Survival International

• Tribal people appeal to James Cameron February 8, 2010
  Survival's appeal to James Cameron appears today in Variety magazine.© Survival Survival has appealed to Avatar director James Cameron on behalf of an Indian tribe through an ad in the film industry magazine Variety (published today 8 February 2010). In the ad Survival asks Mr Cameron to help the Dongria Kondh tribe of Orissa, India, whose story is unca […]
• Church takes 'unprecedented' step to sell stake in Vedanta February 5, 2010
  Vedanta's planned mine in Orissa, India, has become hugely controversial.© Survival In a shock move, the Church of England decided today to disinvest from controversial miner Vedanta Resources on ethical grounds, dealing a devastating blow to the company’s credibility. The Church stated that ‘we are not satisfied that Vedanta has shown, or is likely in […]
• Uncontacted tribes’ land: ‘most biodiverse’ in South America and threatened by oil February 4, 2010
  Crossed spears left by an uncontacted tribe in Peru where Perenco and Repsol YPF are working.© Marek Wolodzko/Survival New research by scientists has found that a vast region of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon is the most biodiverse in South America. But this region, home to some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes, is gravely threatened by oil explora […]