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Survival slams conservation for violating tribal rights
Friday, 6 February 2015, 1:43 pm | Survival International
Stephen Corry, Director of Survival International , the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, has slammed conservation for failing to achieve its stated objectives, partly because it routinely violates tribal peoples’ rights. More >>
Uncontacted Amazon Indians ‘surrounded by loggers’
Saturday, 24 January 2015, 12:16 pm | Survival International
Three isolated Awá Indians have made contact with a settled Awá community in Brazil’s north-eastern Amazon rainforest. More >>
Tribespeople illegally evicted from tiger reserve
Thursday, 15 January 2015, 10:02 am | Survival International
Tribal peoples like the Baiga are the best conservationists. But they face eviction from their ancestral homelands in the name of tiger conservation More >>
‘Before They Pass Away’ slammed as ‘patronizing’
Thursday, 8 January 2015, 7:50 am | Survival International
Renowned photographer Timothy Allen has joined tribal people around the world in condemning Jimmy Nelson’s work “Before They Pass Away”, which is due to open at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York in February 2015. More >>
Peru: Homes taken by uncontacted Indians, villages evacuated
Wednesday, 24 December 2014, 11:56 am | Survival International
An Amazon village in Peru will be evacuated by boat after it was taken over by a large group of uncontacted Indians. Up to 200 uncontacted Mashco-Piro Indians arrived in the community of Monte Salvado on Thursday. More >>
UN condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 12:50 pm | Survival International
The UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights has voiced concerns over Botswana's evictions of the Bushmen in the name of wildlife conservation. The United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on cultural rights has condemned Botswana’s treatment of Africa’s ... More >>
Bushman appeals to Prince William ahead of USA visit
Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 11:39 am | Survival International
Bushman leader Roy Sesana has appealed to Prince William to acknowledge that the Bushmen are hunters not poachers. More >>
Tribespeople call on WWF to stop funding abuse
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12:23 pm | Survival International
This Baka man from Ndongo village reported that he was severely beaten by anti-poaching squads on two occasions. His neighbors have appealed to WWF to stop funding such abuses. More >>
Illegal fishermen encroach on world’s most isolated tribe
Friday, 21 November 2014, 11:45 am | Survival International
Due to their isolation the Sentinelese of India's Andaman Islands are the most vulnerable society on the planet. They face increasing threats from illegal fishermen who are targeting their waters. More >>
Massive illegal forest clearance threatens uncontacted tribe
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 12:24 pm | Survival International
Brazilian rancher Marcelo Bastos Ferraz has rejected the Ayoreo's plea to stop destroying the forest inhabited by their uncontacted relatives . © OPIT More >>
Jimmy Nelson’s work attacked before opening in Brussels
Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 3:44 pm | Survival International
Photographer Jimmy Nelson's controversial work 'Before They Pass Away' has been attacked by tribal peoples around the world. More >>
India: Tiger Reserve Tribe Faces Eviction
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 4:25 pm | Survival International
Tribespeople living inside a tiger reserve in India are being “threatened” and “cheated” into leaving their ancestral land in the name of tiger “conservation” – even though there is no evidence that they harm the wildlife, and they desperately ... More >>
Cameroon: WWF Complicit in Tribal People’s Abuse
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 10:33 am | Survival International
Baka in southeast Cameroon face serious abuse at the hands of anti-poaching squads supported and funded by WWF More >>
Missionary Contacts Vulnerable Uncontacted Amazon Tribe
Wednesday, 10 September 2014, 1:34 pm | Survival International
Uncontacted Mashco-Piro have taken clothes and food from outsiders, putting them at extreme risk of contracting fatal diseases to which they have no immunity More >>
Botswana: Diamond Mine Opens on Bushman Land
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 3:31 pm | Survival International
In 2004, a Botswana Minister said there was no mining nor any plans for future mining anywhere inside the CKGR. In 2014 a $4.9bn diamond mine opens . More >>
Tourists’ Encounters with Uncontacted Indians in Peru
Friday, 29 August 2014, 3:56 pm | Survival International
Dozens of encounters between uncontacted Mashco-Piro Indians, tourists and settlers have been recorded in recent years . More >>
Botswana Bushmen to Sue Government Over Hunting Ban
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 1:18 pm | Survival International
Africa’s last hunting Bushmen have given formal notice of their intention to sue the Botswana government over its “unlawful and unconstitutional” attempts to starve them off their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. More >>
Peru Criticized for Failing Its Most Vulnerable Citizens
Friday, 15 August 2014, 12:49 pm | Survival International
Peru Criticized for Failing Its Most Vulnerable Citizens Several weeks after seven uncontacted Indians emerged near the Brazil-Peru border, more uncontacted Indians have made first contact with Brazilian government agents, reportedly fleeing attacks ... More >>
Brazil: Gunmen threaten to assassinate leading Amazon shaman
Friday, 1 August 2014, 1:39 pm | Survival International
Davi Kopenawa, shaman and internationally renowned spokesman for the Yanomami tribe in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, has demanded urgent police protection following a series of death threats by armed thugs reportedly hired by goldminers operating ... More >>
“Violent Attacks” Caused Uncontacted Indians to Emerge
Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 12:02 pm | Survival International
Highly vulnerable uncontacted Indians who recently emerged in the Brazil-Peru border region have said that they were fleeing violent attacks in Peru. More >>
