One year after Oscar winning actor Colin Firth launched Survival International’s campaign to save the Awá, Earth’s most threatened tribe, a large number of international celebrities have joined him and his wife Livia in backing the urgent campaign. [Read more…] about Celebrities back Awa tribe
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Disaster in Lower Omo Valley predicted
Three independent reports have warned that the controversial Gibe III dam, and land grabs for plantations, risk imminent ‘catastrophe’ in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley. [Read more…] about Disaster in Lower Omo Valley predicted
Desperate call to evict loggers
Earth’s most threatened tribe has sent an urgent appeal to Brazil’s government to evict invaders from their forest, as Brazil soccer fans lend their support for the tribe. [Read more…] about Desperate call to evict loggers
Gas exploration plans in Heritage site
A report leaked to British newspaper The Guardian has revealed secret plans by Argentine gas giant Pluspetrol to explore for natural gas in an area inhabited by uncontacted tribes in southeast Peru. [Read more…] about Gas exploration plans in Heritage site
Victory for human safari campaign
Survival International’s campaign to stop ‘human safaris’ in India’s Andaman Islands has gained an important victory, after the Supreme Court banned tourists from traveling along the road which cuts through a tribal reserve. [Read more…] about Victory for human safari campaign