

In the Peruvian Amazon, the Mashco Piro tribe, reputed to be the world's largest Indigenous tribe still living in voluntary isolation, have been encroached on by a logging company, whose workers have been penetrating deeper into their territory since 2010. This encroachment has led to violent confrontations, with a Catahua worker killed by the tribe in 2022. Despite Indigenous people and their advocates stating that these activities violate national and international law aimed at protecting the unique rights of highly vulnerable peoples who have live in voluntary isolation, allegations of "possible forced contact", and calls from the U.N. special rapporteur on Indigenous rights for Catahua to halt logging, the Peruvian government has not intervened. This case highlights the human rights abuses linked to illegal logging, as the intrusion into the Mashco Piro's territory not only disrupts their way of life but also puts them in mortal danger.