Conservation refugees - Ogiek face eviction from their forest home
The Kenyan government has given Ogiek communities living in the Mau forest until mid-September to abandon their homes.
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Sign tribal peoples’ law and help save rainforests – call for action on UN Indigenous Peoples’ Day
As the UN Day of Indigenous Peoples approaches on Sunday, Survival is renewing its call for countries to sign up to the international law for tribal peoples.
Bushmen freed as government clampdown backfires
An attempt by the Botswana government to punish Bushmen for hunting to feed their families has backfired after a magistrate let them off with a caution, and ordered their release from prison.
Amnesty urges government to suspend laws and oil concessions
Amnesty International has published a damning statement following a visit to Peru in the wake of violent conflict in the Amazon that left more than 30 policemen and civilians dead.
Top 3 places not to go on holiday
As the holiday season enters full swing, Survival International today names three destinations holidaymakers should avoid.
Nukak 'face extinction', Indigenous leaders tell UN
Colombia’s national Indigenous organisation, ONIC, has warned the United Nations that the Nukak, the country’s last hunter-gatherers, are in danger of extinction.
Borneo tribe mounts new blockades against rainforest destruction
Dozens of Penan tribespeople armed with blowpipes and spears have erected blockades across the roads cut by logging companies deep into their forest in Borneo. The blockaders are calling for an end to logging on their land.
Six Kalahari Bushmen imprisoned for hunting
Six Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana have been arrested and jailed, charged with hunting inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.