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Photograph by AP Photo/Gleison Miranda, FUNAI

This May 2008 aerial photo of an "uncontacted" tribe in the Brazilian rain forest came less than a year after a similar shot captured an indigenous group near the Las Piedras River in the Peruvian Amazon.

Some experts worry that illegal logging and oil exploration in Peru is driving uncontacted tribes into Brazil, which could lead to conflict with isolated tribes there.

See News Articles:
"Photos Spur Debate on Protecting 'Uncontacted' Tribes"
"Photo in the News: 'Uncontacted' Tribe Seen in Amazon"
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