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Peru's Amazon Indians have been protesting against the exploitation of their lands by oil and gas companies© David Dudenhoefer The Peruvian government’s unprecedented attempt to destroy Peru’s Amazon Indian movement has been condemned by indigenous leaders around the world. The...
Suzanne Dhaliwal
Suzanne Dhaliwal
what kinds of actions can people get involved in in the UK to target the companies and banks that are investing in these projects?

It is not just a matter of attacking the Peruvian government, we need a constructive response.
5 hours ago
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The Ayoreo's home is being rapidly destroyed for beef production.© Survival The only uncontacted tribe in South America outside the Amazon is having its forest rapidly and illegally bulldozed by ranchers who want their land to graze cattle for beef....
Fatima Recalde
Fatima Recalde
Yeah! Really a great idea Nelson!
Yesterday at 3:36pm
Syderman Pixie
Syderman Pixie
yes really good nelson, hope it works
10 hours ago
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The Yanomami are the largest relatively isolated tribe in the Amazon© 1980 Victor Englebert/Survival Seven Yanomami Indians in Venezuela have died from an outbreak of suspected swine flu in the last two weeks. Another 1,000 Yanomami are reported to have caught the virulent strain of flu....
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Oil palms planted on recently-deforested land, Sarawak© M Ross/ Survival – Penan tribe in Borneo welcomes ban An advert for Malaysian palm oil has been banned in the UK, dealing a major blow to the credibility of Malaysia’s palm oil industry. Mem...
Kit Homma
Kit Homma
the best!
Yesterday at 1:25am
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The Harakmbut are one of three tribes that depend on the reserve where Hunt is exploring for oil.© Dilwyn Jenkins/Survival Indigenous people have threatened to evict a US company, Hunt Oil, exploring for oil on their ancestral land in the Peruvian Amazon....
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Armed police attack indigenous protesters at Bagua, northern Peru.© Thomas Quirynen and Marijke Deleu The Peruvian government is planning to disband Peru’s national organisation representing indigenous people in the Amazon, known by its Spanish acronym AIDESEP. T...
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Kayapó dance at an anti-dam protest in 2006 © T Turner Kayapó Indians are to hold a protest against a huge hydro-electric dam planned for Brazil’s Xingu River, one of the Amazon’s main tributaries. The w...
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Tumá and Tupá (baby) Matis, Rio Itui, Vale do Javari, Brazil.© © Fiona Watson/Survival Brazil’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI, has announced it will embark on a two month expedition to search for uncontacted Indians in the Amazon rainforest. The ...
Celia Torres
Celia Torres
LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!! When will this end?
October 27 at 10:26am
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Floods engulf Guarani community of Laranjeira Nanderu camped on the roadside.© CIMI Senator Marina Silva has given a strong speech in the Brazilian congress following her recent visit to Mato Grosso do Sul state where she attended a large meeting of Guarani Indians....
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Ogiek, Kenya © Survival It has been confirmed that the Ogiek tribe will be evicted from their ancestral land in Kenya’s Mau Forest before the end of the year. T...
Tribal
Tribal
Post ur protest on the homepage KENYA, government page pls
October 23 at 11:13pm
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Gael García Bernal models John Rocha's 'Mask' t-shirt, exclusive to Survival© Survival Actor Gael Garcia Bernal models the new T-shirt designed by international designer John Rocha to mark the 40th anniversary of human rights organisation Survival International. ...
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We Are One, the book marking 40 years of Survival's work with tribal peoples.© Survival Unique collection of indigenous wisdom, stunning photos and writing from international authors, poets, journalists and others All photographs, articles and extracts have been donated in recognition of ...
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The UK government has attacked Vedanta's treatment of the Dongria Kondh.© Survival Government demands a ‘change in the company’s behaviour’. The UK government today blasted FTSE-100 company Vedanta Resources over its treatment of the Dongria Kondh tribe in Orissa, India. The d...
Alister Cyril Blanc
Alister Cyril Blanc
Keep up your great work, Survival International.
October 12 at 7:15pm
Tribal
Tribal
thanks survival! good news
October 15 at 3:53am
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Bulldozers being brought in for illegal deforestation in territory of uncontacted Ayoreo Indians.© GAT/Survival Bulldozers have been photographed entering an uncontacted tribe’s territory in one of the remotest corners of South America. T...
Celia Torres
Celia Torres
I remember the notice of Yaguareté Porá SA razing the Ayoreos land since some months ago... i thought that goverment stopped this, but obviously not!!
October 8 at 4:40pm
Christina Lopez
Christina Lopez
Why is it that people just take and take w/o any concern for their fellow humans? It's sickening, all for the love of money!
October 13 at 10:38am
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Ururu, the oldest member of the Akuntsu tribe, has died.© Marcelo dos Santos ‘The final stages of a genocide’ The Akuntsu tribe in the Brazilian Amazon has lost its oldest member, Ururú, leaving the tribe with only five surviving members. Urur...