Covid–19 hits isolated tribe in the Andaman Islands, India
Boa Sr, the last speaker of one of the Great Andamanese languages. She died in January 2010.© Alok Das/SurvivalAt least five members of the Great Andamanese tribe in India’s Andaman Islands are...
View ArticleUN plan to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030 could displace hundreds...
These Khadia men were thrown off their land after it was turned into a tiger reserve. They lived for months under plastic sheets. Millions more face this fate if the 30% plan goes ahead.© Survival...
View ArticleBrazil: Indigenous leader warns Covid-19 could reach uncontacted tribe
Uncontacted Indians’ settlement, Javari Valley, Brazil, 2011.© Peetsa/FUNAI/CGIIRC ArchiveAn Amazonian indigenous leader in Brazil has issued an urgent warning that coronavirus could infect an...
View ArticleBrazil: Renowned expert killed by uncontacted Indians as their territory is...
Rieli Franciscato was coordinator of the FUNAI team protecting uncontacted Indians’ land in Rondonia, including the Uru Eu Wau Wau territory.© Rieli FranciscatoOne of Brazil’s most renowned...
View Article“Resilience and Pride”: Survival announces winners of 2021 calendar photo...
Cover of Survival’s Calendar 2021. Očeti Šakówiŋ, Standing Rock, USA, 2016 © Tomás Karmelo Amaya/Survival© Tomás Karmelo Amaya / Survival InternationalSurvival International, the global movement for...
View ArticleAtrocities prompt US authorities to halt funding to WWF, WCS in major blow to...
© Fiore Longo/SurvivalThe US government has halted more than $12 million of funding to WWF, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other conservation NGOs in a major blow to the conservation...
View ArticleRevealed: Uncontacted tribes’ territories burning as Amazon fires spread
Communal house of uncontacted Indians inside the Uru Eu Wau Wau territory, photographed in 2005.© Rogério Vargas Motta/IBAMAThe survival of several uncontacted tribes is now at risk after fires were...
View ArticleUnique event: indigenous voices heard for first time in EU debate on...
These Khadia men were thrown off their land after it was turned into a tiger reserve. They lived for months under plastic sheets. Millions more face this fate if the 30% plan goes ahead.© SurvivalFor...
View ArticleGovernment complicity and neglect fuels lethal coronavirus among Yanomami and...
Gold miners work illegally on Yanomami land, Brazil, 2003.© Colin Jones/SurvivalAn explosive new report released this week exposes a humanitarian crisis rapidly unfolding in Brazil’s largest indigenous...
View ArticleWWF releases report on its human rights abuses
WWF has been working in the Congo Basin for over 20 years – supporting squads who have committed violent abuse against tribal people.© WWFToday, WWF has released a report it commissioned on its human...
View ArticleUN plan to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030 could displace hundreds...
These Khadia men were thrown off their land after it was turned into a tiger reserve. They lived for months under plastic sheets. Millions more face this fate if the 30% plan goes ahead.© Survival...
View ArticleWWF releases report on its human rights abuses
WWF has been working in the Congo Basin for over 20 years – supporting squads who have committed violent abuse against tribal people.© WWFToday, WWF has released a report it commissioned on its human...
View ArticleTop missionary official in Brazil forced out for second time
Evangelical missionary Ricardo Lopes Dias has been forced from office as head of the Uncontacted Tribes Department – for the second time.© Ricardo Lopes DiasRicardo Lopes Dias, an evangelical...
View ArticleBrazil: 439,000 signature petition to be handed in to Congress for Yanomami...
Drawings of the Yanomami spirit beings known as xapiri were projected onto Brazil’s Congress buildings, in a historic first.© Adriano Machado/ISAUPDATE December 4: *The petition was handed over during...
View ArticleUncontacted tribe under threat after Senator’s secret plot to open up their...
Senator Zequinha Marinho is pushing for the Ituna Itata area of rainforest, known to be the territory of uncontacted people, to be stripped of its protection and opened up to land grabbers and...
View ArticleThreats to Peru’s uncontacted tribes prompt emergency appeal to...
The Watershed Mountains are home to a number of uncontacted peoples, and are just one of the areas still unprotected by the government.© Diego PerezAn indigenous organization in Peru has appealed to...
View ArticleBrazil: Indigenous people fight Covid and Bolsonaro
Covid-19 is now rampant among the Yanomami, adding to problems like malaria introduced by the thousands of goldminers operating illegally inside their territory.© Pieter Van Eecke/Clin d’Oeil...
View ArticleNEWS: Unique photo exhibition will highlight Yanomami’s plight
A Yanomami shaman. The spirit world is a fundamental part of Yanomami life. Every creature, rock, tree and mountain has a spirit.© Claudia Andujar/Survival“Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle” The...
View ArticleIndia: Prominent Indigenous activist violently arrested during International...
Hidme Markam, an Adivasi activist arrested for peacefully campaigning for her people’s rights.© SurvivalThe prominent Adivasi (Indigenous) activist, Hidme Markam, from the Koya tribe, was arrested on...
View ArticleHoney-collecting tribe launches indefinite protest for right to stay in tiger...
Shanti, from the Jenu Kuruba tribe, protests with her people outside the Nagarhole National Park, India.© SurvivalHundreds of Jenu Kuruba people have launched an indefinite protest in the Nagarhole...
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