Davi Kopenawa, shaman and internationally renowned spokesman for the Yanomami tribe in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, has demanded urgent police protection following a series of death threats by armed thugs reportedly hired by goldminers operating illegally on Yanomami land. [Read more…] about Davi Kopenawa receives death threats
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Uncontacted Indians under Pressure
Brazilian officials have warned that uncontacted Indians face imminent “tragedy” and “death” after a dramatic increase in the number of sightings in the Amazon rainforest near the Peru border. [Read more…] about Uncontacted Indians under Pressure
Amazon Indians Territory under threat
Survival International warned today that the uncontacted Amazon Indians recently photographed from the air have been abandoned to their fate after drug smugglers and illegal loggers overran a government post that had been monitoring the Indians’ territory. [Read more…] about Amazon Indians Territory under threat
Davi Kopenawa to visit USA
Davi Kopenawa, an Amazonian shaman and spokesman for Brazil’s Yanomami tribe will make a rare visit to California (USA) in April 2014, to talk about the urgent need to safeguard the world’s rainforests for future generations, and his connection with the spirit world. [Read more…] about Davi Kopenawa to visit USA
Awa finally protected
After months of campaigning by Survival International, Brazil’s government has launched a major ground operation to evict illegal invaders from the land of the Awá, Earth’s most threatened tribe . [Read more…] about Awa finally protected