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Survival International Statement On Yanomami Health Emergency: A Genocide Foretold
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 5:46 am | Survival International
Organization calls for six-point plan to address crisis “The unprecedented and catastrophic health crisis engulfing the Yanomami people in northern Brazil is a genocide that’s been years in the making” said the head of Survival Brasil Sarah ... More >>
COP15 Deal “Has Failed Biodiversity And Could Still Fail Indigenous Peoples” – Survival Statement
Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 6:01 am | Survival International
In a statement issued today, Survival International said the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) agreed at COP15 has “failed biodiversity, and could still fail Indigenous peoples if, as we’ve seen before, promises to respect the rights of ... More >>
Leading NGOs Warn 30x30 Plan Will ‘Devastate Indigenous Lives” In Run-up To COP15
Friday, 2 December 2022, 5:52 am | Survival International
Leading NGOs including Survival International and Amnesty International have released a joint statement in the run-up to December’s COP15 on biodiversity, denouncing the planned target of protecting 30% of Earth by 2030 (“30x30”). In the statement ... More >>
Survival International Launches New Guide To Decolonize Language In Conservation
Friday, 14 October 2022, 5:53 am | Survival International
A unique guide that challenges much of the “neutral” and “scientific” language commonly used when writing about conservation and climate change has been launched today by Survival International. The “Guide to Decolonize Language in Conservation” ... More >>
Indigenous Amazon Guardian Killed In Brazil – The Sixth In Recent Years
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 6:38 am | Survival International
A member of an Indigenous group that patrols its rainforest territory to evict illegal loggers has been shot dead – the sixth member of the group to be killed in recent years. Janildo Guajajara was shot on Saturday in a logging town near the Arariboia ... More >>
Anoushka Shankar Launches New Film To Highlight Indigenous Resistance To Coal Mining In India
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 5:03 pm | Survival International
Award-winning musician Anoushka Shankar has narrated a new campaigning film highlighting Indigenous opposition to coal mining in the Hasdeo Forest , India. Shankar, a seven-time Grammy nominee and multi-award winner, is lending her voice to the growing Adivasi ... More >>
Kenya: Indigenous Sengwer Say Western Conservation Funding Will Lead To “Genocide”
Friday, 1 July 2022, 6:02 am | Survival International
In a letter released today by Survival International, the Sengwer people from Kenya appeal to the Western public “to stop funding conservation projects that are stealing our land and destroying our life… If you want to do conservation, the first thing ... More >>
US Congress Takes Crucial Step To Stop Funding Conservation Abuses
Saturday, 18 June 2022, 6:01 am | Survival International
A landmark bill to stop US government funds financing human rights abuses in the name of conservation has cleared its first major hurdle, after the House Committee on Natural Resources approved it on Wednesday. At present much of the US$78-91 billion ... More >>
Tanzania: Thousands Of Maasai Flee Into The Bush After Dozens Shot & Detained Following Evictions
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 6:46 am | Survival International
Tanzania: Thousands of Maasai flee into the bush after dozens shot and detained following evictions for trophy hunting and conservation Thousands of Maasai people have fled their homes and escaped into the bush following a brutal police crackdown ... More >>
India: Tiger Reserve “voluntary Relocations” Were Really Forced Evictions, Report Finds
Friday, 27 May 2022, 6:29 pm | Survival International
Honey-gathering tribe protests for right to return to Nagarhole Tiger Reserve Tribal people living in the famed Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, who authorities say relocated voluntarily from the reserve, were in reality forcibly evicted, a fact-finding investigation ... More >>
Global Protests Mark Int’l Day Of Action To #SaveHasdeo
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 5:50 am | Survival International
An international day of protest is planned this Wednesday May 11 against plans by the Indian authorities to mine tribal forests for coal. Adivasi (Indigenous) people in the unique Hasdeo Forest in Chhattisgarh have been passionately resisting the ... More >>
World-famous Gorilla Park The Scene Of Horrific Atrocities: New Report
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 6:00 am | Survival International
A national park famed for its gorilla-spotting treks has been the scene of appalling atrocities including gang rape, torture and murder, according to a devastating new report from Minority Rights Group International . Guards patrolling the Kahuzi-Biega ... More >>
South American Indigenous Groups Unite To Demand Urgent Protection For Uncontacted Tribe
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 7:07 am | Survival International
- Organizations representing hundreds of thousands of Indigenous people in South America make public appeal for action - Fate of unique uncontacted tribe now at a “tipping point” between survival and extermination - Paraguay’s government ... More >>
Previously-unknown Uncontacted Amazon Tribe On The Brink Of Extermination
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 7:51 pm | Survival International
An uncontacted Amazon tribe whose existence has only just been confirmed is already at imminent risk of being wiped out, while the Brazilian authorities turn a blind eye. The tribe’s presence was recently verified by an official expedition, but ... More >>
Protest At London’s Science Museum As Indigenous Peoples Slam Adani Sponsorship Deal
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 6:55 am | Survival International
January 26, 2022, Science Museum, Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, LONDON SW7 2DD Protestors will gather outside the Science Museum in London on Wednesday to call for an end to the museum’s sponsorship deal with Adani , a huge conglomerate operating ... More >>
BRAZIL: New Images Show Beef Production Destroying Uncontacted Tribes' Lands
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 7:07 am | Survival International
New overflight photos have revealed that the land of one of the world’s most vulnerable uncontacted tribes is being illegally invaded and destroyed for beef production. The land invasion now underway is in flagrant violation of a 6-month Land Protection ... More >>
New Report Reveals Widespread Human Rights Abuses Behind Wildlife Conservancies In Kenya
Friday, 19 November 2021, 6:55 am | Survival International
Wildlife “conservancies” in Kenya whose visitors include Britain’s Royals are implicated in the eviction, torture and murder of local Indigenous people, according to a devastating new report by the US-based Oakland Institute . Survival has been ... More >>
Indigenous Leaders From India Denounce Modi Over Coal Hypocrisy
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 7:38 am | Survival International
Representatives of India’s Adivasi (Indigenous) people have denounced PM Narendra Modi for proclaiming his green credentials at COP, whilst simultaneously planning a massive expansion of coal mining on their lands . The lands and livelihoods of ... More >>
Survival Statement In Response To Today’s Pledge At COP26 By More Than 40 Countries To “Quit Coal"
Friday, 5 November 2021, 6:42 am | Survival International
November 4, 2021 Below is a statement from Survival International in response to today’s pledge at COP26 by more than 40 countries to “quit coal:" "Today’s pledge to “quit coal” will sound like a sick joke to the 20,000 Adivasi (Indigenous) ... More >>
WWF Accused Of Deceit, Cover-ups And Dishonesty In US Congressional Committee Hearing
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 6:32 am | Survival International
- Committee chair “frustrated, exasperated, incredulous at WWF’s failure to take responsibility” for human rights abuses - Independent expert underlines “continued impacts of colonialism in conservation” - He accuses WWF of “shocking deception” ... More >>
