The most important story I have read in a long time. If these people vanish, it doesn't say much about the moral direction the world seems to be taking...

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"What is happening in this region is a monumental crime against the natural world, the tribes, the fauna and is further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the 'civilized' ones, treat the world," Jose Carlos Meirelles was quoted as saying in a statement by the Survival International group.

A Brazilian official involved in the expedition said many of them are in increasing danger from illegal logging.