In the Congo Basin, the Baka, Bayaka and dozens of other rainforest peoples are being illegally evicted from their ancestral homelands in the name of conservation. "Their health is plummeting as a result.":https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/11882The big conservation organizations that support these conservation projects, like the World Wild…

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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which is one of the world's oldest conservation organizations and is based at the Bronx Zoo, is complicit in the abuse of Bayaka "Pygmies" in the Republic of Congo.WCS helped create and now manages a national park on the Bayaka's ancestral homelands. Inside and outside the park, it funds and equips violent a…

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Some of the world's largest logging groups are destroying the Baka's ancestral forests in the Congo Basin.This Baka man lives near logging concessions run by the French giant Rougier, one of the World Wildlife Fund's main partners.Despite claiming it never partners with logging companies without the Baka's consent, it has done precisely that for ov…

Baka "Pygmies" are being illegally evicted from their ancestral homelands in the Cameroon and Congo.This man explains the importance of the forest to Baka life, and recounts how a young girl and elderly man died when their community was attacked by an anti-poaching squad funded by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).…

A Baka father talks about how an anti-poaching squad beat his young daughter, who was just 10 years old, in 2016. Djami's community are being illegally evicted from their ancestral homelands to make way for a national park, and face arrest and beatings, torture and death at the hands of these squads, which are supported by the Worldwide Fund for Na…

A Baka man, interviewed in 2015, reports abuse by Cameroonian wildlife guard Mpaé Désiré.Mpaé Désiré was arrested in 2016 on suspicion of involvement in the illegal wildlife trade.The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has funded wildlife guards in this region since at least 2000, despite frequent reports of abuse.…

*An elephant-hunting safari operation jointly owned by French billionaire Benjamin de Rothschild has been implicated in human rights abuses – including illegal evictions and torture – against local Baka “Pygmies” and their neighbors.**"Click here to find out more and take action.":http://www.survivalinternational.org/emails/baka-trophy-hunting*This…

Oscar-winning actor & Survival Ambassador Mark Rylance makes an urgent appeal for Survival International.By Survival International

Adalto Guarani asks people around the world to help stop plans which could destroy Brazilian Indians' lands and lives. "*Take action now!*":http://www.survivalinternational.org/emails/reject-pec215By Survival International

Pire'i Awá describes life for his people in the north-eastern Amazon rainforest, after Survival's global campaign pushed Brazil to evict thousands of loggers from one of their territories. The "Awá still need your help":http://www.survivalinternational.org/awa to ensure that *all* their land is free of loggers, and that they are kept out for good.…

In southeast Cameroon, Baka and their neighbors continue to be illegally evicted in the name of conservation, most recently for a game reserve set up last year with the support of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)In these latest video testimonies, Baka men and women reveal the violence they have suffered at the hands of anti-poaching militias ba…

In the Brazilian Amazon, a tiny group of uncontacted Indians teeters on the brink of extinction. Survival's global campaign is pushing Brazil's government to protect their land – the only way they can survive.This film, narrated by Mark Rylance, contains unique footage of the Kawahiva filmed by government agents in 2011, during a chance encounter w…

Find out why Tesia cares so much about stopping the conservation con, and what she did to launch the movement. For tribes, for nature, for all our humanity.By Survival International

Soon after first contact, Irahoa Awá recounts his life on the run in the forest.By Survival International

Tribal Voice is a project by Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights.Governments and multinationals are trying to silence tribal peoples. They brutalize and murder them, and they steal their lands. They call them backward and primitive – but they’re not.Tribal peoples are just like us. They, too, are concerned about t…

Tribal Voice is a project by Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights.Governments and multinationals are trying to silence tribal peoples. They brutalize and murder them, and they steal their lands. They call them backward and primitive – but they’re not.Tribal peoples are just like us. They, too, are concerned about t…

In this film, recorded in November 2014, Baka from Ndongo, a village where WWF has a regional base, call upon WWF to stop funding the anti-poaching squads that have persecuted them for years. Many Baka refer to both WWF and the anti-poaching squads it funds as “dobi-dobi” or 'dobi-dobiyu' (WWF). Here, they are referring to WWF itself.…

Kwegu tribespeople in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley report in 2015 that they are starving as a result of being forced from their land and of the irrigated plantations that are drying up the river on which they depend. These interviews were filmed in 2012, during the clearing of their land for a government sugar plantation.…

Powerful video testimonies of Bayaka “Pygmies” in the Republic of Congo highlight their intimate connection with their lands and the abuses they face at the hands of wildlife officers and forest guards – who are often funded by large conservation organizations like the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Wildlife Conservation Society. © Jin Lew…

Tribal Voice is a project by Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights.Governments and multinationals are trying to silence tribal peoples. They brutalize and murder them, and they steal their lands. They call them backward and primitive – but they’re not.Tribal peoples are just like us. They, too, are concerned about t…

Guarani Leader Eliseu Lopes describes his tribe's quest to return to their ancestral land.By Survival International

In southeast Cameroon, Baka and their neighbors are being illegally forced from their ancestral homelands in the name of "conservation." They are accused of "poaching" because they hunt their food.They face arrest and beatings, torture and death at the hand of anti-poaching squads supported by WWF. Many Baka (such as the woman speaking in this vide…

A talk by Yanomami leader Davi KopenawaBy Survival International

Amazonian shaman and leader Davi Kopenawa Yanomami on his tribe's life and land, shamanism and his new book.By Survival International

Moving first-hand accounts by the residents of Jholar village in Kanha tiger reserve, who have now been evicted (filmed in 2012)By Survival International

Raoni talks about threats to uncontacted tribes in Brazil and the impacts of the controversial Belo Monte damBy Survival International

Kayapó leader Megaron Txukaramae talks about the draft bills that threaten to weaken indigenous people’s control over their landBy Survival International

Film about Survival's successful campaign to protect the Awá's land made by the BBC.By Survival International

Brazil's government bows to the global campaign and expels all illegal loggers.By Survival International

Created by Oren Ginzburg and narrated by David Mitchell.By Survival International

Is it so strange that some people don't want to join the mainstream?By Survival International

Created by Oren Ginzburg and narrated by David Mitchell.By Survival International

Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa talks about his new book The Falling Sky."Read Survival director Stephen Corry’s review of Davi’s book.":http://assets.survivalinternational.org/documents/1158/the-falling-sky-long.pdfBy Survival International

Guarani leader Damiana is leading her community in a fight to return to their ancestral lands.By Survival International

The Matsés tribe are concerned about oil exploration in their territoryBy Survival International

Dongria Kondh leader's refusal to allow the mining of Niyamgiri.© KBK SAMACHAR, 2013By Survival International

An urgent message from the Awá tribeBy Survival International

Matsés woman Antonina Duni Goya Nesho talks about her son's futureBy Survival International

A man of the forestBy Survival International

The reunionBy Survival International

The sole survivorBy Survival International

Karapiru remembers the tragedy that befell his family.By Survival International

Karapiru approaches the outsiders.By Survival International

Karapiru hid from the outsiders.By Survival International

The artist and illustrator talks about his support for SurvivalBy Survival International

An urgent demand for help from earth's most threatened tribeBy Survival International

Dongria call on Vedanta to leave ahead of AGMBy Survival International