Tag: stephen corry
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Survival International: Dramatic Drop in Reindeer/Caribou Population in Canada
This video presents “Caribou Migration 16mm 1 – Reindeer Herd – Best Shot Footage – Stock Footage”: “Caribou Migration. Caribou Swimming Through Water The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations” The Canadian reindeer herd, known as…
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Update: Some Good News for World’s Most Threatened Tribe
This video presents “Loggers strip trees from Amazonian tribe’s territory – the Guardian”: “Undercover investigators film loggers taking huge tree trunks out of the territory of the Awá tribe. According to Survival International, they are the world’s most threatened tribe, with their homes being destroyed by industrial projects and cattle ranching.” The Awá live in…
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India’s Tribal Peoples Protesting Against Vedanta Mine Appeal: Like a ‘Real-Life Avatar’
This video gives the background info on: more than 8,000 people of the Dongria Kondh tribe, who live in the Niyamgiri Hills which form a mountain range in the Eastern Indian state of Orissa Dongria Kondh’s successful fight in 2010 against Vedanta Resources, a company that was determined to mine their sacred mountain’s rich seam of…
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World Health Day Alert: Uncontacted Tribes at Risk of Massive Population Loss
7 April 2011 is World Health Day. On the eve of World Health Day, Survival (the only organization working for tribal peoples’ rights worldwide) has brought to our attention the dire plight of uncontacted tribes facing the risk of massive population loss if their land is not protected. “Tribes like the Amazon Indians shown in…