of a public lecture after learning...
View ArticleFilm footage marks 20-year anniversary of ‘Yanomami Park’
Yanomami woman. The Yanomami territory has allowed uncontacted Indians to survive.© Fiona Watson/Survival Yanomami Indians in Brazil have released aerial film footage of an uncontacted Indian...
View ArticleTribes urge UK to sign law to ‘guarantee’ their survival
Kenya's Samburu tribe has urged the UK to ratify ILO 169.© Survival Tribes from four continents have urged Britain to ratify a law that will ‘guarantee’ their survival. It is the first time a group of...
View ArticleMick Jagger drawn into row over ‘illegal gas grab’ in Peru’s Amazon
Mick Jagger was named Peru's honorary Environmental Ambassador last year. © Survival Music legend Mick Jagger has been drawn into a bitter row over an ‘illegal gas grab’ in the Peruvian Amazon. Peru’s...
View ArticleEarth’s most threatened tribe demands action as logging season starts
The Awá's forest is being illegally cut down at an alarming rate.© Fiona Watson/Survival Earth’s ‘most threatened tribe’ has made a desperate appeal for the Brazilian government to halt the illegal...
View ArticleShell scraps controversial biofuels plan after Brazilian Indian protest
Raizen signs landmark agreement with FUNAI. The company vows to stop sourcing sugar cane from Guarani land by November 25.© Raízen A biofuels company set up by Shell in Brazil has scrapped...
View ArticleJust sign here: cowboys' attempt to fool Indians backfires
Gabide Etacori, an Ayoreo Totobiegosode leader whose signature was allegedly forged.© Survival An elaborate ploy by ranchers in Paraguay to trick an Indian tribe into allowing them to build a new road...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s indigenous ‘icon’ Dawid Kruiper dies
Dawid Kruiper was considered an 'icon' and key representative of the Bushmen of the southern Kalahari.© Bill Kemp/Strata 360 Dawid Kruiper, a traditional leader of the Khomani Bushmen of South Africa...
View Article‘Dalai Lama of the rainforest’ appeals for Rio+20 to save world's most...
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami says Brazil can save the Awá tribe.© Survival The ‘Dalai Lama of the rainforest’ is urgently appealing to governments attending Rio+20 to help save the earth’s most threatened...
View ArticleGuarani community in Brazil could get $83m award
Guarani man. A Guarani community in Brazil could receive $83m for 'moral and material' damages© Fiona Watson/Survival A public prosecutor in Brazil is asking the government to pay $83m to a Guarani...
View Article‘We understand sustainability better than anyone’ say tribes at Rio+20
Brazilian Indians unite at the Rio+20 summit© Marcello Casal Jr/ABr Thousands of Brazilian Indians united in Rio this week, to make their voices heard at the Rio+20 UN Summit on sustainability and the...
View ArticleIndia bans controversial tourist resort but fails to end ‘human safaris’
Tourists who use the Andaman Trunk Road for ‘human safaris’ are exploiting India’s Jarawa tribe.© Survival The controversial tourist resort run by Barefoot India in the Andaman Islands has been dealt...
View ArticleRanchers burn bridges in anti-Indian protest
Xavante Indians protest for land rights at Rio+20© G1 Ranchers are blocking roads, burning bridges, and threatening Brazilian Indians in protest against their impending eviction from tribal land. The...
View ArticleAlarmed UK MPs urge Brazil to save Earth’s most threatened tribe
Brazil’s Awá tribe are the Earth's most threatened tribe. © Survival Dozens of British politicians are calling on Brazil to save Earth’s most threatened tribe by halting illegal logging and land...
View ArticleAnoushka Shankar backs Survival
Anoushka Shankar supports Survival International and the need to 'protect all cultures'.© Survival British Indian sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar shows her support for Survival...
View ArticleOutrage as World Bank funds power lines linked to controversial dam
The Gibe III dam threatens the livelihoods of 200,000 Lower Omo tribal people, including the Karo.© Survival Human rights organizations, including Survival and Human Rights Watch, have fiercely...
View ArticleVietnam buys into Peru’s controversial oil fields
PetroVietnam has taken on oil blocks in an area inhabited by uncontacted tribes © Survival Vietnamese oil company PetroVietnam has bought a stake in two Peruvian oil blocks in a region known to be...
View ArticleAds target Machu Picchu tourists in row over uncontacted tribes
Uncontacted tribes share the same 'Sacred Valley' as Machu Picchu. The ancient site attracts up to 1 million tourists each year. © Icelight/Wikicommons Visitors to Peru’s most iconic tourist...
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