‘Human safaris’ in the Amazon basin put uncontacted tribes at risk
Members of the Mashco-Piro tribe, photographed at an undisclosed location near the Manu National Park in southeastern Peru, in 2011. (AP Photo/Diego Cortijo,Survival International)
The tourists may be well-intentioned. But that doesn’t mean the photos they’re taking of the Mashco-Piro people in a Peruvian forest, near the Brazilian border, are a good idea.
The tourists’ images — which document people living in voluntary isolation, cut off from the rest of the world — are arriving at a worrisome rate at Survival International, according to the advocacy group’s Peru campaigner, Rebecca Spooner.
‘Human Safaris’ in the Amazon Basin Put Uncontacted Tribes at Risk by Thavam
‘Human Safaris’ in the Amazon Basin Put Uncontacted Tribes at Risk by Thavam
