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Mon Apr 22, 2013, 08:19 AM Apr 2013

Illegal loggers continue to threaten Amazonian tribe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22203476


The Awa tribe survive by hunting and gathering in remote areas of rainforest

Campaigners say the Brazilian government is failing to protect one of the world's most endangered tribes.

The Awa people are believed to number just 450, but their territory has attracted thousands of loggers and settlers.

Last year a judge ordered all outsiders should leave the area within 12 months.

But the deadline has passed and no evictions have taken place, says indigenous rights group Survival International.
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