COP 23: Survival calls for stronger tribal voice at global climate conference
The Guajajara Guardians are a group of Brazilian Indians who protect their forest in the Amazon, and the uncontacted people who live in it.© SurvivalSurvival International is calling for greater...
View ArticleUganda: Batwa “Pygmy” imprisoned for hunting now released
Kafukuzi Valence in his cell in Kisoro, Uganda, in February 2017© Alex Ahimbisibwe/Batwa Development OrganisationA Batwa “Pygmy” man has been released from prison, after spending over seven months...
View ArticleSurvival launches global boycott of India's tiger reserves
Baiga woman evicted from Kanha. The Baiga have struggled to find land since their eviction and now face poverty and misery.© SurvivalSurvival International has launched a worldwide tourist boycott of...
View ArticleSuffering of Jumma tribes continues 20 years after peace accord
Jumma villagers flee from an attack, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh© AnonymousOn the 20th anniversary of the peace accord between the Jumma tribal peoples and the Bangladesh government, campaigners...
View ArticleGillian Anderson, Dominic West, Julian Lennon and Sir Mark Rylance join...
This Jenu Keruba man was shot by forest guards. Tribes like the Jenu Keruba face routine harassment, and illegal eviction from their ancestral home.© SurvivalA host of famous faces have joined Survival...
View ArticleBrazil: the Guarani and a decade of broken promises
The Guarani continue fighting for their land rights despite continuous attacks.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalTen years ago the Brazilian government signed a landmark agreement with the Guarani tribe, which...
View ArticleIndia: Tiger authority denounced by government experts for violating tribal...
This Baiga woman was evicted from Kanha tiger reserve.© SurvivalIndia’s National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is coming under increasing pressure over its illegal order banning the recognition...
View ArticleConservation giants implicated in public health crises among "Pygmies"
A recent epidemic in the Republic of Congo is said to have been aggravated by the loss of indigenous peoples' resources due to conservation and logging projects.© C. Fornellino Romero/SurvivalA...
View ArticleKenya: Indigenous person killed in the name of conservation
The Sengwer tribespeople are being violently evicted from their land© Yator KiptumA man from the Sengwer tribe was killed yesterday by guards working for the Kenya Forestry Service (KFS). Another man...
View ArticlePeru passes law approving Amazonian “death roads”
Tomas was contacted between 2001 to 2003 and now lives in the Amazon region where one of the deadliest roads has been proposed.© David Hill/SurvivalPeru has approved a law that could devastate several...
View ArticleSoldiers rape and assault Marma girls in Chittagong Hill Tracts
The Marma, like other tribes of the CHT, have faced years of violence, land-grabbing and intimidation. © Mark McEvoy/SurvivalTwo sisters from the Marma indigenous tribe of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in...
View ArticleCongo Republic: Baka “Pygmies” beaten up and arrested
The Baka are better at looking after their environment than anyone else.© Selcen Kucukustel/AtlasFour Baka – two women and two men – were beaten up by eco-guards in the Republic of Congo last week. The...
View Article“350% rise in Karnataka forest fires was preventable” say local tribespeople
Soliga have an extraordinary knowledge of every tree, leaf, mineral and animal that exists in the land they call home. They have been managing their environment successfully and sustainably for...
View ArticleIndia: Tribes threatened by conservation plan historic protest
Baiga women threatened with illegal eviction, Achanakmar Tiger Reserve. The villagers are determined to stay and say they don’t want to leave their forest home. © SurvivalHundreds of Baiga people from...
View ArticleUncontacted tribes’ rights recognized in Peru's historic land pledge
The Mashco Piro have been increasingly entering into contact with outsiders. The new reserves are intended to ensure uncontacted groups’ lands remain undisturbed.© Jean-Paul Van BellePeru is to create...
View ArticleStreets stained with “blood” as protest sweeps Brazil’s capital
By staining the streets red, the protestors are showing how much blood has been shed in the fight for the protection of indigenous lands© Marcelo Camargo/Agência BrasilThousands of indigenous people...
View Article“Guardians of the Amazon” seize illegal loggers to protect uncontacted tribe
Guardians of the Amazon from the Guajajara tribe: “We patrol, we find the loggers, we destroy their equipment and we send them away. We’ve stopped many loggers. It’s working.”© Guardians of the...
View ArticleDeadly measles epidemic hits isolated Yanomami tribe
The Yanomami are the largest relatively isolated indigenous people in the Amazon.© Fiona Watson/SurvivalA measles epidemic has hit an isolated Amazon tribe on the Brazil-Venezuela border which has very...
View ArticleTwelve Indians shot dead by armed men
Twelve members of the Awa tribe were shot dead yesterday, 26 August, by a group of unidentified armed men. ‘According to the information we have received, men dressed in military clothing, but wearing...
View ArticleGovernment discovers evidence of an uncontacted tribe
Peru’s Indigenous Affairs Department, INDEPA, has discovered evidence of an uncontacted tribe in the remote Peruvian Amazon. The evidence, including thirty-eight abandoned fishing huts, fires, and food...
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