Post by Okwes on Jun 10, 2008 11:00:32 GMT -5
'Uncontacted tribe' sighted in Amazon
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/30/brazil.tribes/
Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who they say
are among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact
with the outside world.
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Indigenous Brazilians are photographed during an overflight in May,
reacting to the sights over their camp.
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Taken from a small airplane, the photos show men outside thatched
communal huts, necks craned upward, pointing bows toward the air in a
remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest.
The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, published
the photos Thursday on its Web site. It tracks "uncontacted tribes" --
indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders
-- and seeks to protect them from encroachment.
More than 100 uncontacted tribes remain worldwide, and about half live
in the remote reaches of the Amazonian rainforest in Peru or Brazil,
near the recently photographed tribe, according to Survival
International, a nonprofit group that advocates for the rights of
indigenous people.
"All are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed or
decimated by new diseases," the organization said Thursday.
Illegal logging in Peru is threatening several uncontacted groups,
pushing them over the border with Brazil and toward potential conflicts
with about 500 uncontacted Indians living on the Brazilian side,
Survival International said.
Its director, Stephen Cory, said the new photographs highlight the need
to protect uncontacted people from intrusion by the outside world.
"These pictures are further evidence that uncontacted tribes really do
exist," Cory said in a statement. "The world needs to wake up to this,
and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with
international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct."
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The photos were taken during 20 hours of flights conducted between April
28 and May 2.
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/30/brazil.tribes/
Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who they say
are among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact
with the outside world.
art.amazon.tribe.ap.jpg
i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/WORLD/americas/05/30/brazil.tribes/art.amazon.tribe.ap.jpg
Indigenous Brazilians are photographed during an overflight in May,
reacting to the sights over their camp.
more photos ยป
<javascript:CNN_changeMosaicTab('cnnPhotoCmpnt','photos.html');>
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/30/brazil.tribes/#cnnSTCPhoto
Taken from a small airplane, the photos show men outside thatched
communal huts, necks craned upward, pointing bows toward the air in a
remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest.
The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, published
the photos Thursday on its Web site. It tracks "uncontacted tribes" --
indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders
-- and seeks to protect them from encroachment.
More than 100 uncontacted tribes remain worldwide, and about half live
in the remote reaches of the Amazonian rainforest in Peru or Brazil,
near the recently photographed tribe, according to Survival
International, a nonprofit group that advocates for the rights of
indigenous people.
"All are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed or
decimated by new diseases," the organization said Thursday.
Illegal logging in Peru is threatening several uncontacted groups,
pushing them over the border with Brazil and toward potential conflicts
with about 500 uncontacted Indians living on the Brazilian side,
Survival International said.
Its director, Stephen Cory, said the new photographs highlight the need
to protect uncontacted people from intrusion by the outside world.
"These pictures are further evidence that uncontacted tribes really do
exist," Cory said in a statement. "The world needs to wake up to this,
and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with
international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct."
advertisement
The photos were taken during 20 hours of flights conducted between April
28 and May 2.