Survival International has renewed its appeal for the recognition and protection of the Kawahiva do Rio Pardo Indigenous Territory in Brazil, following the completion of its physical demarcation.
In a report published on 6 August 2026, the organisation announced that teams had finished marking the territory’s boundaries on the ground. Its September appeal calls for the remaining presidential approval. Physical demarcation and that formal approval are distinct stages of the process.
A forest home and a way of life
The Kawahiva are an uncontacted Indigenous people living in the Brazilian Amazon. Survival describes a community that depends on its forest for food and shelter and avoids contact with outsiders. Its account documents threats from logging and encroachment on the territory, as well as the consequences of earlier violence and disease.
The campaign concerns both land rights and the Kawahiva’s ability to continue living in the way they choose, without imposed contact. Survival also stresses that completing the recognition process would not remove the need for continuing monitoring and protection on the ground.
About the appeal
Survival’s public campaign page explains its request to the Brazilian authorities and provides an email form. This is an email-writing campaign rather than simply a petition collecting signatures. The campaign is organised by Survival International.
Further background is available in Survival’s Kawahiva overview and its report on the completion of physical demarcation.
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