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Survival Director condemns rise of 'green militarism' in conservation

Kinessa Johnson is one of the former soldiers in VETPAW, an organization which sends veterans to Africa to 'defund' terrorism. © SurvivalSurvival’s Director Stephen Corry has exposed the hypocrisy in...

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UN appeals for Guarani in Brazil as gunmen 'prepare to attack'

Thousands of Guarani Indians holding on to tiny patches of their ancestral land are living in fear of being forcibly evicted.© Survival International 2015The United Nations has appealed to the...

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Conservation's links to eugenics exposed on Park Service anniversary

Awahneechee Indians were tolerated inside Yosemite for a few decades but had to pretend to be Plains Indians for tourists in Yosemite, 1916-29.© SurvivalOn the 99th anniversary of the U.S. National...

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Attempt at triple world record: Oldest, youngest & fastest water-ski the...

Robin Hanbury-Tenison will attempt to break a world record by becoming the oldest person to water-ski the English Channel at age 79.© Survival InternationalExplorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison will attempt...

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Peru: Land at last for families of murdered Ashéninka Indians

Ashéninka leader Edwin Chota was murdered on 1 September 2014 by suspected illegal loggers.© Scott WallaceAshéninka Indians in Peru have obtained title of their ancestral land on the anniversary of the...

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Brazil: Guarani man assassinated by gunmen as tensions rise

Guarani man Semião Vilhalva was murdered by ranchers' gunmen after his community reoccupied parts of their ancestral land. © Local mediaA Guarani Indian leader has been shot dead in west-central...

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Exposed: Forced evictions in Ethiopia – what the UK government tried to cover up

The UK government has tried to suppress evidence of gross human rights violations in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley, such as the forced resettlement of the Bodi and other tribes. © Nicola Bailey/...

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Celebrities call for a new conservation that respects tribal peoples' rights

Actor Gillian Anderson and other world-renowned celebrities have joined a call for a new conservation that respects tribal peoples' rights.© SurvivalIn a letter published today in the UK’s “i”...

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Wave of attacks hits Brazil’s Guarani tribe

Young Guarani leader Semião Vilhalva was shot dead one week after his community reoccupied part of their ancestral land.© Local mediaGunmen have launched a wave of attacks against Guarani Indians in...

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Brazilian Indians kidnapped by ranchers

The community of Guarani leader Lide has been brutally attacked by ranchers' gunmen. © Survival International, 2015Members of one of Brazil’s most persecuted tribes have been kidnapped by the ranchers...

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Indigenous organizations reject calls to forcibly contact uncontacted tribes

Jakarewyj, one of the most recently contacted Indians, fell critically ill shortly after first contact in December 2014, despite medical teams nearby. © Survival International 2015Indigenous...

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Poaching-terrorism link that contributed to tribes' persecution 'largely wrong'

Baka 'Pygmies' and their neighbors in southeast Cameroon have suffered under the militarization of anti-poaching squads. © Selcen Kucukustel/AtlasA new report has debunked the argument that the illegal...

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Girl jumps off El Capitan, but you'll never guess why

Tesia Bobrycki jumped off Yosemite's El Capitan in to stop crimes committed in the name of conservation. © Edwin Bobrycki/ Survival 2015Ahead of Yosemite National Park’s 125th anniversary on Thursday,...

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Experts meet to 'prevent humanitarian catastrophe' in Ethiopia and Kenya

500,000 tribal people in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley and around Kenya's Lake Turkana face a 'humanitarian catastrophe.'© Nicola Bailey/ Survival, 2015Survival International, the global movement for...

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Actor Mark Rylance fronts battle to save the last of the Kawahiva Indians

The last of the Kawahiva are forced to live on the run from armed loggers and powerful ranchers (image taken during a chance encounter with Brazilian government agents). © FUNAIAhead of Columbus Day on...

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Survival announces winners of annual photographic competition

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...

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Survival International's Christmas shop now open

Festive Gift by Quentin Blake.© Quentin Blake/ SurvivalSurvival International is delighted to announce that its annual Christmas Shop is now open at www.survivalinternational.org/shop.Survival’s new...

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'State of emergency' for Paraguay’s tribal peoples

Parojnai Picanerai, an Ayoreo-Totobiegosode man, died from tuberculosis in 2008. Many other Ayoreo have died from preventable diseases contracted following first contact. © SurvivalIndigenous peoples...

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Yanomami tribe raises alarm as uncontacted Indians “disappear”

Aerial photos of an uncontacted Yanomami village were released in 2011. Recent overflights have found the communal house empty.© Hutukara/Survival 2011Yanomami Indians in the Brazilian Amazon have...

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Colombian Indians protest against “illegal” imprisonment of leader

Feliciano Valencia, A Nasa Indian from Cauca, has been at the forefront of the indigenous rights movement in Colombia. © SurvivalA prominent Colombian indigenous leader has been jailed for sixteen...

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