Judge Halts Rail Project Close to Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe
A judge has ordered Brazil’s largest mining company to suspend plans to double a controversial railway track, which would have... Read Article
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Peru’s Environmental Ambassador Mick Jagger drawn into ‘illegal gas grab’ row in Amazon
Rock legend Mick Jagger has been drawn into a bitter row over an ‘illegal gas grab’ in the Peruvian Amazon.... Read Article
Illegal Logging Site Seized Just Days After Photos of Uncontacted Indians Released
Peru has raided an illegal logging site in the Manú National Park, just days after the world caught its first... Read Article
Amazon mega-dam suspended over fears for fishing
A judge in Brazil has ordered that the construction of the Belo Monte mega-dam in the Amazon be suspended, warning... Read Article
Guarani Indian from Brazil killed by rancher’s gun
A Guarani man in his 20s has died of his wounds following a violent attack, allegedly by gunmen employed by... Read Article
Indians from Guarani Tribe demand Shell leave their land
Indians of the Guarani tribe in Brazil have demanded that energy giant Shell stop using their ancestral land for ethanol... Read Article
Anti-extinction campaign launched to protect 35 Colombian tribes
The UN has launched a campaign to protect 35 indigenous tribes from extinction in Colombia. The campaign responds to a... Read Article
Indigenous Brazilian Celebrates Her 121st Birthday!
Maria Lucimar Pereira of the Kaxinawá tribe is thought to be the oldest person in the world. Survival International has... Read Article
UN fails Paraguay’s Ayoreo Indians
The UN’s flagship business initiative is being used as a tool to mask human rights abuses, according to Ayoreo Indians... Read Article
Peru to abolish indigenous tribe’s reserve in shock move
The survival of the uncontacted tribe whose images caused a worldwide sensation in February is in jeopardy, after Peruvian government... Read Article
Death threat from Shell supplier on Guarani land
A Brazilian rancher supplying sugarcane to a joint venture partner of energy giant Shell has reportedly issued a death threat... Read Article
Two major corporations pull out of controversial Amazon projects
Two weeks ago Santander Bank pulled out of the controversial Santo Antonio dam project, citing environmental and social concerns. Now,... Read Article