Philip Jacobson, an award-winning editor for the environmental science news outlet Mongabay, has been arrested for an alleged visa violation in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Tuesday after being put under city arrest for a month. Jacobson, 30, was first detained on December 17, 2019 after attending a hearing between the Central Kalimantan parliament and the […]

Peru is the world’s leading producer of fish meal, but it’s unclear precisely how much of the substance it makes, given that a sizeable portion appears to be off the books. The industry is based on the anchoveta (Engraulis ringens), a silvery little member of the anchovy family that teems in massive schools in Peruvian […]

Madagascar has embarked on its most ambitious tree-planting drive yet, aiming to plant 60 million trees in the coming months. The island nation celebrates 60 years of independence this year, and the start of the planting campaign on Jan. 19 marked one year since the inauguration of President Andry Rajoelina, who has promised to restore […]

Indigenous group entered Brazilian museum and retrieved sacred funeral urns that courts said were rightly theirs, but which dam construction firm and authorities kept from them.

Jenu Kuruba have lived with and nurtured the unique flora and fauna of Nagarhole Tiger Reserve. “For centuries we all have been living together as one: the forest, the animals and the tribes”. © Survival Two tribal communities famed for their honey-gathering skills have written to the US a...

The Chief Minister of Odisha and Priti Adani, wife of Adani's founder, at the opening of the new Adani- KISS school, Jan 2020. © 5dariyanews A controversial Indian mining company whose operations threaten lands, forests and sacred sites vital to thousands of tribal families has opened a res...

Aerial footage of an uncontacted indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon. 2019 © ORPIO New images of an uncontacted indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon have been released by ORPIO – The Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the East. The photographs show communal homes or ...

The camp of Asankudar, where over a hundred Khadia tribal people, who were thrown out of Similipal Tiger Reserve, were forced to live for months under plastic sheets. © Survival A new report by Survival International has revealed that the mass eviction of tribal people in India whose lands...