00:00Isolated Amazon tribes spotted near village as logging encroaches, experts raise alarm.
00:06The Mashco Piro live deep in the Peruvian Amazon and are among the largest indigenous tribes to shun the outside world.
00:13With approximately 750 members remaining, they have recently been spotted entering nearby villages as loggers encroach on their traditional territory.
00:21A logging company, Maderera Canales Tahuamanu, is constructing a bridge across the Tahuamanu River into Mashco Piro territory.
00:30This raises concerns, as previous encounters led to violence, with loggers killed by the tribe in 2024.
00:37Teresa Mayo from Survival International warns,
00:40Exactly one year after the encounters and the deaths, nothing has changed in terms of land protection.
00:46And the Yine are now reporting to have seen both the Mashco Piro and the loggers exactly in the same space, almost at the same time.
00:54The clash could be imminent.
00:56The tribe faces multiple threats.
00:58They lack immunity to common diseases.
01:01Their culture could erode through outside contact.
01:04And violent confrontations could occur.
01:06Reserves exist, but much land is unprotected, leaving miners, traffickers, and loggers to encroach.
01:12Caroline Pierce from Survival International has stated,
01:15This is the Mashco Piro's ancestral forest, and it is their home.
01:20Indigenous land must be in indigenous hands, not subject to corporate greed.
01:24Beyond tribal survival, the ongoing destruction threatens wildlife and contributes to climate change.
01:30Experts urge prioritizing indigenous sovereignty over economic interests before it's too late for this vulnerable tribe,
01:37which went into isolation during the 19th century rubber boom.
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