On Friday CNN reported the discovery of an uncontacted tribe in the Brazilian Amazon. This tribe is just one of possibly hundreds of uncontacted tribes in this area of the world. The tribe was found by researchers working for Brazil's National Indian Foundation (NIF). CNN reported:"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."
"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 (NIF) said Thursday."
"Its director, Stephen Cory, said the new photographs highlight the need to protect uncontacted people from intrusion by the outside world."
"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."
""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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