The world still has at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups – but every one of them faces existential threats in what some have called a “moment of legislated genocide.” Mining, logging, and fossil fuel drilling are the big ones, but a new report warns of a rising threat: fame-seeking “content creators” and other outsiders attempting to make unwanted contact.

They confirmed there are at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups worldwide. Around 95 percent of them live in the Amazon Basin, primarily in Brazil, which is home to 124 groups. There are also handfuls of communities that live in Asia and the Pacific. 

“They thrive, independently, self-sufficiently and without contact, in environments that most others would find extremely challenging. Most are nomadic, moving around their territories as they need. They hunt, gather, fish and sometimes plant; they build shelters or communal houses, share food, and use their expert botanical knowledge to produce everything they need: from baskets to houses, from torch resin to medicines,” the report reads.

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I don't know why it's so difficult to just leave them the hell alone. God, I kind of envy those people.

Just tell me the occasional story about a social media "influencer" whose head ends up on a pole as a warning to others to stay away ( thus perhaps finally being influential ) and I'll be a happy man.