New photos obtained by Survival International show uncontacted Indians in never-seen-before detail. The Indians are living in Brazil, near the Peruvian border, and are featured in the ‘Jungles’ episode of BBC1’s ‘Human Planet’ (Thurs 3 Feb, 8pm). The pictures were taken by Brazil’s Indian Affairs Department, which has authorized Survival to use them as part […]

January 28, 2011 Survival International has launched in the United States a biting critique of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of ‘development’. The critique is presented in a cartoon book called ‘There you go!’ that can be read in two minutes. Tribal peoples around the world, from the Penan in Sarawak […]

January 27, 2011 – Botswana government guilty of ‘degrading treatment’ – Case described as ‘a harrowing story of human suffering and despair’ In a momentous decision, Botswana’s Court of Appeal today quashed a ruling that denied the Kalahari Bushmen access to water on their ancestral lands. With support from Survival International, the Bushmen appealed a […]

January 26, 2011 The high profile Bushman activist Jumanda Gakelebone was arrested and held overnight while travelling through his homeland in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve over the weekend. The arrest left the Bushman’s lawyer, who was in the reserve to consult his clients over a case currently before Botswana’s appeal court, stranded in the […]

January 24, 2011 One year after the death of the last member of the Bo tribe of the Andaman Islands (January 26), Survival International has warned that the neighbouring Jarawa tribe is also in danger. Boa Sr, the last of the Bo, died last January aged around 85. The Jarawa tribe number 365 people, and […]

January 22, 2011 Visitors to the international tourism fair in Madrid were today met by Survival protestors calling for a boycott of tourism to Botswana. 
 The protestors, angry at the Botswana government’s treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen, stood beside the Botswana Tourism Organization’s stand inside the fair, holding placards that read, ‘boycott Botswana tourism’ […]