More than 50 members of an uncontacted #IndigenousTribe have been photographed on a riverbank in the remote #Peruvian #Amazon near an area where #logging companies have been granted concessions by the country's government.

The large group from the #MashcoPiro appeared in recent days near the southeastern village of #MonteSalvado, which belongs to the #Yine people. A smaller group of 17 appeared near a neighboring village.

The Yine, who speak a language related to that of the Mashco Piro, have previously reported that the #UncontactedTribe has been angry about the presence of #loggers on their land, according to the #IndigenousRights group #SurvivalInternational.

“This is irrefutable evidence that many Mashco Piro live in this area, which the government has not only failed to protect, but actually sold off to logging companies,” Alfredo Vargas Pio, president of the local Indigenous rights group #FENAMAD, said in a statement from Survival International.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/peru-amazon-rainforest-tribe-uncontacted-unusual-sighting-logging-area-rcna162259

#Indigenous #FirstPeoples #NativeRights #HumanRights #Deforestation #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #GovernmentFailure #Peru #GlobalSouth #StopEcocide #StopIndigenousGenocide #Environmental #SouthAmerica #ClimateCrisis #StopKillingForests #AmazonRainforest #IndigenousLand #NativeLand #EcoJustice

Uncontacted Amazon tribe in unusual sighting near logging area

The Mashco Piro, an uncontacted indigenous tribe, has been photographed in the Amazon near to an area where loggers have been granted concessions.

NBC News

The Shompen are one of the most isolated tribes on Earth. They live on Great Nicobar Island in India, and most of them refuse all contact with outsiders.

Numbering between 100 and 400, they are now at risk of being totally wiped out by a “mega-development” plan of the Indian government.

Please tell India’s Tribal Affairs Minister that the project must be scrapped, or the Shompen will be wiped out. 🙏🏼🪷 #petition #indigenoustribe #Shompen #India #pleasesign

https://act.survivalinternational.org/page/128615/action/1?

The Shompen face obliteration: they urgently need your support

Take action for the Shompen now! The Shompen are one of the most isolated tribes on Earth. They live on Great Nicobar island in India, and most of them refuse all contact with outsiders. Numbering between 100 and 400, they are now at risk of being totally wiped out by a “mega-development” plan by the Indian government to transform their small island home into the “Hong Kong of India.” Please tell India’s Tribal Affairs Minister that the project must be scrapped, or the Shompen will be wiped out.

Survival International