New drone shots show isolated Amazonian tribe in Brazil

[Judi Lynn]

Source: New Zealand Herald


23 Aug, 2018 12:54pm
By: Beatrice Christofaro

New aerial images give a rare glimpse of an isolated tribe in Brazil's Amazon, showing 16 people walking through jungle as well as a deforested area with a crop.

In a video clip, one of the tribespeople appears to be carrying a bow and arrow.

Brazil's agency for indigenous affairs, Funai, said it captured the drone shots during an expedition last year to monitor isolated communities, but only released them now to protect their study.

Researchers monitored the tribe in Vale do Javari, an indigenous territory in the southwestern part of the state of Amazonas. There are 11 confirmed isolated groups in the area - more than anywhere else in Brazil.

Read more: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12112224

[jmbar2]

1. This should not be publicized

They need to be left alone. Contact with the outside world would likely harm them. They don't have immunity to outside diseases.

[digonswine]

3. Apparently, it is not that simple-

Funai's policy, I think, is to leave them alone. Some anthropologists suggest making contact in a systematic and careful way, keeping medical personnel there for at least a year to vaccinate and whatnot.
The fact is, they argue, these people will be contacted eventually. Probably by interests that want to use the land or resources, which means slaughter. Better to do it now and right. Also-many people, post-contact, are happy about it. The initial resistance seems to be their misconceptions about the intentions of researchers.
The whole thing is a prickly mess.

[montana_hazeleyes]

2. I thought the same thing when I saw this. I hope

they are left the hell alone!

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Would be nice if they were left the hell alone.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

5. My gosh, why can't humans leave anything untouched?

Knowing a bit about Brazil's political leanings, corruption and human greed, they're probably already planning the road systems and where to place the Dollar Stores.

And, America is slowly loosing every square foot of virgin lands and waters as we speak, as Republicans rob and pillage everything where they can make a quick buck. No vision or cares past the next quarterly report.

..............

[yesphan]

6. Religious groups

are going to want to take their god(s) to them to save them.

[Danascot]

7. Much of South America is already infested

with evangelical churches.