Serial poacher’s arrest exposes failure to protect world’s most isolated tribe
In the wake of the 2004 tsunami, this member of the Sentinelese tribe was photographed firing arrows at a helicopter.© Indian Coastguard/SurvivalA man has been arrested for the ninth time for poaching...
View ArticleGuard’s arrest backs up tribals’ claim that many Kaziranga “poachers” were...
Wife of a man killed in the forest after being called to work by the Forest Department. Kaziranga Tiger Reserve.© SurvivalA forest guard in India’s notorious “shoot on sight” Kaziranga National Park...
View ArticleHistoric ruling set to decide future of Brazilian tribes
Brazil has seen frequent indigenous protests this year, against the anti-Indian policies of President Temer.© Rogerio AssisBrazil’s Supreme Court will next week deliver a historic judgement on tribal...
View ArticleKalahari Bushmen appeal to Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit Botswana from the 17th August.© SurvivalThe Bushmen of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) have written a moving appeal to the Dalai Lama,...
View ArticleBrazil: campaigners welcome court rulings in favor of indigenous land rights
Brazilian Indians have been protesting in Brasilia against the government's anti-indigenous proposals.© APIBIndigenous activists and human rights campaigners around the world yesterday celebrated...
View ArticleLandmark talks on uncontacted tribe fail to stop logging
There have been confrontations between the Ayoreo and the Paraguayan authorities in recent years, as the tribe have protested against the theft and destruction of their land.© GAT/ SurvivalLandmark...
View ArticleMining threat to uncontacted Indians in Brazil
Waiãpi Indians are firmly against President Temer's decision to abolish a reserve in the Amazon© Fiona Watson/SurvivalIn another blow to indigenous rights and the environment, Brazil’s President Temer...
View ArticleAmazon Guardians travel to city for landmark protest
Guajajara Guardians protest for the protection of their land© Guajajara GuardiansA group of Brazilian Indians hailed as heroes for patrolling the Amazon and evicting illegal loggers have occupied...
View ArticleSurvival–WWF OECD talks break down over tribal consent
This Baka woman and her husband are among many tribal people in Cameroon who have been beaten by WWF-funded wildlife guards. They were attacked and had their belongings taken from them while they were...
View ArticleGenocide: goldminers “massacre” uncontacted Amazon Indians
Evidence of an attack? Burnt communal houses of uncontacted Indians, seen in December 2016, could be signs of another massacre in the Uncontacted Frontier. © FUNAIPublic prosecutors in Brazil have...
View ArticleAmazon Indians plead for help after “massacre”
A still from aerial footage from 2011 of an uncontacted Amazon tribe in Brazil near the Peruvian border.© BBC/FUNAI/SurvivalBrazilian Indians have appealed for global assistance to prevent further...
View ArticleEnd in sight for India's notorious human safaris
The human safaris have risked exposing the Jarawa to diseases to which they have no immunity.© SurvivalNotorious “human safaris” in India’s Andaman Islands may soon stop, after the authorities...
View ArticleSurvival announces winners of annual photographic competition
The winning photo of a Samburu man in Kenya by Timo Heiny.© Timo Heiny / Survival InternationalSurvival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, is delighted to announce the...
View ArticleNew report exposes widespread abuse funded by big conservation organizations
WWF has been working in the Congo Basin for decades – supporting squads who have committed violent abuse against tribal people.© WWFA new Survival International report details widespread and systematic...
View ArticleRenowned indigenous leaders call for end to uncontacted 'genocide'
Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, who signed the open letter warning of an unfolding genocide.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalThree of Brazil’s most prominent Indian leaders have denounced their government’s...
View Article“Pygmy” man pleads with Bronx Zoo organization after son is killed for...
Mr Nakulire in hospital.© Survival InternationalA Batwa “Pygmy” man has issued a desperate plea to the organization which runs New York’s Bronx zoo, after his 17-year-old son was shot dead by a park...
View ArticleOutrage as tour operators sell “human safaris” to Andaman Islands
Still from video showing Jarawa girls forced to dance for tourists along the illegal Andaman Trunk Road.© AnonTour operators in India’s Andaman Islands are selling “human safaris” to the reserve of a...
View ArticleUN expert calls for more protection for uncontacted tribes
Uncontacted tribes are the most vulnerable peoples on the planet © SurvivalThe UN’s top expert on indigenous peoples has highlighted the need for South American states “to redouble efforts to protect...
View ArticleBrazil: Uncontacted people threatened by forest fire in Amazon
Fires are threatening the lives and lands of tribal people in the Amazon.© KanindeForest fires are raging in an indigenous territory on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, threatening to wipe out...
View ArticleBrazil: Tribe defy miners –“Our life depends on the life of the earth and the...
The Waiãpi have organized protests against projects on their land© SurvivalThe Waiãpi tribe in Brazil have defied a hostile government to defend their land rights. The tribe has circulated a powerful...
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