The last uncontacted people in South America outside the Amazon are holding out in an ever shrinking island of forest, as bulldozers clearing land for cattle ranchers rapidly close in on them.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ordered Paraguay to protect the Ayoreo Totobiegosode's land, but well funded ranching operators are now clearing forest, bulldozing roads, installing cattle fences and even constructing huge reservoirs for livestock.
It's all illegal, but the government shows little interest in enforcing the law. The situation is now critical.
"Unless our lands are protected, our uncontacted relatives who want to stay in the forest will soon no longer be able to survive there", says Orojoi, a Totobiegosode leader.
Since the 90s, Survival has campaigned for the Ayoreo's land rights, and part of their land has been protected. But the process is far from over.
Please email the authorities in Paraguay urging them to enforce the law and protect all the tribe's territory from further destruction.
Your email will be sent to:
Hércules Pedro Lorenzo Alliana Rodríguez (Vice President of Paraguay)
Juan Ramón Benegas (President of INDI)
Rolando de Barros Barreto (Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development)
Public Ministry of Paraguay
Director of the General Unit for Human Rights
Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples
