Did you know · 01
According to Mongabay, Funai said a trail camera captured a group of nine men collecting machetes and axes left behind by a 2021 expedition, in images taken in February 2024.
Source · news.mongabay.comForbidden Paradises · Case file FP-004
The Forest Ecuador Closed Forever — and the Oil Field Beside It
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Did you know · 02
According to Survival International, the Mashco Piro are believed to be the largest uncontacted tribe on Earth, numbering more than 750 people.
Source · survivalinternational.orgDid you know · 03
According to Mongabay, the 242,405-hectare Piripkura Indigenous Territory in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, is home to the last two known Indigenous Piripkura people in voluntary isolation.
Source · news.mongabay.comDid you know · 04
According to Mongabay, citing Global Forest Watch data, Ituna/Itatá lost 2,211 hectares of tree cover between 2022 and 2025.
Source · news.mongabay.comDid you know · 05
According to Funai, as reported by Mongabay, 97.5% of the Massaco Indigenous Territory's area overlaps with the Guaporé Biological Reserve.
Source · news.mongabay.comTimeline
- 1999
According to the Inter-American Court's case summary, in 1999 Decree No. 552 created the ZITT as an intangible conservation zone closed in perpetuity to all extractive activity. corteidh.or.cr
- 2016
According to voanews.com, Oil production in Block 43, known as the ITT block, began in September 2016 with the Tiputini field. voanews.com
- 2024
The government says it officially began the shutdown of Block 43 on August 28, 2024, by closing a single well, on a schedule that runs to December 2029. eluniverso.com
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