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tag:www.survivalinternational.org,2005:NewsItem/14550
2026-08-26T15:29:47+01:00
2026-08-26T17:01:35+01:00
UN urges India to suspend controversial Great Nicobar mega-project
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tag:www.survivalinternational.org,2005:NewsItem/14547
2026-08-24T17:51:11+01:00
2026-08-25T13:43:50+01:00
Survival statement: Prince Harry finally leaves African Parks board
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tag:www.survivalinternational.org,2005:NewsItem/14538
2026-07-23T09:56:26+01:00
2026-08-06T10:07:34+01:00
Brazil: 'Huge leap forward' as demarcation of uncontacted group’s land is completed
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tag:www.survivalinternational.org,2005:NewsItem/14531
2026-07-13T16:43:50+01:00
2026-07-20T11:51:18+01:00
India: Indigenous activist arrested after protesting luxury Hyatt hotel project
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tag:www.survivalinternational.org,2005:NewsItem/14524
2026-06-22T15:04:48+01:00
2026-06-22T15:15:46+01:00
Controversial carbon credits scheme in Kenya re-certified by Verra for the second time - Survival International response
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tag:www.survivalinternational.org,2005:NewsItem/14519
2026-06-17T14:26:26+01:00
2026-06-18T11:22:11+01:00
Kenya: Indigenous people reject attempts to re-start troubled carbon credit project
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tag:www.survivalinternational.org,2005:NewsItem/14509
2026-05-06T15:51:52+01:00
2026-05-07T10:53:12+01:00
Race against time: Kawahiva demarcation begins in Brazil’s Amazon
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https://assets.survivalinternational.org/pictures/26022/width1800-588b61091684c392e429ff8c09c4daaf.jpeg 1800w" /></div></section><div>More than 25 years after the uncontacted Indigenous Kawahiva people’s existence was officially confirmed, the demarcation of the Kawahiva do Rio Pardo Indigenous Territory in central Brazil began this week.</div>
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tag:www.survivalinternational.org,2005:NewsItem/14470
2026-04-24T15:36:35+01:00
2026-04-27T15:51:29+01:00
Milan: Indigenous protesters link Italian leather industry to destruction of their uncontacted relatives’ forests
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