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Mashco-Piro 'uncontacted' Peruvian tribe pictured | Mashco-Piro 'uncontacted' Peruvian tribe pictured |
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Chance encounters near an isolated Amazon tribe have resulted in the most detailed pictures ever taken of them. | Chance encounters near an isolated Amazon tribe have resulted in the most detailed pictures ever taken of them. |
Campaign group Survival International has released images of the Mashco-Piro tribe, which lives near the Manu National Park in southeastern Peru. | Campaign group Survival International has released images of the Mashco-Piro tribe, which lives near the Manu National Park in southeastern Peru. |
The tribe has had little if any peaceful contact with the outside world, but sightings are on the rise. | The tribe has had little if any peaceful contact with the outside world, but sightings are on the rise. |
Survival blames the change on gas and oil projects and illegal logging in the area, pushing the tribe into new lands. | Survival blames the change on gas and oil projects and illegal logging in the area, pushing the tribe into new lands. |
The message that the Mashco-Piro tribe seems to be sending, however, is that they want to be left alone. | The message that the Mashco-Piro tribe seems to be sending, however, is that they want to be left alone. |
"There's been increasing conflict and violence against outsiders that are on their ancestral land," Survival's Peru campaigner Rebecca Spooner told BBC News. | "There's been increasing conflict and violence against outsiders that are on their ancestral land," Survival's Peru campaigner Rebecca Spooner told BBC News. |
That violence has included arrows being fired at tourists in passing boats, and a warning arrow - with no tip - being recently fired at a Manu park ranger. | That violence has included arrows being fired at tourists in passing boats, and a warning arrow - with no tip - being recently fired at a Manu park ranger. |
Most recently, an arrow attack by members of the tribe killed Nicolas "Shaco" Flores - a member of a different tribe who had been attempting to make formal contact with the Mashco-Piro for some two decades. | |
An account of the attack by anthropologist Glenn Shepard underlines the fact that the tribe is fearful of forming ties with the world around them. | An account of the attack by anthropologist Glenn Shepard underlines the fact that the tribe is fearful of forming ties with the world around them. |
So it was at a respectful distance of 120m that Spanish archaeologist Diego Cortijo snapped pictures of the tribe using a telescope mounted on a camera, capturing the most detailed images ever taken of such "uncontacted" tribes, many of whom are detailed at a site of the same name. | So it was at a respectful distance of 120m that Spanish archaeologist Diego Cortijo snapped pictures of the tribe using a telescope mounted on a camera, capturing the most detailed images ever taken of such "uncontacted" tribes, many of whom are detailed at a site of the same name. |
Ms Spooner suggested that the evident increase in violence could be abated by preserving the local tribes' traditional lands. | Ms Spooner suggested that the evident increase in violence could be abated by preserving the local tribes' traditional lands. |
"We're asking the Peruvian government to do more to protect that land, which should be set aside for the uncontacted groups," she said. | "We're asking the Peruvian government to do more to protect that land, which should be set aside for the uncontacted groups," she said. |