Avoiding extinction

The importance of protecting isolated Indigenous tribes

Bibliographic Data

ID18973447
AuthorsEsteban Ortiz-Prado (0000-0002-1895-7498, Universidad de Las Américas, corresponding author), Gabriel Cevallos-Sierra (Universidad de Las Américas), Eduardo Vasconez (Universidad de Las Américas), Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez (0000-0003-4573-6217, Universidad de Las Américas), Alex Lister (0000-0002-7702-4495, University of Southampton), Eduardo Pichilingue Ramos (0000-0003-2745-2907, Office for the Protection of Isolated Indigenous Peoples, Ecuador)
Year2021
Volume17
Issue1
Pages130-135
Publication date2021-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1177180121995567
OpenAlexW3132846541
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

Isolated Indigenous peoples are a group of Indigenous tribes that live in voluntary isolation in remote and mostly inaccessible territories. Together with Indigenous peoples in initial contact, Isolated Indigenous peoples are threatened continuously by advancing extractive activities, the absence of public policies and protection measures by the State, and the pressure of illegal activities on their territories. Generating multidimensional public policies that protect these groups is essential. This commentary shares South America’s perspective on the matter as it is the region where most of the isolated groups reside

Biology · Environmental protection · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Political science · Sociology · Threatened species · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Indigenous Health and Education · Mining and Resource Management · Ecology

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