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Kenyans demonstrate against Ethiopia’s mega-dam
Friends of Lake Turkana demonstrate against China's involvement in building a giant hydroelectric dam, Gilgel Gibe 3.© Friends of Lake Turkana Kenyans have demonstrated against a hydroelectric...
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Industry bloggers call for mine to make tribals ‘civilized… good people’
Vedanta's aluminium refinery in Lanjigarh, Odisha, India© Survival In the footsteps of former Survival supporters, such as Peter Cook and Spike Milligen, Michael Palin recently gave a fundraising talk...
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Indian leader’s killers convicted of kidnapping and torture
Guarani Indian leader Marcos Veron© Joaó Ripper/Survival Three men on trial for the murder of Brazilian Indian leader Marcos Veron have been acquitted of homicide, but convicted of kidnapping, torture...
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Success: Peru acts to save uncontacted tribes
Global coverage of the newly-released photos has pushed the Peruvian government into action© Gleison Miranda/FUNAI/Survival Peru’s authorities have announced that they will work together with Brazil...
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Amazon Indians protest in London as judge blocks Brazil dam
The Indians are calling for three controversial dam projects in the Amazon to be halted.© M. Cowan/Survival ‘These projects will force my people from their land and end our way of life.’ Ruth Buendia...
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Peru admits timber certificates faked in secret cable
A Murunahua man. The Murunahua's reserve is occupied by illegal loggers© Chris Fagan/Upper Amazon Conservancy Peru’s government has secretly admitted that 70-90% of its mahogany exports were illegally...
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Land clearing begins for destructive Amazon dam
Amazon Indians are calling for the Belo Monte dam to be halted© M. Cowan/ Survival Construction workers have begun to bulldoze land in the Brazilian Amazon to make way for the controversial Belo Monte...
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Back to court for Vedanta Resources’ controversial mine
Vedanta has appealed the decision of India's Environment Minister to block their mine on the Dongria Kondh's ancestral land.© Survival India’s Supreme Court is to consider a new bid to green-light...
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Horrific treatment of Amazon Indians exposed 100 years ago today
Thousands of Indians were enslaved and killed during the rubber boom.© W Hardenburg 30,000 Amazon Indians were enslaved, tortured, raped and starved in just 12 years during the rubber boom, according...
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Obama urged to support Guarani Indians during trip to Brazil
Guarani mother and child. The sugarcane boom is threatening the lives of the Guarani.© João Ripper/Survival Survival International has appealed to US President Barack Obama to support the Guarani...
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World Water Day: Global outrage over Ethiopia mega-dam
The Kwegu are entirely dependent on the Omo river for their survival.© Survival Almost 400 organizations have signed a petition against Africa’s tallest dam, which will be delivered to Ethiopian...
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Borneo tribes: 30-year regime ‘has destroyed everything’
Under Taib's rule the Penan have mounted countless blockades to stop their forest being destroyed.© Andy Rain/Nick Rain/Survival Tribespeople in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, say the...
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Violent protests delay destructive Amazon dams
The small Pirahã tribe will be affected by the Madeira river dams.© Clive W. Dennis/Survival The construction of the Madeira dams in the Brazilian Amazon has been delayed, following violent protests...
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Guerrillas kill Colombian Indian boy, 16
An Awá woman at a vigil for the twelve Awá massacred on 26 August 2009.© ONIC A sixteen-year-old Awá boy has been killed by left-wing guerrillas in the south-west Colombian town of Barbacoas. The...
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Panama latest to sign up to tribal peoples' law
The more countries that ratify ILO 169, the more protection it offers for tribal peoples everywhere, including this Bushman woman in Botswana.© Katherine B. Topolniski/kbt photography Panama has...
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Amazon tribe’s unique fishing ritual could be their last
An intricate wooden dam is at the heart of the Enawene Nawe's Yãkwa ritual.© Fiona Watson/Survival The Enawene Nawe tribe of Brazil have begun their unique annual fishing ritual, amid fears that the...
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Indians take on Amazon loggers
Ceramic pots found in the Isconahua reserve are evidence of the presence of these isolated Indians. © Pepe Villacorta / ProNaturaleza Peruvian Indians have been forced to set up a guard post to...
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British parliamentarians discuss Bushman issue
Xoroxloo Duxee died of dehydration after the Bushmen's water borehole was disabled.© Survival The future of the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve has been raised in the British House of...
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South American Indians to receive royalties from potato sales
Andean Indians first domesticated the potato over 7,000 years ago© H Mason/ Survival The UN’s Intellectual Property Tribunal today ruled that South American Indians should receive 1% of the profits...
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Rwandan ‘anti-thatch’ campaign leaves thousands of ‘Pygmies’ homeless
A family stand amidst the ruins of their home© COPORWA/Survival NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S DAY JOKE A Rwandan government programme to destroy all thatched roofs in the country is leaving thousands of Batwa...
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