Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this frame from video provided by Survival International, Dabi Nishida, of the Yine Indigenous group, maneuvers a boat near a ...

- In Peru’s Madre de Dios region, Indigenous protection agents are at the forefront of managing contact with the isolated Mashco Piro tribe, which has made more frequent appearances for over a decade ...

In Colombia’s Amazon, two communities have worked for more than a decade to guard their territory and to protect the right of other Indigenous peoples to remain isolated. The community of Manacaro and ...

In today’s world, where satellites can track virtually all areas on Earth’s surface, it sounds unlikely that there are ...

Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists consider an alarming sign ...

Madre de Dios is a remote southeastern Amazon region bordering Brazil and Bolivia. It is one of Peru’s most biodiverse areas, but it has also been a hot spot for illegal gold mining, logging and other ...

Encroachment fuels more encounters with isolated group The Tahuamanu River is a key transport route in this part of the Amazon. A permanent bridge will allow year-round truck access, which ...