Now that this tribe have been identified are they still uncontacted or lost? Once something has been discovered can it ever be pristine, untouched, and lost again?
This week also revealed news of a photograph of an endangered species Javan rhinoceros. It has been on a threatened species list for some time and proclaimed extinct.
There is some comfort in knowing that industrial man has not completely discovered the planet’s small corners and that there is still the possibility for giant animals and exotic animals to roam naturally. Who knew there could still be habitat for such wildlife?
The uncontacted Amazon tribe is like an endangered species. It is threatened by the introduction of contemporary living by destroying their area with logging, and interfering with their own wildlife conservation, if any.
Some tribes have lived in a subsistence state for many generations and in the process managed to survive even without wildlife conservation.
Perhaps it is inherent in human nature to exploit whatever can be found and adapt as necessary to what is left.
The uncontacted tribes left in the world are threatened by disease and loss of hunter-gatherer space as the rest of the world frantically consumes resources and discards waste. The casualties of wildlife conservation, endangered species, exotic and rare animals and plants are historic.
There has been a saying that there is a 60-year window when the human race discovers, then develops a new area beyond recognition. Roads are built, industry and tourism moves in, and man displaces wildlife and plant species. I think that window is closing faster that ever.
I wonder how many uncontacted tribes are left to be contacted and how many years before they become exotic animals.
