Brazilian authorities have completed a rare ground operation to protect an uncontacted tribe from violent ranchers in a region of the Amazon with the highest rate of illegal deforestation in the country. But there are growing fears that unless the remaining steps in the land protection process for the tribe are completed quickly, the territory will never be… Continue reading Brazil launches operation to save surviving members of uncontacted tribe
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Canadian oil company pulls out of uncontacted tribes land in Peru
A Canadian oil company is withdrawing from the territory of several uncontacted tribes in the Amazon where it had been intending to explore for oil. The company, Pacific E&P, had previously been awarded the right to explore for oil in a large area of the Amazon Uncontacted Frontier, an area of immense biodiversity which is home to more… Continue reading Canadian oil company pulls out of uncontacted tribes land in Peru