Tribal Channel (Apple TV) Survival International
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Films from Survival International - the movement for tribal peoples. For PC, Mac or Apple TV. Find our other video podcast for videos suitable for your iPod or iPhone.
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Baka health plummets due to conservation
In the Congo Basin, the Baka, Bayaka and dozens of other rainforest peoples are being illegally evicted from their ancestral homelands in the name of conservation. "Their health is plummeting as a result.":https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/11882
The big conservation organizations that support these conservation projects, like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), refuse to abide by basic international standards and secure their consent. -
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Bronx Zoo organization complicit in abuse of Bayaka "Pygmies"
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which is one of the world's oldest conservation organizations and is based at the Bronx Zoo, is complicit in the abuse of Bayaka "Pygmies" in the Republic of Congo.
WCS helped create and now manages a national park on the Bayaka's ancestral homelands. Inside and outside the park, it funds and equips violent anti-poaching squads.
The Bayaka are being illegally evicted from their forest homes and face harassment, arrest, beatings and even torture at the hands of these squads. Despite being aware of the abuse for over 18 years, WCS has taken no effective action to stop it. -
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Baka "Pygmy" speaks out against destructive loggers
Some of the world's largest logging groups are destroying the Baka's ancestral forests in the Congo Basin.
This Baka man lives near logging concessions run by the French giant Rougier, one of the World Wildlife Fund's main partners.
Despite claiming it never partners with logging companies without the Baka's consent, it has done precisely that for over 15 years. -
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Baka "Pygmy" speaks out as girl dies in the name of conservation
Baka "Pygmies" are being illegally evicted from their ancestral homelands in the Cameroon and Congo.
This man explains the importance of the forest to Baka life, and recounts how a young girl and elderly man died when their community was attacked by an anti-poaching squad funded by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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