The Yanomami are the largest relatively isolated indigenous people in the Amazon. © Fiona Watson/Survival A measles epidemic has hit an isolated Amazon tribe on the Brazil-Venezuela border which has very little immunity to the disease. The devastating outbreak has the potential to kill hu...

Guardians of the Amazon from the Guajajara tribe: “We patrol, we find the loggers, we destroy their equipment and we send them away. We’ve stopped many loggers. It’s working.” © Guardians of the Amazon Members of an Amazon tribe patrolling their rainforest reserve to protect uncontacted re...

By staining the streets red, the protestors are showing how much blood has been shed in the fight for the protection of indigenous lands © Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil Thousands of indigenous people gathered in Brazil’s capital this week, to protest against plans to destroy their lands an...

The Mashco Piro have been increasingly entering into contact with outsiders. The new reserves are intended to ensure uncontacted groups’ lands remain undisturbed. © Jean-Paul Van Belle Peru is to create two Amazonian reserves for the protection of uncontacted tribes , covering more than 2....