There are hundreds of different ethnic groups living in Amazonia. And a new isolated tribe was recently discovered with the help of a drone in this South American region of abundant greenery.
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On footage captured from the air by the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), several people can be seen moving around in a clearing which is populated by several huts.
Shot in 2017 between Brazil and Peru, the video was published in August 2018. To get to this area, which is very difficult to access and is situated in the Brazilian state Amazonas, the expedition comprising FUNAI members and police had to traverse 200 miles of river, jungle and dirt roads.
A mission of protection
This is not the first group to be discovered by the Foundation in this area of the Amazon. It has already contacted 8 tribes and has proof of the existence of 11 others.
The purpose of this kind of expedition is not to discover isolated tribes, but to protect them, according to FUNAI.
'Vigilance and control must be stepped up in the region to... guarantee total possession of the territory for indigenous peoples,' said the coordinator of the project Vitor Gois
According to the official figures, 800, 000 indigenous people live in Brazil. Separated into over 305 ethnic groups, they speak 274 different languages. The statistics vary from report to report, but according to FUNAI, there are over 100 isolated tribes in this part of the world.
