Can We Save The Amazon's Uncontacted
Tribes? By Ben Taub (text in english)
Occupying the remotest depths of the
Amazon rainforest, some of the most vulnerable communities on the planet may
soon be facing extinction after surviving virtually unchanged for thousands of
years. Some of these groups live in such extreme isolation that their existence
was only discovered in 2008, when aerial photographs revealed the presence of a
completely uncontacted tribe in the Brazilian Amazon.
However, as the tentacles of
globalization reach ever further into this mysterious territory, the
contamination that it brings poses the greatest threat these people have ever
faced, sparking debate about how the rest of the world can help to ensure their
survival.
Until now, the official policy of
South American governments has always been one of "no contact",
meaning interactions with forest-dwelling indigenous groups are never attempted
unless initiated by the tribes themselves. Alarmingly, however, this is
currently happening with greater frequency than ever before, as increasing numbers
of native communities appeal to outsiders for help against disease epidemics
caused by the infringement of these same outsiders on their land.
Subsequently, while some of the more
remote tribes still have virtually no knowledge of modern lifestyles and
technologies, others have begun requesting items such as machetes, clothing,
and food, after discovering them during interactions with outsiders.
This has led to calls for a change
of policy, with some academics claiming that the outside world is now too close
to tribal territories for no-contact to be sustainable. Accordingly, certain
factions have begun encouraging governments to proactively initiate contact
with these communities, in order to ensure the process is as controlled and
safe as possible. Others, however, disagree and claim that attempting to
contact these tribes can only end in disaster.
Some tribes live in extreme
isolation, although more needs to be done to keep outsiders off their
territory.
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