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| Ayoreo-Totobiegosode children at the camp of the New Tribes Mission, an American fundamentalist missionary organisation. © Jonathan Mazower/Survival |
At a recent meeting in Paris, UNESCO approved a joint request by the Paraguayan government and supporters of the Ayoreo Indians to include a large area of Ayoreo forest in the new Chaco Biosphere Reserve.
All the land being claimed by the Ayoreo (comprising about a fifth of
their traditional territory) will fall within the borders of the new
Reserve, including both privately-held land and some areas already
secured for the Indians. It remains to be seen what degree of
protection the area's new status will confer.
