WHAT DOES THIS TELL US they are deliberately killing everything by not allowing anyone to stop the fires. "The survival of uncontacted tribes in the Amazon is now at risk as some of their last forest refuges are being consumed by flames. Amazon chief says they're facing "genocide". The Brazilian government has rejected $20 million in aid from G-7 leaders to fight the fires in the Amazon rainforest. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez spoke with Tashka Yawanawa, chief of the indigenous Yawanawa people, about the threats they are facing in the region.
In the eastern Amazon, fires have been seen near uncontacted members of the Awá tribe, who live in the final area of rain forest left in the region.
Local people report that the loggers who have set the fires are heavily armed, and preventing firefighters from accessing the area........."
Campaigners are concerned that the current wave of fires could wipe out the uncontacted Awá and are calling for urgent action.
COIAB, the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations in the Brazilian Amazon, said in a statement: “The fires are destroying the remaining forests in these regions, which are vital spaces for the survival of our relatives. There are isolated peoples also in the state of Mato Grosso, many of them have not yet had their presence recognized by the Brazilian state, who may be fleeing the deforestation and fires.”
The Awá, known as Earth’s Most Threatened Tribe, are already under great pressure as illegal loggers are devastating their territories, which are islands of green amid a sea of deforestation.