Five scientists writing in a peer-reviewed journal have called for the ‘outright protection’ of lands belonging to uncontacted tribes in Peru and other countries in the western Amazon.
Colombia’s last nomadic hunter-gatherer tribe, the Nukak, is in ‘imminent danger of physical and cultural extinction’, according to the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PTT), which investigates and tries human rights violations around the world.
A West Papuan man was shot and killed by Indonesian police on August 9, the UN Day for Indigenous Peoples.
Survival International has launched its 2008 Raffle in aid of the Penan and other threatened tribal peoples around the world.
India’s Supreme Court has today dealt a devastating blow to the Dongria Kondh tribe by giving British FTSE 100 company Vedanta permission to mine their sacred mountain.
To mark the UN Day for Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, Survival International today named its ‘unholy trinity’ – the three worst companies abusing tribal peoples’ rights.
The world’s most famous living artist, Damien Hirst, has designed a unique work ‘Beautiful Love Survival’, which will be sold to raise money for Survival in his forthcoming sale ‘Beautiful Inside My Head Forever’.
The desperate plight of uncontacted Indians in Peru, some of the last anywhere in South America, has been raised with the UN.