News about Survival International
2010-02-26 Gold miners invade Yanomami territory. Survival International Press Release.
Due to the rising gold prices, gold-miners are again threatening the Yanomami indians in Brazil. The last invasion caused the death of about twenty percent of the Yanomami, Survival International reports.
2009-12 40 years of succesful campaigning. Survival International Press Release.
On the occasion of Survival's 40th anniversary, the organisation highlights the advances in tribal peoples' rights since its foundation.
2009-11-23 Climate mitigation measures threaten tribes. Sidewaysnews.
Survival International just released an report detailing how climate mitigation measures threaten indigenous people.
"Hiding behind the global push to prevent climate change, governments and companies are mounting a massive land grab", Stephen Corry says. "As usual, where money and vast profits are at stake, the worlds indigenous people are being shamefully swept aside.
2009-11-04 Amazon Indian tribe hit by Swine-flu. Reuters AltertNet.
Lacking resistance to introduced diseases, the Yanomami in the Amazon jungle have been hit by the H1N1-virus.
Survival International's director Stephen Corry called on the Venezuelan and Brazilian governments to act immediately to halt the epidemic. "If they do not, we could once more see hundreds of Yanomami dying of treatable diseases", he warned.
2009-03-20 Campaigners cheer Amazon victory. AFP.
Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that an Indian reservation should not be broken up after rice farmers wanted the reserves boundaries changed.
2008-11-14 Legal battle over forest is victory for Paraguayan Indians. CNN.
A Brazilian company bulldozing the forests of uncontacted Indians in Paraguay to clear land for cattle ranches has had its licence to work in the area withdrawn.
2008-05-30 Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil. BBC, UK.
One of the world's few remaining indigenous communities without contact to the outside world has recently been photographed on a flight over the border region between Brazil and Peru.
Stephen Corry, director of Survival International, warned such tribes would "soon be made extinct" if their land was not protected.
2007-09-13 Indigenous rights outlined by UN. BBC News, UK.
After 22 years of debate and negotiation, the UN General Assembly finally approves the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
