New report details threats facing uncontacted peoples

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We warned that influencers are one of the growing threats towards uncontacted peoples in our ground-breaking report, Uncontacted Peoples: at the Edge of Survival. 2026 has already brought some spectacularly terrible examples. Several influencers and adventurers have been going on podcasts lately sharing their stories of encounters with uncontacted peoples. Not only are some of them entering uncontacted peoples’ lands illegally, but they’re portraying uncontacted peoples as “Stone Age”, backwards

We invited Lucas Manchineri to speak at the press conference to launch our in-depth report Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples: at the edge of survival. He and his fellow panel members shared their experience of the fight for the survival of their uncontacted relatives. It’s a dangerous and difficult task, but as Lucas said, “we as relatives, are obliged, spiritually and politically” to keep up the fight. If you haven’t explored our website yet, where you can hear from and support other Indigenous le

Defending Uncontacted Peoples: A Call to Action