Peru expels British environmental activist
Peru’s government has announced plans to expel the British environmentalist Brother Paul McAuley from Peru. McAuley has spoken out in defence of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous rights in Peru for...
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Brutal attack on endangered tribe
A man from one of the world’s most endangered tribes has been attacked and seriously wounded trying to stop intruders hunting his tribe’s game. The police are treating the attack as attempted murder....
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Campaign victory saves Earth's most threatened tribe
The campaign to save Earth's most threatened tribe has triumphed as Brazil announced that all illegal invaders have been expelled from the Awá territory.© Survival International In an unprecedented...
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Columbus Day: genocide of America's tribes continues
Aché woman shortly after she was captured and brought out of the forest in 1972, Paraguay. In April, the Aché launched a landmark case over the genocide they suffered.© A. Kohmann/Survival To mark...
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Amazing new footage of last survivor of Amazon tribe
Extraordinary new footage of the last surviving member of an uncontacted tribe has been released by FUNAI, the governmental protection agency for tribal peoples in Brazil. The Last of his Tribe from...
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Congo 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...
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“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...
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India: 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...
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Uncontacted 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...
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Streets 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...
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“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...
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Indigenous Environmental Defender killed as logging mafia targets tribe
The Guardians of the Amazon recently destroyed a logging truck they discovered in their territory.© Guardians of the AmazonWarning: some people may find the details and image below disturbing A leader...
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Deadly 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...
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Groundbreaking photographer who fled Nazi persecution awarded top German honor
Claudia Andujar, photographer and activist, with Davi Kopenawa, a shaman and key spokesperson for the Yanomami, 2010.© © Fiona Watson/SurvivalA woman who fled Nazi persecution as a child and later...
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Is elephants slaughter story fake? Botswana slams report as “false and...
Militarized conservation has resulted in many local people being shot on sight around the world. In Kaziranga National Park in India, for example, dozens have been shot by ecoguards.© SurvivalA widely...
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BBC report of 87 elephant poaching deaths wrong, say leading conservation...
The scientists find no scientific basis for the dramatic assertion that 87 elephants have been poached in Botswana.© CC0 Creative CommonsThree leading conservation scientists in Botswana have released...
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Kenya: UN says Lake Turkana is endangered
Lake Turkana and the River Omo, a lifeline to many tribal peoples, are drying up due to mega dam© Nicola Bailey/ Survival, 2015UNESCO added Kenya’s Lake Turkana to its World Heritage Site Endangered...
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“Botswana elephant massacre” story now proven false
Survival International first cast doubt on the story two weeks ago.© Creative CommonsAn investigation by Botswana authorities has established conclusively that the widely circulated report of a...
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Survival’s 2019 calendar celebrates 50 years of fighting for tribal peoples
Mindima elders, New Guinea, 2008. One in every six languages on Earth comes from New Guinea. Tribal societies are a vital part of humankind's diversity© Brent Stirton / www.brentstirton.comSurvival...
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Mass arrests in Papua as UN meets
West Papuans arrested for peacefully supporting Vanuatu’s statement at the UN.© Voice West PapuanEighty nine indigenous Papuans were arrested last week, taking the total number of arbitrary arrests in...
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