Support the Ayoreo and stop the genocide of their uncontacted relativesCattle ranches now occupy the Ayoreo's land. An Ayoreo man goes hunting behind a
gateway to one of the ranches: the sign reads "Private property. No Entry." ©
Gerald Henzinger/Survival

Paraguay: the Ayoreo ask for support to stop the genocide of their uncontacted
relatives

“Please help us in our land claim” Rosalino Picanarei

The forest home of some of the most vulnerable uncontacted people on Earth is
being burnt and cleared at a terrifying rate.

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Members of the tribe, the Ayoreo, who were forced out of the forest in recent
decades, are now suffering repeated waves of disease. Many have died. They do not want their relatives still in the forest to suffer the same fate .

The uncontacted Ayoreo – who avoid contact with outsiders – live in an island of
forest, surrounded by vast cattle ranches and farmland where their forest once
stood.

Contacted Ayoreo, supported by local allies and Survival, submitted a formal
land claim to the Paraguayan government in 1993. After thirty years, only some
disconnected parts of the area have been returned to the Ayoreo: the authorities
should have officially protected and titled all of it years ago. While they’ve delayed, huge areas have been destroyed .

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A young, contacted Ayoreo man, Rosalino Picanerai, asked Survival to issue this
appeal:

“I want to say to people who live in other countries: 'Please help us in our
land claim, because we don't want to abandon our people who live in the forest.'

“Now the Ayoreo have very little forest. There was no-one else here before. We
were the only ones who lived here. I don't want [outsiders] to make contact
[with our uncontacted relatives] – the life of the Ayoreo who have already been
contacted is now very hard. The Ayoreo’s life in the forest is very healthy, not
the way people live now outside, in the community. And the food situation has
got much worse. In our forest we could live well, without needing money. The
forest provided food for our family.”

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