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Bushe Matis, an Indigenous Matis man from the Javari Valley in the Brazilian Amazon, tells us why it’s important to protected uncontacted peoples.
He works at UNIVAJA, an Indigenous org that fights for the rights of uncontacted peoples in the Javari Valley.
Join the fight: svlint.org/SurvivalB
He works at UNIVAJA, an Indigenous org that fights for the rights of uncontacted peoples in the Javari Valley.
Join the fight: svlint.org/SurvivalB
December 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bushe Matis, an Indigenous Matis man from the Javari Valley in the Brazilian Amazon, tells us why it’s important to protected uncontacted peoples.
He works at UNIVAJA, an Indigenous org that fights for the rights of uncontacted peoples in the Javari Valley.
Join the fight: svlint.org/SurvivalB
He works at UNIVAJA, an Indigenous org that fights for the rights of uncontacted peoples in the Javari Valley.
Join the fight: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Our friend Ngigoro of the Hongana Manyawa people in Indonesia came to Europe to campaign for his people’s land rights.
He called for an end to mining on his people's land.
Write to the authorities to tell them to stop mining on Hongana Manyawa land: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
He called for an end to mining on his people's land.
Write to the authorities to tell them to stop mining on Hongana Manyawa land: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Our friend Ngigoro of the Hongana Manyawa people in Indonesia came to Europe to campaign for his people’s land rights.
He called for an end to mining on his people's land.
Write to the authorities to tell them to stop mining on Hongana Manyawa land: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
He called for an end to mining on his people's land.
Write to the authorities to tell them to stop mining on Hongana Manyawa land: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
“They’ve devastated our forests and lands.”
Lesner Figueroa, a Bribri Indigenous man from Costa Rica, denounces decades of invasions, violent dispossession, and environmental destruction that have drastically reduced his people’s lands.
Lesner Figueroa, a Bribri Indigenous man from Costa Rica, denounces decades of invasions, violent dispossession, and environmental destruction that have drastically reduced his people’s lands.
December 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“They’ve devastated our forests and lands.”
Lesner Figueroa, a Bribri Indigenous man from Costa Rica, denounces decades of invasions, violent dispossession, and environmental destruction that have drastically reduced his people’s lands.
Lesner Figueroa, a Bribri Indigenous man from Costa Rica, denounces decades of invasions, violent dispossession, and environmental destruction that have drastically reduced his people’s lands.
Since their forced contact in the 1980s, the Nukak Indigenous people have been forced out from their rainforest by outsiders who’ve gone on to abuse and destroy their territory.
We support the Nukak’s legitimate claim to their territory.
👉 Support the Nukak now: svlint.org/NukakB
We support the Nukak’s legitimate claim to their territory.
👉 Support the Nukak now: svlint.org/NukakB
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Since their forced contact in the 1980s, the Nukak Indigenous people have been forced out from their rainforest by outsiders who’ve gone on to abuse and destroy their territory.
We support the Nukak’s legitimate claim to their territory.
👉 Support the Nukak now: svlint.org/NukakB
We support the Nukak’s legitimate claim to their territory.
👉 Support the Nukak now: svlint.org/NukakB
@survivalinternational.de accompanied a delegation from the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) in Europe. The Maasai representatives spoke out against evictions in the name of conservation.
The Maasai’s message is clear:
“The FZS must stop its conservation work on Maasai land!” ✊
The Maasai’s message is clear:
“The FZS must stop its conservation work on Maasai land!” ✊
!["The ZGF will not change. We don't want them [there] and we will not cooperate with them."
Nkasiogi Lekakeny, Member of the Maasai, Tanzania. (Name changed).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bhobjag5suzrxszyr7g2fkdv/bafkreicnuntphiennz33ba6agaoof23crd5ajfnr7idbdq6fj2glwk34ue@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@survivalinternational.de accompanied a delegation from the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) in Europe. The Maasai representatives spoke out against evictions in the name of conservation.
The Maasai’s message is clear:
“The FZS must stop its conservation work on Maasai land!” ✊
The Maasai’s message is clear:
“The FZS must stop its conservation work on Maasai land!” ✊
Will you be our next South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant?
Are you fiercely dedicated to Indigenous peoples’ rights, a fluent Spanish speaker, and ready to put your analytical, and strategic skills to use as part of a dynamic campaign team?
Apply by 4th Jan: svlint.org/jobs
Are you fiercely dedicated to Indigenous peoples’ rights, a fluent Spanish speaker, and ready to put your analytical, and strategic skills to use as part of a dynamic campaign team?
Apply by 4th Jan: svlint.org/jobs
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Will you be our next South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant?
Are you fiercely dedicated to Indigenous peoples’ rights, a fluent Spanish speaker, and ready to put your analytical, and strategic skills to use as part of a dynamic campaign team?
Apply by 4th Jan: svlint.org/jobs
Are you fiercely dedicated to Indigenous peoples’ rights, a fluent Spanish speaker, and ready to put your analytical, and strategic skills to use as part of a dynamic campaign team?
Apply by 4th Jan: svlint.org/jobs
Ngigoro, an Indigenous Hongana Manyawa man, traveled from the Indonesian island of Halmahera all the way to Europe to warn the world: “Stop the mining, or my people will die.”
Ngigoro, who was born uncontacted, is fighting to protect his people’s land and rainforest.
Ngigoro, who was born uncontacted, is fighting to protect his people’s land and rainforest.
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ngigoro, an Indigenous Hongana Manyawa man, traveled from the Indonesian island of Halmahera all the way to Europe to warn the world: “Stop the mining, or my people will die.”
Ngigoro, who was born uncontacted, is fighting to protect his people’s land and rainforest.
Ngigoro, who was born uncontacted, is fighting to protect his people’s land and rainforest.
Bokumu is a recently contacted Hongana Manyawa man from the Halmahera rainforest of Indonesia. He was first contacted in 2009 when Weda Bay Nickel began exploring his territory.
Nickel mining for electric car batteries is destroying the Hongana Manyawa's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
Nickel mining for electric car batteries is destroying the Hongana Manyawa's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Bokumu is a recently contacted Hongana Manyawa man from the Halmahera rainforest of Indonesia. He was first contacted in 2009 when Weda Bay Nickel began exploring his territory.
Nickel mining for electric car batteries is destroying the Hongana Manyawa's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
Nickel mining for electric car batteries is destroying the Hongana Manyawa's rainforest.
Act now: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
🚨 The Brazilian Senate has approved a change to the Brazilian constitution, to add the Time Limit Trick to it, which is a proposal that states that Indigenous peoples who can’t prove they were on their lands the day the Brazilian constitution was signed in 1988 have no right to their ancestral lands
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚨 The Brazilian Senate has approved a change to the Brazilian constitution, to add the Time Limit Trick to it, which is a proposal that states that Indigenous peoples who can’t prove they were on their lands the day the Brazilian constitution was signed in 1988 have no right to their ancestral lands
This woman was forcibly evicted from India’s Kanha forest in the name of tiger conservation. Across India, many others have suffered the same fate.
Support the fight to decolonize conservation and purchase your calendar today: svlint.org/calendar
Support the fight to decolonize conservation and purchase your calendar today: svlint.org/calendar
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This woman was forcibly evicted from India’s Kanha forest in the name of tiger conservation. Across India, many others have suffered the same fate.
Support the fight to decolonize conservation and purchase your calendar today: svlint.org/calendar
Support the fight to decolonize conservation and purchase your calendar today: svlint.org/calendar
The uncontacted Kawahiva people are forced to resist the threats that have killed many of their relatives. Without demarcation, their lives are at risk.
Last year, a Supreme Court judge ordered the territory finally to be demarcated. But it’s still not happened!
Act now: svlint.org/KawahivaB
Last year, a Supreme Court judge ordered the territory finally to be demarcated. But it’s still not happened!
Act now: svlint.org/KawahivaB
December 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The uncontacted Kawahiva people are forced to resist the threats that have killed many of their relatives. Without demarcation, their lives are at risk.
Last year, a Supreme Court judge ordered the territory finally to be demarcated. But it’s still not happened!
Act now: svlint.org/KawahivaB
Last year, a Supreme Court judge ordered the territory finally to be demarcated. But it’s still not happened!
Act now: svlint.org/KawahivaB
📢 NEARLY SOLD OUT!
This year we discovered that there are 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups around the world fighting for their survival.
Choosing “We, the people” as your 2026 calendar helps us fight for the survival of the world’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples.
Shop now: svlint.org/calendar
This year we discovered that there are 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups around the world fighting for their survival.
Choosing “We, the people” as your 2026 calendar helps us fight for the survival of the world’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples.
Shop now: svlint.org/calendar
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢 NEARLY SOLD OUT!
This year we discovered that there are 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups around the world fighting for their survival.
Choosing “We, the people” as your 2026 calendar helps us fight for the survival of the world’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples.
Shop now: svlint.org/calendar
This year we discovered that there are 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups around the world fighting for their survival.
Choosing “We, the people” as your 2026 calendar helps us fight for the survival of the world’s uncontacted Indigenous peoples.
Shop now: svlint.org/calendar
📢 ”It’s a choice they made.”
Beto Marubo, an Indigenous Marubo person from the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, speaks on why it’s so important to protect uncontacted peoples’ territories.
💪 Do your part to make sure uncontacted peoples’ territories are protected. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Beto Marubo, an Indigenous Marubo person from the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, speaks on why it’s so important to protect uncontacted peoples’ territories.
💪 Do your part to make sure uncontacted peoples’ territories are protected. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
📢 ”It’s a choice they made.”
Beto Marubo, an Indigenous Marubo person from the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, speaks on why it’s so important to protect uncontacted peoples’ territories.
💪 Do your part to make sure uncontacted peoples’ territories are protected. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Beto Marubo, an Indigenous Marubo person from the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, speaks on why it’s so important to protect uncontacted peoples’ territories.
💪 Do your part to make sure uncontacted peoples’ territories are protected. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Lundi, a Bayaka girl – During a Bayaka hunting trip young people learn skills like how to set traps and find edible plants, or how to use leaves as water containers. Logging companies and the conservation industry are taking over much of the Bayaka lands. 📸 © Nicolás Marino. www.svlint.org/calendar
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Lundi, a Bayaka girl – During a Bayaka hunting trip young people learn skills like how to set traps and find edible plants, or how to use leaves as water containers. Logging companies and the conservation industry are taking over much of the Bayaka lands. 📸 © Nicolás Marino. www.svlint.org/calendar
We're looking to fill two London-based positions:
🤝 Individual Giving Officer (deadline 17th Dec 2025)
🔎 South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant (deadline 4th Jan 2026)
If you're passionate about Indigenous peoples' rights, we want to hear from you! Apply now: svlint.org/jobs
🤝 Individual Giving Officer (deadline 17th Dec 2025)
🔎 South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant (deadline 4th Jan 2026)
If you're passionate about Indigenous peoples' rights, we want to hear from you! Apply now: svlint.org/jobs
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We're looking to fill two London-based positions:
🤝 Individual Giving Officer (deadline 17th Dec 2025)
🔎 South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant (deadline 4th Jan 2026)
If you're passionate about Indigenous peoples' rights, we want to hear from you! Apply now: svlint.org/jobs
🤝 Individual Giving Officer (deadline 17th Dec 2025)
🔎 South America Research and Advocacy Officer / Assistant (deadline 4th Jan 2026)
If you're passionate about Indigenous peoples' rights, we want to hear from you! Apply now: svlint.org/jobs
Contact isn’t connection — it’s destruction.
When outsiders invade, disease spreads and communities collapse.
📢 Demand that governments and corporations protect their lands and respect uncontacted peoples' decision to live without contact. → svlint.org/Survival
#AtTheEdge
When outsiders invade, disease spreads and communities collapse.
📢 Demand that governments and corporations protect their lands and respect uncontacted peoples' decision to live without contact. → svlint.org/Survival
#AtTheEdge
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Contact isn’t connection — it’s destruction.
When outsiders invade, disease spreads and communities collapse.
📢 Demand that governments and corporations protect their lands and respect uncontacted peoples' decision to live without contact. → svlint.org/Survival
#AtTheEdge
When outsiders invade, disease spreads and communities collapse.
📢 Demand that governments and corporations protect their lands and respect uncontacted peoples' decision to live without contact. → svlint.org/Survival
#AtTheEdge
🗣️ “Many more are still in the forest. I worry a lot, because sometimes I think about where they are. Because of the bulldozers.”
Mainguejai was born in the Chaco forest, one of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay. He was only 3 when his group was forced from the forest.
svlint.org/SurvivalB
Mainguejai was born in the Chaco forest, one of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay. He was only 3 when his group was forced from the forest.
svlint.org/SurvivalB
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🗣️ “Many more are still in the forest. I worry a lot, because sometimes I think about where they are. Because of the bulldozers.”
Mainguejai was born in the Chaco forest, one of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay. He was only 3 when his group was forced from the forest.
svlint.org/SurvivalB
Mainguejai was born in the Chaco forest, one of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people of Paraguay. He was only 3 when his group was forced from the forest.
svlint.org/SurvivalB
Indigenous organization ORPIA in Venezuela is bravely speaking out against illegal mining in the Venezuelan Amazon.
They’re also speaking out in defense of the uncontacted peoples who live there.
As ORPIA said, protecting Indigenous territories is key to combat the global climate crisis.
They’re also speaking out in defense of the uncontacted peoples who live there.
As ORPIA said, protecting Indigenous territories is key to combat the global climate crisis.
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Indigenous organization ORPIA in Venezuela is bravely speaking out against illegal mining in the Venezuelan Amazon.
They’re also speaking out in defense of the uncontacted peoples who live there.
As ORPIA said, protecting Indigenous territories is key to combat the global climate crisis.
They’re also speaking out in defense of the uncontacted peoples who live there.
As ORPIA said, protecting Indigenous territories is key to combat the global climate crisis.
By giving today, you’ll be supporting Survival in our advocacy work putting pressure on the Colombian authorities to uphold the Nukak people’s rights to their ancestral lands.
Donate now, and have your amount doubled at no extra cost to you: svlint.org/donation
Donate now, and have your amount doubled at no extra cost to you: svlint.org/donation
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By giving today, you’ll be supporting Survival in our advocacy work putting pressure on the Colombian authorities to uphold the Nukak people’s rights to their ancestral lands.
Donate now, and have your amount doubled at no extra cost to you: svlint.org/donation
Donate now, and have your amount doubled at no extra cost to you: svlint.org/donation
Will you be our next Individual Giving Officer?
We're a passionately committed Indigenous rights campaigning organization,
regularly taking on powerful targets and winning. ✊
Join our London team – apply today! svlint.org/jobs
We're a passionately committed Indigenous rights campaigning organization,
regularly taking on powerful targets and winning. ✊
Join our London team – apply today! svlint.org/jobs
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Will you be our next Individual Giving Officer?
We're a passionately committed Indigenous rights campaigning organization,
regularly taking on powerful targets and winning. ✊
Join our London team – apply today! svlint.org/jobs
We're a passionately committed Indigenous rights campaigning organization,
regularly taking on powerful targets and winning. ✊
Join our London team – apply today! svlint.org/jobs
President Lula had vetoed 63 of the worst measures in a ‘devastation bill’, but less than a week after COP30, Congress has re-instated almost all of them.
The bill means devastating industrial projects that destroy people & the environment, inc Indigenous territories, can be approved more easily.
The bill means devastating industrial projects that destroy people & the environment, inc Indigenous territories, can be approved more easily.
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
President Lula had vetoed 63 of the worst measures in a ‘devastation bill’, but less than a week after COP30, Congress has re-instated almost all of them.
The bill means devastating industrial projects that destroy people & the environment, inc Indigenous territories, can be approved more easily.
The bill means devastating industrial projects that destroy people & the environment, inc Indigenous territories, can be approved more easily.
Kaiky, a Guajajara boy, Brazil – The Moqueado ritual celebrates the passage of children from childhood to adulthood and is deeply rooted in the cultural heritage and identity of the Tenetehar (also known as Guajajara) people. 2026 calendars available here: svlint.org/calendars. 📸 Genilson Guajajara
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Kaiky, a Guajajara boy, Brazil – The Moqueado ritual celebrates the passage of children from childhood to adulthood and is deeply rooted in the cultural heritage and identity of the Tenetehar (also known as Guajajara) people. 2026 calendars available here: svlint.org/calendars. 📸 Genilson Guajajara
Alex Tinyú, a Nukak man, was a child when his territory in Colombia was invaded by missionaries, coca growers and others in the 80s. After contact, over half his people died from disease & violence.
Help us campaign for Alex’s people, donate today - doubled for Giving Tuesday! svlint.org/donation
Help us campaign for Alex’s people, donate today - doubled for Giving Tuesday! svlint.org/donation
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Alex Tinyú, a Nukak man, was a child when his territory in Colombia was invaded by missionaries, coca growers and others in the 80s. After contact, over half his people died from disease & violence.
Help us campaign for Alex’s people, donate today - doubled for Giving Tuesday! svlint.org/donation
Help us campaign for Alex’s people, donate today - doubled for Giving Tuesday! svlint.org/donation
The Q’ero live in the valleys of the Peruvian Andes, at altitudes of between 4,000 and 6,500 meters. The Q’ero say they live in balance with all living things through ayni (reciprocity) that they practice with their family and community.
Buy now: www.svlint.org/calendar
📸 © Alessandro Bergamini
Buy now: www.svlint.org/calendar
📸 © Alessandro Bergamini
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Q’ero live in the valleys of the Peruvian Andes, at altitudes of between 4,000 and 6,500 meters. The Q’ero say they live in balance with all living things through ayni (reciprocity) that they practice with their family and community.
Buy now: www.svlint.org/calendar
📸 © Alessandro Bergamini
Buy now: www.svlint.org/calendar
📸 © Alessandro Bergamini
We’re aiming to raise £90k/$120 for our vital work in support of Indigenous peoples like the Nukak. They were violently forced from their ancestral territory in the Colombian Amazon. We’re lobbying Colombian authorities to uphold the Nukak’s right to their land.
Donate today 👉 svlint.org/donation
Donate today 👉 svlint.org/donation
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We’re aiming to raise £90k/$120 for our vital work in support of Indigenous peoples like the Nukak. They were violently forced from their ancestral territory in the Colombian Amazon. We’re lobbying Colombian authorities to uphold the Nukak’s right to their land.
Donate today 👉 svlint.org/donation
Donate today 👉 svlint.org/donation