❗ Prince Harry’s charity African Parks confirms multiple abuses, following investigation
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An investigation into reports of atrocities by guards employed by Prince Harry’s charity African Parks has acknowledged that multiple abuses took place, confirming allegations of violence made by Baka people.

Survival had been calling on African Parks to put a stop to years of abuse by their guards against Indigenous Baka people whose ancestral land has been taken over by Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo, which is managed by African Parks.

🚨A member of the Yanomami ppl died after being shot in the head & 2 more were injured in another brutal attack on Saturday by illegal miners, in the Yanomami Uxiu community.

Murders & violence against Indigenous ppl in the area have increased as more & more miners settle there. The following day a governmental team was also shot at trying to remove illegal miners from the #Yanomami Indigenous Territory, whilst four miners, including a powerful ringleader, were killed in the confrontation.

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⚠️ The desperate health crisis unfolding in the Yanomami’s territory hasn’t happened overnight… we’ve been warning the Brazilian authorities about this for years.

1/ Alongside #Indigenous organizations, we’ve been pushing for the removal of more than 20,000 illegal gold miners from Yanomami lands - an invasion that’s increased dramatically since former President Bolsonaro took office in 2019.

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On New Year’s Day, #LulaDaSilva was sworn in as president of Brazil.

Raoni Metuktire, a leader of the Mebêngôkre (Kayapó) people, together with other representatives, walked up the ramp and took part in the ceremony to hand over the presidential sash.

1/ 👉 @GuajajaraSonia was named minister of the newly founded Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, whilst @JoeniaWapichana was announced as the next president of FUNAI, #Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency.

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#Brazil’s Amazon Guardians have been busy protecting their land from illegal invaders – while the authorities encourage the land-grabbers.

It’s a dangerous job & many have been killed. Can you imagine putting your life on the line everyday to protect your home & family?

1/ Their most recent activities include:

👉 Land monitoring in the Arariboia #forest. The Guardians found a large logging camp, stopped the loggers and burned their equipment.

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The €50,000 KfW Bernhard Grzimek Prize for #conservation will be presented today in Frankfurt.

But should Bernhard #Grzimek really be celebrated as a role model? 🤔

1/ Following his civil service career in Nazi Germany as a member of the SA (Nazi Stormtroopers), Grzimek became a director of a zoo & an animal rights activist.

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.@ShankarAnoushka is standing with the #Indigenous people of #India. They’re fighting devastating coal mining that’ll:

😵 Destroy thousands of Adivasi (Indigenous) people’s lives
🌳 Obliterate vast swathes of their forest home
⚒️ Dig up millions of tonnes of coal

1/3 Until these mines are cancelled and their rights recognized, their fight goes on.

Will you stand with them to #SaveHasdeo?
svlint.org/Enet-Hasdeo-TW

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In case you missed it, last week was the #OurLandOurNature alternative congress, which finished on Friday with a #protest in Marseille, France, where we were joined by a number of other orgs including @xrFrance, @amisdelaterre & @yfcmarseille.

1/6 Despite the torrential rain ⛈️ the turn out was big, showing how strong the resistance is towards the false solutions to tackle #ClimateChange being proposed at the #IUCNcongress.

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#OnThisDay in 1906, #OtaBenga was put on display with the monkeys at the @BronxZoo. The zoo is owned by @TheWCS. Ota Benga committed suicide 10 years later.

1/5 The WCS President Cristian Samper has apologized for the treatment of Ota Benga & the extreme #racism of the organization's founders – only 115 years too late. He challenged the WCS to “do better” and to “never look away whenever and wherever injustice occurs.”

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For months, we’ve been reporting alongside Yanomami and Ye’kwana organizations that the invasion of Yanomami lands is getting dramatically worse. #indigenous #humanrights #news

1/9 There are 20,000 illegal miners within the Yanomami’s territory in the #Amazon, who are poisoning rivers with mercury and attacking #indigenous people - as the terrible images of the past few days demonstrate: bit.ly/3hmPP8a

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⚠️#Uncontacted tribe in danger ⚠️

On the Brazil-Peru border, a group of indig ppl have approached a Manchineri village, in the Mamoadate Indig Territory in BR. The Manchineri say the group are members of the uncontacted Mashco Piro tribe.

🏹 Take action: svlint.org/uncontactedlet… As in many such cases, it could be that the #uncontacted Indians are fleeing the pressure of invaders on their land.

#StopBrazilsGenocide