A new report by Survival International has revealed that demand for electric vehicles is destroying uncontacted people’s lives and lands in Indonesia. Following intense lobbying from Survival ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forest destroyed by nickel mining, Halmahera, Indonesia. Mongabay Indonesia In their pursuit of nickel, a key metal in EV ...

The Javari Valley in the Brazilian state of Amazonas is home to an estimated nineteen uncontacted tribes, more than any other territory on Earth. There are also seven contacted tribes who live in the ...

From the depths of Brazil's Amazon to Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public ...

Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at various mysteries about uncontacted and isolated peoples around the globe. Stretching thousands of miles across South America, the Amazon Rainforest is ...

On Sunday, June 29, Indonesia will break ground on a $6 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery plant on Halmahera, the largest of the Maluku islands. The facility will mine the island’s abundant nickel ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — From the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis ...

Deep within the remaining tropical forests of the world, the last uncontacted peoples live in near-total isolation. Their very presence carries unintended yet powerful implications for all of us.

"People think electric cars are a green alternative," she said, "but mining companies are operating on the land of uncontacted peoples and posing enormous threats." In South America, illegal gold ...

Dozens of uncontacted people deep in the Peruvian Amazon have been captured on camera just several miles from a number of logging areas, a human rights group said, and they are believed to be from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This June 2024 photo provided by Survival International shows members of the Mashco Piro along Las Piedras River in the ...

She pointed to the uncontacted Hongana Manyawa on Indonesia's Halmahera Island, where nickel for electric-vehicle batteries is being mined. "People think electric cars are a green alternative," she ...