Tag: survival international
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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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Survival International Alert: Awá Tribe Will Face Extinction Due to Intensive Logging
Brazil’s Awá rely on their forest home for survival but intensive logging poses a serious threat to their future as shown here: Survival International brings to our attention the ‘Genocide’ risk in Brazil despite UN push to end racism. The Awá: are a small tribe of around 355 people have survived brutal massacres as ranchers…
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Survival International Boycotts the ‘Human Safari Park’
Boycott the ‘human safari park’ survivalinternational.org launched a tourist boycott of the main highway on India’s Andaman Islands – an illegal road which cuts through the land of the endangered Jarawa tribe. Tour companies and cab drivers ‘attract’ the Jarawa with biscuits and sweets, and the road has turned into a ‘human safari park.’ In…