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Survival International–WWF talks break down over tribal consent

The landmark mediation talks between Survival and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) over breaches of OECD guidelines for multinational corporations have broken down over the issue of tribal peoples’ consent. Survival had asked WWF to agree to secure the Baka “Pygmies’” consent for how the conser

The world protests as Amazon forests are opened to mining

Beatriz Garcia The Amazon, often described as the “lungs of the Earth”, is the largest rainforest in the world. Its extraordinary biodiversity and sheer scale has made it a globally significant resource in the fight against climate change.  But last week the Brazilian president Michel Temer rem

Forests , Human Rights / 06/28/2017
India: Tribal leader dies in police custody – as tribe denounce harassment campaign

A leader of a tribe in India, which made headlines around the world when it won a David and Goliath battle against a British mining corporation, has died in police custody – following a violent police campaign of harassment and intimidation against activists. Bari Pidikaka of the Dongria Kondh tri

Aquaculture is main driver of mangrove losses

Dyna Rochmyaningsih Expanding aquaculture in South-East Asia over the last two decades has been the main driver of mangrove loss in the world, says a study published in PLOS One this month (June). The study, conducted by a team of scientists at Global Mangrove Watch (GMW), mapped the distribution

Canadian oil company pulls out of uncontacted tribes land in Peru

A Canadian oil company is withdrawing from the territory of several uncontacted tribes in the Amazon where it had been intending to explore for oil. The company, Pacific E&P, had previously been awarded the right to explore for oil in a large area of the Amazon Uncontacted Frontier, an area o

Watch: Seed vault holds key to human survival

Among the most important buildings in the world, the Seed Vault holds the key to human survival: more than 880,000 seed samples, the largest collection in the world. Follow world-renowned scientist Cary Fowler into the heart of the Arctic, where the Svalbard Global Seed Vault lies nestled in the fro

OECD investigates WWF for funding human right abuses

In an unprecedented move, a member of the OECD has agreed to investigate a complaint that the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has funded human rights abuses in Cameroon, beginning a process which until now has only been used for multinational businesses. Survival submitted the complaint in Feb

Environment , Forests , Human Rights / 12/23/2016
Peru: Last female speaker of indigenous Amazonian language murdered

The last female speaker of the Resígaro language has been murdered in Peru. Her body was found decapitated at her home in the Amazon rainforest. Rosa Andrade, 67, lived with the Ocaina tribe. Her father was Ocaina and her mother Resígaro. The Ocaina and Resígaro tribes were victims of the rubber

Environmental crime threatening peace and security: INTERPOL & UNEP

The vast majority of deforestation and illegal logging takes place in the tropical forests of the Amazon, Central Africa and Southeast Asia. The extent of illegal logging estimate accounts for 50–90 per cent of the volume of forestry in key producer tropical countries and 15–30 per cent of globa

Incredible new photos of uncontacted Amazon tribe – that could be wiped out

Brazilian government agents are charged with protecting the Yanomami territory. But they are currently facing severe budget cuts amid politicians’ plans to drastically weaken indigenous land protection and rights. Extraordinary new aerial photos show a contemporary uncontacted tribal community est

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