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Uncontacted Amazon tribe attack intruding loggers with arrows in 'humanitarian disaster'

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Updated 10:02 9 Aug 2024 GMT+1Published 15:14 7 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Uncontacted Amazon tribe attack intruding loggers with arrows in 'humanitarian disaster'

At least one logger is said to have been seriously injured during an confrontation in the Peruvian Amazon

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

Featured Image Credit: Survival International

Topics: Amazon, News, World News

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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An uncontacted tribe in the Peruvian Amazon has launched an attack on loggers encroaching on their territory.

The Mashco Piro tribe live in Peru's Manú National Park.

As of this year, the tribe is said to be made up of more than 750 members.

Mashco Piro tribe live in Peru's Manú National Park. (Dukas / Contributor/Getty)
Mashco Piro tribe live in Peru's Manú National Park. (Dukas / Contributor/Getty)

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The Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes (FENAMAD) who represent 39 Indigenous communities in the Cusco and Madre de Dios regions, confirmed that an incident took place on July 27.

The logging that is currently taking place in that area of the Amazon is thought to be illegal, CBS News reports.

"It is presumably illegal because the area where the incident occurred is a forestry concession that belonged to Wood Tropical Forest until November 2022, and we are not aware of a concession that has requested or granted enabling rights in the same area," an anonymous FENAMAD spokesperson told the outlet.

The tribe has more than 750 members. (Survival International)
The tribe has more than 750 members. (Survival International)

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The organization went on to call out the Peruvian government for not doing more to protect the Mashco Piro and their home amid increased activity of illegal logging.

In the incident that occurred at the end of last month the tribe are said to have fired arrows at the loggers, leaving one seriously injured.

A similar ordeal occurred in 2022 when two loggers were shot with arrows while fishing. One was fatally injured.

Survival International, an advocacy group for indigenous peoples, is now calling for the Peru's government to do more.

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Teresa Mayo, a researcher at Survival International, said in a phone call to CBS News: "This is a permanent emergency. For the last month we have been seeing the Mascho Piro every two weeks at different points, and in all of them they are surrounded by loggers.

"It's truly a matter of life and death. And only the government can and has the duty to stop it."

The group were spotted dangerously close to land granted to loggers last month. (Survival International)
The group were spotted dangerously close to land granted to loggers last month. (Survival International)

Just weeks before the incident, Survival International Director Caroline Pearce expressed concerns that they were on the verge of a 'humanitarian disaster' after images showed members of the tribe just a few miles away from logging concessions.

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"This is a humanitarian disaster in the making," she said. "It’s absolutely vital that the loggers are thrown out."

Pearce went on: "The FSC must cancel its certification of Canales Tahuamanu immediately – failure to do so will make a mockery of the entire certification system."

In response to the attack last month, Survival International have doubled down on the importance of protecting Mashco Piro occupied land.

A spokesperson for the organization told UNILAD: "The attack provides further evidence of just how important – and urgent – it is for the whole Mashco Piro territory to be properly protected.

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"It reinforces the need for all the logging licenses in the Mashco Piro territory to be revoked, as it is impossible to protect the lives of either the Mashco Piro or the logging workers."

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