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The Brazilian government published photographs of the tribe who live in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon, in almost complete isolation from other societies. The discovery of this indigenous tribe living in the area bordering Peru, provides strong support for protecting the tribe and their home, the Amazonian rainforest.

It is said that there are 100 groups of tribes around the world who live in isolation from society, and more than half of these live in Brazil and Peru. In Brazil, indigenous people's right to the land is guaranteed and protected by law, but Peru does not have such legislation in place yet. There is a danger that tribes who may lose their homes due to deforestation in Peru may migrate into Brazil, and come into conflict with other tribes.

In the pictures published, you can see straw-thatched dwellings and tribesmen, bodies painted red, aiming their bows and arrows at the camera shooting from the air. Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior of the Brazilian government's Indian affairs department (FUNAI) said, "(deforestation is) a monumental crime against the natural world and further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the 'civilised' ones, treat the world." Mr. Meirelles protests against those who deny tribal existence and cut down the forests.

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