Uncontacted tribe photographed near Brazil-Peru border

[ColbertWatcher]

http://www.survival-international.org/news/3340">Survival International

Meirelles says that the group’s numbers are increasing. But other uncontacted groups in the region, whose homes have been photographed from the air, are in severe danger from illegal logging in Peru. Logging is driving uncontacted tribes over the border and could lead to conflict with the estimated five hundred uncontacted Indians already living on the Brazilian side.

‘What is happening in this region is a monumental crime against the natural world, the tribes, the fauna and is further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the ‘civilised’ ones, treat the world,’ said Meirelles.

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[greyl]

1. Meirelles makes great points about a grave issue.

Nativeplanet.org is another site with similar concerns and resources.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Good link, thank you. n/t

[remember2000forever]

2. We Need To Know That These Instances Are the Last Contacts Of Our Natural World.

May We Tread Softly and (remember, document and if it's possible, leave alone!)

[boobooday]

4. Well they WERE uncontacted . . .

Now they feel like guests at Brangelina's wedding, which they will hear about soon . . .

[Canuckistanian]

5. I feel sorry for them

Contact with "civilization" never turns out well for "uncontacted" cultures.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. So true.

It seems they would never have been found had this group not been doing their flyover to observe logging in the area.

[The Straight Story]

7. They could be a danger to their kids, lets send in the child welfare services from Texas to see

:rofl: (Couldn't resist)

[ColbertWatcher]

8. They're not Christian and they have no oil. Texas won't be interested. n/t

[ladjf]

9. The Killing Machine blunders on until all are dead.

[aikoaiko]

10. You can almost see the banner, "SEND LAWYERS, GUNS & MONEY".