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Brazilian experts blast US academics’ call for uncontacted tribes to be...
There are around 100 uncontacted tribes in the Amazon. We know very little about them, but many have expressed a clear desire to remain uncontacted© G. Miranda/FUNAI/SurvivalThe Brazilian government’s...
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Brazil: Outrage as Indians' homes bulldozed, community evicted
Guarani leader Damiana Cavanha after the eviction from Apy Ka'y© Aty GuasuA video showing a tribal community’s homes being bulldozed, condemning families to live by the side of a major highway, has...
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Oscar winner Mark Rylance makes plea to prevent annihilation of tribal peoples
Survival ambassador Mark Rylance during the recording of the film in Survival's London office© SurvivalOscar winning actor Mark Rylance has made a film for Survival International, the global movement...
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Indian government makes dramatic U-turn after outcry over forest rights
Millions of tribal people live in India's forests. The Forest Rights Act protects many of their fundamental rights.© Harshit Charles/ SurvivalA proposed new forests policy in India has been hastily...
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India: Park guard shoots child in infamous “shoot-to-kill” national park
Akash Oram in hospital after he was shot by park guards (click photo to see full size)© JEEPANA seven year old tribal boy is reportedly in a critical condition after being shot by a park guard in a...
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Tiger Day: Campaigners demand a conservation model that respects tigers and...
A tiger and her two cubs were recently killed by a park guard in Pench tiger reserve. Forest officials are often accused of corruption and involvement in poaching© Sandip DeyFor international Tiger Day...
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Olympics: Tribe facing “genocide” defies ranchers after baby’s death
The Guarani have a deep sense of connection to their land, but have seen most of it stolen and destroyed by intensive agriculture.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalOn the eve of the Olympics, a tribe in Brazil...
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“Stop Brazil’s Genocide”: Brazil blocks dangerous dam
On the eve of the Rio Olympics, Brazil has blocked a dam which would have destroyed forest of the Munduruku tribe© Maíra Irigaray/Amazon WatchAs the Rio Olympics kick off, Brazil has blocked the...
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UN Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Uncontacted Amazon tribe faces annihilation
The Kawahiva's land is being targeted by illegal loggers and cattle ranchers© FUNAI 2013On UN Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Survival International is calling for the full demarcation and protection of the...
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Botswana: Helicopter crashes after shooting at Bushmen
Bushmen have been criminalized for feeding their families under Botswana’s hunting ban.© Forest Woodward / Survival, 2015A group of Bushmen who were hunting antelope to feed their families have been...
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Brazil: Amazon fires threaten to wipe out uncontacted Indians
Fires are destroying pre-Amazon forest and threatening to wipe out uncontacted Indians for the second time in less than a year© INPEForest fires are raging in an indigenous territory on the edge of the...
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Will IUCN tackle conservation's shoot on sight problem?
Akash Oram, a tribal boy, was shot by a park guard in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India© JEEPALSurvival International has urged the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural...
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Paralympics: Outrage as Rio 2016 organizers accuse tribal people of...
Suruwaha father and child, Brazil. Evangelical missionaries have falsely accused the tribe of infanticide on several occasions.© Adriana Huber/SurvivalIn an official press release, the organizers of...
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Amazon Indians take one look at “us”– and head back into the forest
Amakaria and Jakarewyj, isolated Awá women, who made contact with a settled Awá community in December 2014© Madalena Borges/CIMI-MATwo uncontacted Indians from the Amazon have completed an...
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Paraguay: Government defies order to protect uncontacted tribe
"Many Ayoreo were contacted from the 1970s onwards. Since then they have suffered from poverty, disease and the destruction of their land."© SurvivalThe Paraguayan government has failed to act to...
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Survival International announces nominees for “Racist of the Year” award
Cartoon by Bill Leak published in The Australian and widely accused of racism towards Aboriginal people© Bill Leak/ The AustralianSurvival International has announced four nominees for its notorious...
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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...
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Survival 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...
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Two 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...
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UN 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...
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