Comments on: BBC’s Amazon - Matis: Death in Javari http://www.survival-international.org/blog/2008/04/07/bbcs-amazon-matis-death-in-javari/ Weblog from Survival - the movement for tribal peoples Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:24:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Toby http://www.survival-international.org/blog/2008/04/07/bbcs-amazon-matis-death-in-javari/#comment-5884 Toby Fri, 30 May 2008 02:12:55 +0000 http://www.survival-international.org/blog/2008/04/07/bbcs-amazon-matis-death-in-javari/#comment-5884 Hi Eduardo, Survival hasn't visited isolated or uncontacted tribal peoples anywhere where they may be at risk from introduced diseases. The Matis were contacted in the 1970s - and this contact was nothing to do with Survival. Recent visits by Survival to the Matis have been at their invitation, and pose no risk from introduced diseases. Survival presses for land rights to be recognised - this is surely the best way to prevent the logging that often threaten tribal peoples' lands, as you rightly point out. If you have any other queries about Survival's work, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Toby Hi Eduardo,

Survival hasn’t visited isolated or uncontacted tribal peoples anywhere where they may be at risk from introduced diseases. The Matis were contacted in the 1970s - and this contact was nothing to do with Survival. Recent visits by Survival to the Matis have been at their invitation, and pose no risk from introduced diseases.

Survival presses for land rights to be recognised - this is surely the best way to prevent the logging that often threaten tribal peoples’ lands, as you rightly point out.

If you have any other queries about Survival’s work, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Toby

]]> By: Eduardo Nascimento Pereira http://www.survival-international.org/blog/2008/04/07/bbcs-amazon-matis-death-in-javari/#comment-5883 Eduardo Nascimento Pereira Fri, 30 May 2008 02:00:20 +0000 http://www.survival-international.org/blog/2008/04/07/bbcs-amazon-matis-death-in-javari/#comment-5883 It's funny because all you from survival org say that the disease is the most threat to uncontacted tribes like Matis because they are vulnerable to western diseases. You also said that those tribes should be kept isolated but you went to Brazil and had a direct contact to that tribe and you possibly brought new diseases to the people that you are “trying” to help!!! That is a real paradox don’t you think?? And I’m sure to advise all of you that your effort should be kept in industrial countries like USA an UK, Countries that buy for example wood from countries like Brazil!! That’s another interesting paradox because like you said the logging pressure also treats those people For now I would like to thanks’ survival org to give me the chance to express myself and say that I’m not against you effort, but I’m against the way that you guys do it and I would be glad to have more conversations about this It’s funny because all you from survival org say that the disease is the most threat to uncontacted tribes like Matis because they are vulnerable to western diseases. You also said that those tribes should be kept isolated but you went to Brazil and had a direct contact to that tribe and you possibly brought new diseases to the people that you are “trying” to help!!! That is a real paradox don’t you think?? And I’m sure to advise all of you that your effort should be kept in industrial countries like USA an UK, Countries that buy for example wood from countries like Brazil!! That’s another interesting paradox because like you said the logging pressure also treats those people

For now I would like to thanks’ survival org to give me the chance to express myself and say that I’m not against you effort, but I’m against the way that you guys do it and I would be glad to have more conversations about this

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