Editing Survival International (section)

==Campaigns==
Survival International campaigns for the uncontacted tribes in the territory of Peru, many unidentified Indigenous people in Brazil, Russia, West Papua, and about 30 tribes in several countries in South America, Africa, and Asia.<ref name="survivalinternationaltribes"/> They select their cases based on a criterion the organisation has established, which depends on a wide range of factors, such as the reliability and continuity of the information, the gravity of the situation the tribe in question is facing, the degree to which they believe their work can make a real difference, the degree to which improvements in this area would have a knock on effect for others, whether any other organisation is already working on the case, and whether they are sure of what the people themselves want.<ref name=survivalinternationalfaq>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalinternational.org/info/faq|title=Survival International website - About Us/FAQ|website=SurvivalInternational.org|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025161732/https://www.survivalinternational.org/info/faq|url-status=live}}</ref>

A common threat to the tribes for which Survival campaigns is the invasion of their lands for exploration of resources.<ref name="survivalinternationaltribes"/><ref name="survivalinternationalfaq"/> This invariably leads to forced relocation, loss of sustainability and forced changes in their way of living. Usually, this is accompanied by diseases from the contact with the outsiders for which they have an unprepared immune system – this threat alone can wipe out entire tribes.<ref name="survivalinternationaluncontactedtribesthreats"/> Logging and/or cattle ranchers have affected most of these tribes, from South America, Africa, to Australasia. The [[Arhuaco]], in Colombia, have drug plantations, associated with crossfire from guerilla wars between cartel and government interests. The [[Ogiek]], in Kenya, have tea plantations, and the [[Amung people|Amungme]] in Indonesia, the [[San people|San]] in Botswana, the [[Dongria Kondh]] in India, and the [[Palawan]] in the Philippines have mining fields.
[[File:Survival-countries.PNG|right|thumb|300px|Countries which have Indigenous peoples for whom Survival campaigns. This map represents about 5 million Indigenous people. There are over 300 million Indigenous people in the world, with an estimated over 100 uncontacted tribes.<ref name="survivalinternationaltribes"/>]]
Survival international has also pointed out in their campaigns against the assault on their way of living the effect of the work of missionaries.<ref name="survivalinternationaluncontactedtribesthreats"/> The [[Arhuaco]], [[Ayoreo]], [[Australian Aborigines|Aborigines]], the [[Innu]], and several tribes in [[West Papua (region)|West Papua]] have all suffered direct attacks on their culture from what, in the perspective of Survival, may constitute good intention, but nevertheless is destructive to their lives.<ref name="survivalinternationaltribes"/><ref name="independenthowadvanced"/> The children of the [[Khanty people|Khanty]] and [[Wanniyala-Aetto]] have been kidnapped to be raised in foreign religions and culture. In the long run, these practices are successful in assimilating and destroying a group of people.

Besides suffering the genocide brought about through disease and hunger (which is the result of losing their natural environment and having fertile soil stolen from them), Survival says some tribes have suffered campaigns of direct assassination.<ref name="survivalinternationaltribes"/> Most tribes in South America, such as the [[Awá-Guajá people|Awá]], [[Akuntsu]], [[Guaraní people|Guaraní]], and the [[Yanomami]], have been murdered on sight by multinational workers, ranchers and gunmen for hire, while tribes in Africa and Asia have suffered waves of murder at the hands of the government. Survival International has pointed to the tribe [[Akuntsu]], of which only five members still remain, as an example of what this threat represents: the eventual genocide of a whole people.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/mat/2007/08/29/297497619.asp |title=ONG lança campanha para salvar tribos isoladas da Amazônia |newspaper=O Globo |date=29 August 2007 |access-date=2 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://terranoticias.terra.es/internacional/articulo/cada_survival_semanas_desaparece_lengua_2269551.htm |title=Cada dos semanas desaparece una lengua indígena, según Survival |publisher=Terra Actualidad |date=21 February 2008 |access-date=2 August 2009 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007214716/http://terranoticias.terra.es/internacional/articulo/cada_survival_semanas_desaparece_lengua_2269551.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Survival International has called attention to the rise in suicide in tribal peoples such as the [[Innu]], [[Australian Aborigines]], and the [[Guarani people|Guarani]], as a consequence of outside interference with the tribes' cultures and direct persecution. Suffering from the trauma of forced relocation, many tribal people find themselves in despair living in an environment they are not used to, where there is nothing useful to do, and where they are treated with racist disdain by their new neighbours. Other social consequences from this displacement have been pointed out to alcoholism and violence, with campaigns reporting the cases of the [[Innu]], [[Mursi people|Mursi]], [[Bodi people|Bodi]], [[Konso]], and [[Wanniyala-Aetto]]. Tribal peoples are also more vulnerable to sexual exploitation. Among the tribes with whom Survival International has campaigned, there has been reported rapes of girls and women by workers of invading companies in the Indigenous tribes of [[Penan]], [[Western New Guinea|West Papuan]] tribes, Jummas, and [[Jarawa people (Andaman Islands)|Jarawa]].<ref name="survivalinternationaltribes"/>

The government role in these territories varies. Most Brazilian tribes are protected under law, while in reality there has been resistance in policies and strong support for enterprises that carry out these threats on their existence. In Africa, the San tribes and other tribes have been persecuted with beating and torture to force relocation, as well as murder in the [[Nuba]], and in the Bangladesh, Asia, with the Jummas.<ref name="survivalinternationaltribes"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/27/opinion/l-sudan-points-up-the-world-hunger-crisis-islamic-persecutions-987292.html |title=Sudan Points Up the World Hunger Crisis; Islamic Persecutions |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 October 2009 |access-date=20 October 2009 |archive-date=1 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601073014/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/27/opinion/l-sudan-points-up-the-world-hunger-crisis-islamic-persecutions-987292.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sometimes governments offer compensations that are believed by Survival to be unwanted alternatives for the tribes, portrayed as "development".<ref name=survivalinternationaltribesdongria>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/dongria/|title=Dongria Kondh|first=Survival|last=International|website=www.SurvivalInternational.org|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=19 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519231401/http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/dongria|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2012, Survival International launched a worldwide campaign, backed by actor [[Colin Firth]], to protect the [[Awá-Guajá people|Awa-Guajá people]] of Brazil, which the organization considers to be the "earth's most threatened tribe".<ref name=independent-awa>{{cite news|title=The world's most threatened tribe - Survival International's campaign, backed by the actor Colin Firth, seeks to protect the life and lands of Brazil's Awa people|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-worlds-most-threatened-tribe-7687515.html|access-date=4 October 2012|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=29 April 2012|author=Eede, Joanna|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503164026/https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-worlds-most-threatened-tribe-7687515.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In late 2015, Survival International started the Stop the Con campaign, which seeks to raise awareness about negative impacts of traditional conservation policies on tribal peoples.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalinternational.org/stopthecon|title=Stop the con|first=Survival|last=International|website=www.SurvivalInternational.org|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520203131/http://www.survivalinternational.org/stopthecon|url-status=live}}</ref> This campaign is part of Survival International's larger campaign on conservation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivalinternational.org/conservation|title=Tribal conservationists|first=Survival|last=International|website=www.SurvivalInternational.org|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=19 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519073923/http://www.survivalinternational.org/conservation|url-status=live}}</ref>