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Germany freezes WWF funding following human rights abuses
Friday, 26 July 2019, 8:28 am | Survival International
The German government has frozen funding to WWF following a series of investigations by Buzzfeed revealing that the charity funds, equips, and works directly with forces that have tortured, raped and killed people. More >>
WWF cover-up of rangers’ rapes, murder, revealed
Friday, 12 July 2019, 8:20 am | Survival International
- WWF-backed rangers gang-raped pregnant women, murdered one villager and tortured others in the Congo - WWF cut short an investigation into the atrocities, and tried to cover it up - The charity asked its partners to treat the findings in “a non-public ... More >>
WWF hit by THIRD major exposé of ranger abuses
Saturday, 1 June 2019, 1:11 pm | Survival International
A new investigation has uncovered further revelations of WWF-linked abuses of local people in the name of conservation. It’s the THIRD major exposé this year since Survival International drew attention to the organization’s funding of an illegal ... More >>
Survival responds to latest Buzzfeed - WWF Revelations
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 9:27 am | Survival International
Just one day after WWF announced an “investigation” into revelations that the guards it funds have tortured and killed people, Buzzfeed has revealed that WWF commissioned an investigation into similar reports four years ago – and then covered up the ... More >>
Bolsonaro "declares war" on Brazil's indigenous people
Saturday, 5 January 2019, 11:41 am | Survival International
Jair Bolsonaro has started his Presidency in the worst possible way for the indigenous peoples of Brazil. Taking responsibility for indigenous land demarcation away from FUNAI, the Indian affairs department, and giving it to the Agriculture Ministry is ... More >>
“Botswana elephant massacre” story now proven false
Saturday, 22 September 2018, 3:11 am | Survival International
An investigation by Botswana authorities has established conclusively that the widely circulated report of a “poaching massacre” of 87 elephants is false. More >>
India: Tribes Threatened by Conservation Plan Protest
Friday, 16 March 2018, 9:30 am | Survival International
Hundreds of Baiga people from the area that inspired Kipling’s The Jungle Book are rallying to oppose the authorities’ attempts to evict them from the forests that they have lived in and managed since time immemorial. More >>
Survival Launches Global Boycott of India's Tiger Reserves
Tuesday, 28 November 2017, 9:36 am | Survival International
Survival International has launched a worldwide tourist boycott of India’s tiger reserves until the rights of tribal peoples living within them are fully restored and respected. More >>
End in sight for India's notorious human safaris
Monday, 18 September 2017, 4:20 pm | Survival International
End in sight for India's notorious human safaris September 18, 2017 Notorious “human safaris” in India’s Andaman Islands may soon stop, after the authorities announced that a new sea route around the islands will soon open. More >>
Amazon Indians Plead for Global Assistance after “Massacre”
Thursday, 14 September 2017, 10:17 am | Survival International
September 13, 2017 - Brazilian Indians have appealed for global assistance to prevent further killings after the reported massacre of uncontacted tribespeople, and have denounced the government cuts that left their territories unprotected. More >>
Historic ruling set to decide future of Brazilian tribes
Saturday, 12 August 2017, 1:17 pm | Survival International
Brazil’s Supreme Court will next week deliver a historic judgement on tribal territories which could strike the greatest blow to indigenous land rights since the country’s military dictatorship. The judgement will be delivered on Wednesday 16th August. ... More >>
OECD opens investigation into WWF in world first
Friday, 6 January 2017, 3:17 pm | Survival International
In an unprecedented move, a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has agreed to investigate a complaint that the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has funded human rights abuses in Cameroon , beginning a process ... More >>
Brazil: Outrage as Indians’ homes bulldozed
Saturday, 9 July 2016, 8:13 pm | Survival International
A video showing a tribal community’s homes being bulldozed , condemning families to live by the side of a major highway, has caused outrage in Brazil. More >>
COP 21: Tribal people on front line on climate change
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 10:03 am | Survival International
The COP 21 summit to be held in Paris from the end of the month has so far declined to give a voice to the indigenous peoples most directly threatened by ecological catastrophe. This omission comes despite clear evidence that tribal peoples are the ... More >>
Survival announces winners of photographic competition
Friday, 9 October 2015, 9:56 am | Survival International
This beautiful image of the Bajau in Malaysia is the winning entry of Survival's annual photography competition, and features on the cover of Survival's 2016 calendar. © Soh Yew Kiat / Survival International More >>
Brazilian Indians kidnapped by ranchers
Saturday, 19 September 2015, 10:52 am | Survival International
Members of one of Brazil’s most persecuted tribes have been kidnapped by the ranchers who occupy their land, who have also attacked their community and forced women and children to flee. More >>
Celebrities call for a new conservation
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 8:59 am | Survival International
In a letter published today in the UK's "i" newspaper (part of The Independent), world-renowned celebrities have called for a new approach to conservation, one that respects tribal peoples’ rights. More >>
Conservation’s links to eugenics exposed
Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 8:03 am | Survival International
On the 99th anniversary of the U.S. National Park Service today, August 25, Survival International , the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, exposes the dark legacy of the U.S. conservation movement that led to the eviction of thousands of ... More >>
Communications technology gives remote tribes a voice
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 7:51 am | Survival International
Survival International , the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, has launched a unique project to bring the latest communications technology to some of the world’s most remote tribal communities. More >>
Peru to initiate dialogue with uncontacted tribe
Friday, 31 July 2015, 8:08 am | Survival International
The Peruvian government has announced plans to initiate dialogue with a group of uncontacted Mashco-Piro Indians who have been put at great risk by sporadic contact with outsiders. More >>
