When he was a teenager at the end of the 1980s, Evanildo Sena would come back from a day of fishing dragging 5 or 6 tons of fish with his canoe at a time — a task for which he needed the help of one or two buddies. But things have changed radically since those […]

Indigenous peoples and local communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change, according to firsthand accounts documented in a new study. The authors of the paper, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, say the data provide evidence that climate change impacts on Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) are tangible, widespread and affect […]

Clothing giants H&M and Zara have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in the Brazilian Cerrado, according to an investigation by Earthsight. Using satellite images, court rulings, shipment records and by attending undercover global trade shows, the U.K. NGO tracked nearly a million tons of tainted cotton going from companies in […]

Plans to relocate an Indigenous community from a tiny Caribbean island off Panama to the country’s mainland to escape rising seas have been delayed due to administrative issues, previous COVID-19-related complications, and poor budgeting. Residents say the government has failed to integrate traditional and local knowledge in the relocation and site development plans. President Laurentino […]

Guards and soldiers in Kahuzi-Biega National Park burn Batwa houses to drive them from the park – their ancestral land. © KBNP Survival has launched a new report to mark World Heritage Day highlighting UNESCO's complicity in the abuse of Indigenous people.

The last of the Kawahiva are forced to live on the run from armed loggers and powerful ranchers. Still from unique footage taken by government agents during a chance encounter. © FUNAI The uncontacted Kawahiva people's existence was confirmed 25 years ago, but their land remains unprotected.

Shompen band traversing a river on Great Nicobar Island. © Anthropological Survey of India Genocide scholars have warned that India's plans to turn an uncontacted tribe’s island into a mega-port will wipe them out.

This Baka woman was raped by an African Parks ranger. “African Parks are very bad people. Everybody who works with them is really bad to us. That man was cruel, he was inhumane.” © Survival A charity linked to Prince Harry has been funding rangers responsible for abuses against Indigenous peopl...