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Mashco Piro Tribe
- 22 Jul 2024
- 2 min read
Recently, the previously uncontacted Mashco Piro tribe emerged in Peru due to encroachment and a search for food and safety.
- The Mashco Piro is the largest uncontacted tribe globally, with over 750 members. They have traditionally lived in isolation in the Amazon rainforest.
- They occasionally interact with the Yine community, sharing ancestry and language, but these contacts pose health risks due to their lack of immunity to diseases.
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During the 1880s Rubber Boom, rubber barons invaded their territory, enslaving and subjecting them to severe atrocities.
- In 2002, Perú established the Madre de Dios Territorial Reserve to protect them, but it covers only a third of the proposed area.
- Peru:
- Country in Western South America, bordered by Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, and the Pacific Ocean.
- It is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the Andes mountains to the Amazon Basin rainforest.
- It is influenced by its tropical latitude, mountain ranges, and two ocean currents (Humboldt and El Niño).
- Major Producer: Lithium, lead, zinc, gold, copper, and silver.
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