{"id":30204,"date":"2012-05-15T08:24:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T12:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=30204"},"modified":"2012-05-15T08:24:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T12:24:29","slug":"a-call-to-action-the-pleas-of-a-tribe-on-the-verge-of-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/a-call-to-action-the-pleas-of-a-tribe-on-the-verge-of-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"A Call to Action: The Pleas of a Tribe on the Verge of Extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nThe Aw\u00e1, a small tribe with just over 300 members, is being threated. The group lives in Brazil, where logging companies have sought to take advantage of the rainforest<\/a> for some time now. Recently, however, more serious accusations are being leveled against these companies. Some say that the loggers have opened fire on the tribe, many of whom have never spoken to anyone outside of their group. Survival International is working to halt the injustice.<\/p>\n

The law of Brazil prohibits logging companies from cutting down the trees in the Amazon<\/a>. Although, it is difficult to enforce because of the number of companies involved and the fact that the loggers themselves are often armed. While the impact that these companies are having on the rainforest is obviously detrimental, the harm they are inflicting goes much further than that. The loggers are taking over the Aw\u00e1’s land, often by force, and killing anyone who gets in their way. Without intervention, the entire tribe may soon be extinct.<\/p>\n