Gillian Anderson and Mark Rylance launch global
campaign for uncontacted tribes
Uncontacted tribal man
pictured from the in air 2010 in film footage which
subsequently went viral around the world.
© G.
Miranda/FUNAI/Survival Survival
International ambassadors Gillian
Anderson OBE and Sir
Mark Rylance have launched a global campaign for uncontacted
tribes – the most vulnerable peoples on the
planet.
Both
actors are long-standing Survival supporters, and star
in a new campaign film.
The
film spearheads an international push to protect
uncontacted tribes, who face unprecedented threats
to their survival. All the government units currently
protecting Brazil’s uncontacted tribes from
invasion by loggers and ranchers could soon be
withdrawn, according
to information leaked to Survival.
Uncontacted
tribes are being
wiped out by violence from outsiders who steal their
land and resources, and diseases like flu and measles to
which they have no resistance. There are more than 100
such tribes around the world, in South
America, the Indian
Ocean, and West
Papua.
Actress and Survival
International ambassador Gillian Anderson fronts
Survival’s global campaign for uncontacted tribes.
© Survival Iconic
actress, author and activist Gillian Anderson said: “The
fight for the rights of uncontacted tribes is such an
important struggle. It’s about a fundamental principle:
their right to determine their own futures and live as
they choose, rather than have the outside world take
that right away from them.”
Acclaimed
film and theater actor Sir Mark Rylance, who won an
Oscar in 2016 for his role in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge
of Spies said: “It’s vital that we protect the rights of
uncontacted tribes. Not only are they the most
vulnerable people on the planet, but they’re also a
vital part of humankind’s diversity. Their knowledge is
irreplaceable, and they deserve the right to live as
they wish on the land where they have survived for
thousands of years.”
Uncontacted
tribes are not backward and primitive relics of a remote
past. They are our contemporaries. Where their rights
are respected, they continue to thrive.
Survival ambassador Sir Mark
Rylance with Yanomami leader Davi Yanomami.
© Survival They
are also the best guardians of their environment. And
evidence proves that tribal territories are the best
barrier to deforestation.
Survival’s
Director Stephen Corry said: “It’s simple, uncontacted
tribes face catastrophe unless their land is protected.
Without a global movement fighting for their rights,
they simply will not survive into the next generation.
We’re grateful for the energy and enthusiasm of Mark and
Gillian, who understand this urgency. With their film,
we can make the call to let uncontacted tribes live too
loud to ignore."
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