‘Brothers in the forest’ – the fight to protect an isolated Amazon tribe

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Stephanie HegartyGlobal population correspondent

Fenamad Two individuals are sitting on a rocky riverbank near the water’s edge. They appear unclothed and are positioned on smooth stones with some scattered vegetation around them. Behind them, there are fallen tree trunks and green foliage, indicating a natural, forested environment. The river in the foreground has calm, shallow water.

Tomas Anez Dos Santos was working in a small clearing in the Peruvian Amazon, when he heard footsteps approaching in the forest.

He realised he was surrounded, and froze.

“One was standing,…

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