Julie Christie named ‘Survival ambassador’ 1 February 2008Multi-award-winning actress Julie Christie was today named as an ambassador for Survival International, the worldwide movement to support tribal peoples.
Government to apologise to Aborigines 31 January 2008Australia's new government has announced that its first act will be an apology for the historic treatment of the country's first inhabitants.
Honey-hunting Ogiek tribe caught up in violence 30 January 2008Leaders of the honey-hunting Ogiek tribe have reported that they are being targeted in the escalating post-election violence in Kenya.
Julie Christie and Survival launch Uncontacted Tribes campaign 25 January 2008Screen icon Julie Christie and Survival have launched a campaign to save uncontacted tribes from extinction, with a film featuring previously unseen footage of some of the world’s most remote and endangered peoples.
Survival calls for a new start in Aboriginal relations 24 January 2008To mark Australia Day on 26 January Survival International calls on Australia’s new government to lay the foundations for a fresh start in relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Uncontacted Indians saved 23 January 2008After an intensive Survival campaign, Brazil’s Indian affairs department, FUNAI, has announced that it is restricting all entry into the Rio Pardo territory, home to a tiny group of about 30 uncontacted Indians who are on the brink of extinction.
Mine ‘consultation’ process fatally flawed 22 January 2008Representatives from the consultancy firm Marsh Environmental Services today begin a whirlwind twelve-day consultation programme in and around the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), in Botswana.
British mining company to devastate sacred mountain 21 January 2008A British company, Vedanta Resources plc, looks likely to be given the go-ahead for a mine that will devastate the Dongria Kondh tribe’s sacred mountain.
Traffic triples on highway that threatens Jarawa tribe 21 January 2008The Andaman Trunk Road, which the Indian Supreme Court ruled must be closed six years ago because it threatens the Jarawa tribe, has seen a threefold increase in traffic since 2001.
Jumma king’s government appointment gives tribes fresh hope 17 January 2008Bangladesh’s caretaker government has given fresh hope to the Jumma tribal people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts by appointing a Jumma king to run the affairs of the area.
Tribunal upholds Indians’ land rights 16 January 2008A Brazilian federal tribunal has upheld the government’s recognition of the Apyterewa indigenous territory, home to the Parakaná Indians in the Amazonian state of Pará.
Penan receive death threats 9 January 2008A small community of Penan tribal people in Sarawak, Malaysia, report that an official from the company logging their forests has threatened them with death.
Election violence affects Ogiek 4 January 2008Survival has received reports that many Ogiek areas are effectively closed off due to the post election violence in Kenya. Police have barricaded roads leading to one area, so that people cannot leave the community.
Penan headman found dead, suspected murdered 4 January 2008Penan tribal headman Kelesau Naan of Sarawak, Malaysia, who went missing on 23 October, has been found dead. His relatives suspect he has been murdered due to his resistance to illegal logging on the Penan’s land.
