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Kethe Gowda, one of the first Soliga in India’s BR Hills to receive both the land and community rights to the forests of a tiger reserve. These are the documents which grant his tribe the right to extract non-timber from the forests and to be responsible for its conservation.  They had faced being evicted from their land.©Kalyan Varma/Survival

Kethe Gowda, one of the first Soliga in India’s BR Hills to receive both the land and community rights to the forests of a tiger reserve. These are the documents which grant his tribe the right to extract non-timber from the forests and to be responsible for its conservation.  They had faced being evicted from their land.

©Kalyan Varma/Survival

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Anonymous asked: How closely are you following/covering the issue of the mining exploration and proposals for large mines in Bristol Bay region in Alaska which would affect the Yup'ik and Dena'ina?

We are aware of the Bristol Bay campaign, but are not directly involved. If you are interested in learning more about what’s going on, you can read about it here.

For a list of all of Survival’s campaigns, please visit the Campaigns section of our website.

Have any questions? Ask us anything and we’ll do our best to respond!

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Yanomami pound leaves for Tembó, Demini, Brazil. Today, the World Bank published a study that confirmed indigenous peoples are key to preserving the world’s forests. Read about it here.

Yanomami pound leaves for Tembó, Demini, Brazil.

Today, the World Bank published a study that confirmed indigenous peoples are key to preserving the world’s forests. Read about it here.

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"No new forms of human development and progress can omit tribal wisdom; their memories are worth more than the sum of computers’ memories. They have achieved what the modern consuming society has not managed to achieve over the last centuries: a fulfilling, rich life that does not threaten the planet’s chances of survival."
- Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement
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For centuries, tribal peoples have had their lands stolen and suffered violence and oppression. But things are changing… join us in celebrating some of the reasons for optimism. … and now for the good news.

For centuries, tribal peoples have had their lands stolen and suffered violence and oppression. But things are changing… join us in celebrating some of the reasons for optimism.

… and now for the good news.

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A Hadza boy eats honeycomb. Hadza hunters in Tanzania use the song of an African bird to guide them to bees’ nests in baobab trees. This month, the Hadza tribe celebrates its first land titles.

A Hadza boy eats honeycomb.

Hadza hunters in Tanzania use the song of an African bird to guide them to bees’ nests in baobab trees. This month, the Hadza tribe celebrates its first land titles.

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Bushmen children in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.

Bushmen children in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.

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"I am the environment.
I was born in the forest,
and I grew up there. I know it well.
Without land and nature, we can’t live, the world can’t work.
You talk of the planet, yet you don’t
think it has a heart and breathes,
but it does.
You talk politics and study on paper.
But we study in the forest and look
carefully. You don’t know our wisdom.
It’s very different.
We understand that all living things have a noreshi - another living being which is born at the exact same time
as yourself.
Your noreshi may be a bird, or a boar, or a deer, or a fish, or an anteater, a
butterfly or any other kind of living plant or animal.
It rests when you rest, it feeds
when you feed, it sings when you sing.
It dies when you die."
- Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami, Brazil
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A Guarani community describe the threat posed by gunmen, hired by the ranchers who stole their land. You can help the Guarani by writing a letter for them or donating to the Guarani Survival Fund.