Brazil. The second largest dam in the country won’t go ahead
The environmental license for one of the most extensive dams in Brazil has been denied. A valuable and sensitive area of the Amazon has been spared.
Stop Brazil’s Genocide, the campaign that sheds light on the dark side of Rio 2016
Stop Brazil’s Genocide is Survival’s campaign highlighting the contrast between the glitz of the Olympics and a dark underbelly: the host country’s continued violation of indigenous people’s rights.
Australia. 52,000 hectares of land returned to Larrakia Aboriginals
A battle that lasted almost 40 years. The Larrakia people of Austrialia’s Northern Territory have finally won their ancestral lands back.
Brazil, Guaraní tribe attacked by ranchers who want their land
Attacks on indigenous people by armed gunmen working for ranchers continue: a slow genocide, the result of the occupation of indigenous ancestral lands.
What Justin Trudeau is doing for Aboriginal Canadians
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has allocated an extraordinary budget aimed at improving the lives of Aboriginal Canadians. A cause for cautious optimism?
A journey to discover the world’s most colourful fabrics
Why are the fabrics of the south of the world so colourful and showy? Let’s discover together the colours and patterns used by indigenous peoples for realising fabrics.
Kawahiva indigenous tribe wins battle against illegal logging in Brazil
Brazil will demarcate Kawahiva territories in order to protect indigenous people’s right to land in Amazonia.
Central America, indigenous peoples are essential for conservation
A new map of the IUCN shows that indigenous peoples occupy 40 per cent of Central America’s protected areas and play an essential role in protecting biodiversity.
Edward Loure, Goldman Prize winner and defender of indigenous land rights in Tanzania
Edward Loure was awarded the prestigious environmental prize after a decade’s work, which helped secure 90,000 hectares of land for indigenous communities in Tanzania.
Mercury poisoning of indigenous people plagues the Amazon. Illegal mining is the cause
Not only does illegal mining ravish the environment, it leads to mercury poisoning of indigenous people. Survival International has brought the issue to the UN.