Survival International

November 25, 2013

Fracking licenses granted in Botswana Bushmen’s reserve

A leaked map shows large parts of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve – home to the Bushmen – have been opened up to international companies for fracking.
November 20, 2013

Tribal children driven to suicide and solvent abuse

A new photo gallery from Survival International highlights appallingly high levels of suicide and social breakdown amongst tribal children whose lands have been taken.
November 14, 2013

Report exposes threat to dam ‘Lost World’

Plans for hydro-electric dam on the land of two unique tribes in Guyana would lead to the destruction of a unique people and vast tracts of rainforest.
October 29, 2013

Ayoreo tubercolosis epidemic claims latest victim

An Ayoreo-Totobiegosode man forced out of his Paraguay forest home in the name of ‘progress’, has died from a lung disease, says Survival International.
October 17, 2013

Travel companies join Botswana boycott

Only weeks after Survival International called for a boycott of Botswana tourism, two travel companies have suspended their tours to the country.
October 15, 2013

Arrests over attenpt to manipulate members of Jarawa tribe

Attempts by poachers to manipulate members of the Jarawa tribe in India’s Andaman Islands have backfired following swift action by the authorities.
October 9, 2013

Suicide 'epidemic' ravages Guarani, says Survival International

Ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, Survival International has revealed shocking new suicide figures afflicting the Guarani tribe in Brazil.
October 3, 2013

London protest joins demand to end Brazil’s assault on indigenous rights

Survival International has protested at Brazil's London embassy in support of indigenous demonstratorsl protesting at attacks on their land rights in Brazil.
September 26, 2013

Tourists urged to boycott Botswana over treatment of Bushmen

Survival is launching a boycott of Botswana tourism on World Tourism Day (27 September) over the country's attempts to force the Bushmen off their ancestral land.
September 25, 2013

Survival International Director attacks Commonwealth record on tribal rights

In a speech to representatives of the Commonwealth this week, the director of Survival International will criticise the Commonwealth's record on the rights of tribal people.