Aerial picture of formerly unknown Amazon Basin tribe

[underpants]

Members of an unknown Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in this May, 2008 photo distributed by FUNAI, the government agency for the protection of indigenous peoples. Survival International estimates that there are over 100 uncontacted tribes worldwide, and says that uncontacted tribes in the region are under increasing threat from illegal logging over the border in Peru.
(Funai-Frente de Proteção Etno-Ambiental Envira/Handout/Reuters)

[Vilis Veritas]

1. Sad.

That flight was probably a survey flight...I hope they survive our insane lust for McShit...

[Extend a Hand]

2. fly over was taken by Brazil's department for Indian affairs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/30/brazil.conservation

Here are more details:
The images, taken by the Brazil's department for Indian affairs (Funai), reveal a number of thatched roof huts in a small clearing in the forest, in the western Amazon, close to Envira, which is not far from the border with Peru.

Funai warned that logging in the region threatened the existence of the few remaining uncontacted indigenous communities.

"We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist," said Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles, an expert on uncontacted tribes at Funai. "This is very important because there are some who doubt their existence."

[Vilis Veritas]

4. That fact at least bodes well..

I merely hope they survive our insanity.

Peace.

[xchrom]

3. recommend. nt