MADRID, 31 NGO Survival International has published on Monday new pictures of Indians who have had no contact with the outside world and living in a jungle in Brazil, on the border with Peru, to denounce the danger to these tribes by threats illegal loggers working in the area. The Indians who appear in the images are part of the episode "Rain" of the new BBC series "Planet People" and were taken by the Department of Indian Affairs of Brazil, which has authorized Survival to use them as part of its campaign to protect their territory.
Brazilian authorities believe that the influx of loggers is driving uncontacted tribes from Peru into Brazil, and it is likely that the two groups in conflict. As reported by the NGO itself, last year, the U.S. company Upper Amazon Conservancy conducted the latest in a series of flights on the Peruvian side, revealing new evidence of illegal logging in a protected area.
The coordinator of the Amazon Indians in Brazil, Marcos Apurina, said that "it is necessary to reaffirm the existence of these peoples," thus Survival published the photos to "protect" the right to life of these peoples. "The place where indigenous people live, fish, hunt and plant must be protected.
Therefore it is very useful to show pictures of the uncontacted tribes, so that the whole world to know they are there in the jungle and that authorities must respect their right to live there, "stated the Brazilian Indian leader Davi Yanomami Kopenawa. On Meanwhile, the director of the NGO said Monday that these "illegal loggers destroy the indigenous people" and called on the government of Alan Garcia that the "stop before time runs out." 
Brazilian authorities believe that the influx of loggers is driving uncontacted tribes from Peru into Brazil, and it is likely that the two groups in conflict. As reported by the NGO itself, last year, the U.S. company Upper Amazon Conservancy conducted the latest in a series of flights on the Peruvian side, revealing new evidence of illegal logging in a protected area.
The coordinator of the Amazon Indians in Brazil, Marcos Apurina, said that "it is necessary to reaffirm the existence of these peoples," thus Survival published the photos to "protect" the right to life of these peoples. "The place where indigenous people live, fish, hunt and plant must be protected.
Therefore it is very useful to show pictures of the uncontacted tribes, so that the whole world to know they are there in the jungle and that authorities must respect their right to live there, "stated the Brazilian Indian leader Davi Yanomami Kopenawa. On Meanwhile, the director of the NGO said Monday that these "illegal loggers destroy the indigenous people" and called on the government of Alan Garcia that the "stop before time runs out."
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