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#DecolonizeConservation #UncontactedTribes
#DecolonizeConservation #UncontactedTribes
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For them, distance is protection — not isolation.
Uncontacted Indigenous peoples are defending their lands.
Discover their stories, their resilience – and the threats to their survival: uncontactedpeoples.org
#AtTheEdge #uncontacted #uncontactedpeoples #northsentinel #amazon #indigenouspeoples
Uncontacted Indigenous peoples are defending their lands.
Discover their stories, their resilience – and the threats to their survival: uncontactedpeoples.org
#AtTheEdge #uncontacted #uncontactedpeoples #northsentinel #amazon #indigenouspeoples
Big conservation NGOs claim to fight for nature. 🌱
💥 But boards don’t lie!
Big conservation isn’t led by activists. It’s governed by finance, extractive industries, and corporate power. When the same people who profit from environmental destruction sit on conservation boards...
💥 But boards don’t lie!
Big conservation isn’t led by activists. It’s governed by finance, extractive industries, and corporate power. When the same people who profit from environmental destruction sit on conservation boards...
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Big conservation NGOs claim to fight for nature. 🌱
💥 But boards don’t lie!
Big conservation isn’t led by activists. It’s governed by finance, extractive industries, and corporate power. When the same people who profit from environmental destruction sit on conservation boards...
💥 But boards don’t lie!
Big conservation isn’t led by activists. It’s governed by finance, extractive industries, and corporate power. When the same people who profit from environmental destruction sit on conservation boards...
In an article in the Frontline, journalists Ajay Saini and Anvita Abbi report how destructive the Great Nicobar Project could be to the language and lives of the Indigenous peoples of the island.
Act now: svlint.org/ShompenB
Article: frontline.thehindu.com/environment/...
Act now: svlint.org/ShompenB
Article: frontline.thehindu.com/environment/...
January 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In an article in the Frontline, journalists Ajay Saini and Anvita Abbi report how destructive the Great Nicobar Project could be to the language and lives of the Indigenous peoples of the island.
Act now: svlint.org/ShompenB
Article: frontline.thehindu.com/environment/...
Act now: svlint.org/ShompenB
Article: frontline.thehindu.com/environment/...
We're very sad to hear of the death of an old friend, Geraldo Kuesithere Yanomami.
Geraldo was one of a group of Yanomami Indigenous people who pushed for the demarcation of the Yanomami territory in the Brazilian Amazon. We send our heartfelt condolences to Geraldo’s family & the Yanomami people.
Geraldo was one of a group of Yanomami Indigenous people who pushed for the demarcation of the Yanomami territory in the Brazilian Amazon. We send our heartfelt condolences to Geraldo’s family & the Yanomami people.
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We're very sad to hear of the death of an old friend, Geraldo Kuesithere Yanomami.
Geraldo was one of a group of Yanomami Indigenous people who pushed for the demarcation of the Yanomami territory in the Brazilian Amazon. We send our heartfelt condolences to Geraldo’s family & the Yanomami people.
Geraldo was one of a group of Yanomami Indigenous people who pushed for the demarcation of the Yanomami territory in the Brazilian Amazon. We send our heartfelt condolences to Geraldo’s family & the Yanomami people.
On Jan 13, 2003, Marcos Veron, a Guarani Kaiowá leader, was killed after leading a campaign with his people to get their land back. Marcos became a symbol of the Guarani people’s resistance.
Araldo, Marcos’s son, tells his story.
Stand with the Guarani: svlint.org/GuaraniB
Araldo, Marcos’s son, tells his story.
Stand with the Guarani: svlint.org/GuaraniB
January 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
On Jan 13, 2003, Marcos Veron, a Guarani Kaiowá leader, was killed after leading a campaign with his people to get their land back. Marcos became a symbol of the Guarani people’s resistance.
Araldo, Marcos’s son, tells his story.
Stand with the Guarani: svlint.org/GuaraniB
Araldo, Marcos’s son, tells his story.
Stand with the Guarani: svlint.org/GuaraniB
All over the world uncontacted peoples are under threat from land grabbers, extractive industries, missionaries, and others. They know from their peoples’ bitter experience that contact means death.
January 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
All over the world uncontacted peoples are under threat from land grabbers, extractive industries, missionaries, and others. They know from their peoples’ bitter experience that contact means death.
➡️ Last chance to apply to the Campaign and Program Manager vacancy!
📍 Washington D.C. / hybrid
This is a rare opportunity to shape and lead our U.S. program, as we transition to a Washington D.C. base.
Apply to the role now 👉 svlint.org/jobs
📍 Washington D.C. / hybrid
This is a rare opportunity to shape and lead our U.S. program, as we transition to a Washington D.C. base.
Apply to the role now 👉 svlint.org/jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
➡️ Last chance to apply to the Campaign and Program Manager vacancy!
📍 Washington D.C. / hybrid
This is a rare opportunity to shape and lead our U.S. program, as we transition to a Washington D.C. base.
Apply to the role now 👉 svlint.org/jobs
📍 Washington D.C. / hybrid
This is a rare opportunity to shape and lead our U.S. program, as we transition to a Washington D.C. base.
Apply to the role now 👉 svlint.org/jobs
The Brazil gov’s been sitting on the demarcation of the Piripkura Indigenous Territory for 40 years. Another territory nearby, the Kawahiva do Rio Pardo Indigenous Territory, has been waiting for 26 yrs.
Act now to get them demarcated for the survival of uncontacted peoples: svlint.org/KawahivaB
Act now to get them demarcated for the survival of uncontacted peoples: svlint.org/KawahivaB
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The Brazil gov’s been sitting on the demarcation of the Piripkura Indigenous Territory for 40 years. Another territory nearby, the Kawahiva do Rio Pardo Indigenous Territory, has been waiting for 26 yrs.
Act now to get them demarcated for the survival of uncontacted peoples: svlint.org/KawahivaB
Act now to get them demarcated for the survival of uncontacted peoples: svlint.org/KawahivaB
We’re told conservation NGOs protect nature. But many work like an industry.
Fortress conservation pushed by big NGOs has meant land grabs, evictions & Indigenous rights violations.
Nature protection must go hand-in-hand with defending the peoples who protect it.
#ConservationOrCorporation
Fortress conservation pushed by big NGOs has meant land grabs, evictions & Indigenous rights violations.
Nature protection must go hand-in-hand with defending the peoples who protect it.
#ConservationOrCorporation
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
We’re told conservation NGOs protect nature. But many work like an industry.
Fortress conservation pushed by big NGOs has meant land grabs, evictions & Indigenous rights violations.
Nature protection must go hand-in-hand with defending the peoples who protect it.
#ConservationOrCorporation
Fortress conservation pushed by big NGOs has meant land grabs, evictions & Indigenous rights violations.
Nature protection must go hand-in-hand with defending the peoples who protect it.
#ConservationOrCorporation
The Indigenous Baka people have lived in the Congo Basin rainforest for generations. As Indigenous hunter-gatherers, they provide for themselves and live sustainably in their forest.
Véronique is no exception - she’s known the rainforest her whole life.
Véronique is no exception - she’s known the rainforest her whole life.
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The Indigenous Baka people have lived in the Congo Basin rainforest for generations. As Indigenous hunter-gatherers, they provide for themselves and live sustainably in their forest.
Véronique is no exception - she’s known the rainforest her whole life.
Véronique is no exception - she’s known the rainforest her whole life.
The Indigenous Shompen people live on Great Nicobar Island, which could soon be turned into the ‘Hong Kong of India.’ The vast majority of them are uncontacted, and the destruction to their island could wipe them out.
January 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The Indigenous Shompen people live on Great Nicobar Island, which could soon be turned into the ‘Hong Kong of India.’ The vast majority of them are uncontacted, and the destruction to their island could wipe them out.
How much do you know about #NorthSentinel Island and the Indigenous #Sentinelese?
Watch this quick summary about what we know already and why it’s so important that no one goes to the island.
Share and follow ✊
Watch this quick summary about what we know already and why it’s so important that no one goes to the island.
Share and follow ✊
January 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
How much do you know about #NorthSentinel Island and the Indigenous #Sentinelese?
Watch this quick summary about what we know already and why it’s so important that no one goes to the island.
Share and follow ✊
Watch this quick summary about what we know already and why it’s so important that no one goes to the island.
Share and follow ✊
Maipatxi Apurinã of Brazil spoke out in defence of uncontacted peoples at our press conference to launch our report, Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples on the Edge of Survival.
Governments need to act to stop the potential genoc*des of uncontacted peoples around the world. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Governments need to act to stop the potential genoc*des of uncontacted peoples around the world. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Maipatxi Apurinã of Brazil spoke out in defence of uncontacted peoples at our press conference to launch our report, Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples on the Edge of Survival.
Governments need to act to stop the potential genoc*des of uncontacted peoples around the world. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Governments need to act to stop the potential genoc*des of uncontacted peoples around the world. Act now: svlint.org/SurvivalB
Around 20,000 Jenu Kuruba have been forcibly evicted from their ancestral forest in India over the past 40 yrs in the name of “conservation.” The Jenu Kuruba are demanding an end to fortress conservation, which excludes Indigenous people from their own lands.
Support them: svlint.org/TigerReserveB
Support them: svlint.org/TigerReserveB
January 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Around 20,000 Jenu Kuruba have been forcibly evicted from their ancestral forest in India over the past 40 yrs in the name of “conservation.” The Jenu Kuruba are demanding an end to fortress conservation, which excludes Indigenous people from their own lands.
Support them: svlint.org/TigerReserveB
Support them: svlint.org/TigerReserveB
🎉 Happy New Year!
In 2026 there's a lot to do. We’ll be keeping up the fight for uncontacted peoples' rights, and to decolonize conservation ✊
Keep updated on what we're doing: svlint.org/KeepUpdatedB
In 2026 there's a lot to do. We’ll be keeping up the fight for uncontacted peoples' rights, and to decolonize conservation ✊
Keep updated on what we're doing: svlint.org/KeepUpdatedB
January 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🎉 Happy New Year!
In 2026 there's a lot to do. We’ll be keeping up the fight for uncontacted peoples' rights, and to decolonize conservation ✊
Keep updated on what we're doing: svlint.org/KeepUpdatedB
In 2026 there's a lot to do. We’ll be keeping up the fight for uncontacted peoples' rights, and to decolonize conservation ✊
Keep updated on what we're doing: svlint.org/KeepUpdatedB
End your 2025 with an act of generosity! Give a gift in support of the world’s Indigenous peoples: svlint.org/Donation
Today’s your last chance to have your donation doubled with no extra from you. Don't wait to donate!
Today’s your last chance to have your donation doubled with no extra from you. Don't wait to donate!
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
End your 2025 with an act of generosity! Give a gift in support of the world’s Indigenous peoples: svlint.org/Donation
Today’s your last chance to have your donation doubled with no extra from you. Don't wait to donate!
Today’s your last chance to have your donation doubled with no extra from you. Don't wait to donate!
💪 Unique vacancy that you won't want to miss!
Bring your passion, vision, and commitment to the Campaign and Program Manager role for Survival USA.
Apply for this post, by Jan 11. Full info: svlint.org/jobs
Bring your passion, vision, and commitment to the Campaign and Program Manager role for Survival USA.
Apply for this post, by Jan 11. Full info: svlint.org/jobs
December 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
💪 Unique vacancy that you won't want to miss!
Bring your passion, vision, and commitment to the Campaign and Program Manager role for Survival USA.
Apply for this post, by Jan 11. Full info: svlint.org/jobs
Bring your passion, vision, and commitment to the Campaign and Program Manager role for Survival USA.
Apply for this post, by Jan 11. Full info: svlint.org/jobs
The world’s biggest nickel mine is on the territory of the Hongana Manyawa people in Indonesia, where nickel is being mined as part of a project to make electric car batteries.
Take action for the survival of the Hongana Manyawa: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
Take action for the survival of the Hongana Manyawa: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
December 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The world’s biggest nickel mine is on the territory of the Hongana Manyawa people in Indonesia, where nickel is being mined as part of a project to make electric car batteries.
Take action for the survival of the Hongana Manyawa: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
Take action for the survival of the Hongana Manyawa: svlint.org/IndonesiaB
Want to spend less time on social media, but worried you'll miss out on crucial info about the fight for Indigenous peoples' rights?
Subscribe now to:
📨 Keep up to date with our campaigns
✅ Stay involved in the fight for Indigenous rights
✊ Know how to make a difference
👉 svlint.org/KeepUpdatedB
Subscribe now to:
📨 Keep up to date with our campaigns
✅ Stay involved in the fight for Indigenous rights
✊ Know how to make a difference
👉 svlint.org/KeepUpdatedB
December 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Want to spend less time on social media, but worried you'll miss out on crucial info about the fight for Indigenous peoples' rights?
Subscribe now to:
📨 Keep up to date with our campaigns
✅ Stay involved in the fight for Indigenous rights
✊ Know how to make a difference
👉 svlint.org/KeepUpdatedB
Subscribe now to:
📨 Keep up to date with our campaigns
✅ Stay involved in the fight for Indigenous rights
✊ Know how to make a difference
👉 svlint.org/KeepUpdatedB
The Rikbaktsá Indigenous people live in Brazil. Contact with them intensified from the 1960s onwards, causing epidemics, deaths and forced displacement from their villages.
Lucinete Mukdia sings a song that portrays this story of struggle and resistance of her people, the Rikbaktsá.
Lucinete Mukdia sings a song that portrays this story of struggle and resistance of her people, the Rikbaktsá.
December 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Rikbaktsá Indigenous people live in Brazil. Contact with them intensified from the 1960s onwards, causing epidemics, deaths and forced displacement from their villages.
Lucinete Mukdia sings a song that portrays this story of struggle and resistance of her people, the Rikbaktsá.
Lucinete Mukdia sings a song that portrays this story of struggle and resistance of her people, the Rikbaktsá.
📢 New job opening! Apply now to become Survival USA's next Campaign and Program Manager: svlint.org/jobs
This is more than a job. It’s a chance to stand up, speak out, and help build a better world.
#Vacancy #Job #USA #IndigenousRights
This is more than a job. It’s a chance to stand up, speak out, and help build a better world.
#Vacancy #Job #USA #IndigenousRights
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📢 New job opening! Apply now to become Survival USA's next Campaign and Program Manager: svlint.org/jobs
This is more than a job. It’s a chance to stand up, speak out, and help build a better world.
#Vacancy #Job #USA #IndigenousRights
This is more than a job. It’s a chance to stand up, speak out, and help build a better world.
#Vacancy #Job #USA #IndigenousRights
📢 Updates from the Jenu Kuruba people in India!
Remember when dozens of families returned to their ancestral lands in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve and National Park in May? They’re still there! ✊ Now they’re on a 15-day march to assert their constitutional and forest rights.
Remember when dozens of families returned to their ancestral lands in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve and National Park in May? They’re still there! ✊ Now they’re on a 15-day march to assert their constitutional and forest rights.
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📢 Updates from the Jenu Kuruba people in India!
Remember when dozens of families returned to their ancestral lands in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve and National Park in May? They’re still there! ✊ Now they’re on a 15-day march to assert their constitutional and forest rights.
Remember when dozens of families returned to their ancestral lands in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve and National Park in May? They’re still there! ✊ Now they’re on a 15-day march to assert their constitutional and forest rights.
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