The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. A young boy at the entrance to the Korubo village alongside the Rio Itui. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Macaco-Barrigudo's are prepared for cooking during the evenings camp by the Korubo members of the FUNAI team. The monkeys had been hunted earlier that day and are a common food stuff for Korubo people. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Members of the Funai expedition team (including Bruno Pereira expedition leader) at the first camp heading down Rio Itui towards the Morubo village of Sao Joaquim. L?yu Korubo eating eating fruit. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Members of the Funai expedition team (including Bruno Pereira expedition leader) at the first camp heading down Rio Itui towards the Morubo village of Sao Joaquim. Cooking 'White Mans' penis (spicy jumbo sausage) The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

Daniel Marubo takes a rest whilst members of the FUNAI expedition team clear the fallen tree which was preventing the navigation up the Rio Sapota towards the starting point of the expedition to trace the movements of uncontatced people. This particular obstruction took 1 1/2 hours to clear. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Young Korubo boy Xikxuvo Vakw?. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Young Korubo boy Xikxuvo Vakw?. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Members of the Funai expedition team (including Bruno Pereira expedition leader) at the first camp heading down Rio Itui towards the Morubo village of Sao Joaquim. L?yu Korubo eating eating fruit. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Members of the Funai expedition team (including Bruno Pereira expedition leader) at the first camp heading down Rio Itui towards the Morubo village of Sao Joaquim. L?yu Korubo eating eating fruit. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Members of the Funai expedition team (including Bruno Pereira expedition leader) help set up the first camp heading down Rio Itui towards the Morubo village of Sao Joaquim. L?yu Korubo The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Members of the Funai expedition team (including Bruno Pereira expedition leader) help set up the first camp heading down Rio Itui towards the Morubo village of Sao Joaquim. Young Korubo boy Xikxuvo Vakw?. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Members of the Funai expedition team (including Bruno Pereira expedition leader) help set up the first camp heading down Rio Itui towards the Morubo village of Sao Joaquim. L?yu Korubo The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Members of the Funai expedition team (including Bruno Pereira expedition leader) help set up the first camp heading down Rio Itui towards the Morubo village of Sao Joaquim. L?yu Korubo ? Gary Calton / eyevine

The Korubo or Korubu, also known as the Dslala, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. The Amazonian Indigenous reserve of Vale do Javeri, Brasil. Members of the Korubo Tribe wave off the FUNAI expedition team as it sets off down the Rio Itui towards the Marubo village of Rio Novo where it will collect two Marubo tribe people before heading out on the expedition to locate the movement of uncontacted people in the Vale do Javari. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

Altalaia de Norte: Young boys play kite games in the towns square. The town is a supply town to the Reserve in Vale de Javari. It is historically also the centre for logging and fishing activity within the reserve before it because a 'protected reserve accessbly only ot indigenous poeple. When the reserve became the rpresevere of indigenous poeple only many 'Amazonians' wre forceby removed and relocated. It is claimed that some of the illegal fishing that still takes place within the reserve cimes from fishermen from Atalaia de Norte. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

A young girl and her pet rabbit during a rain storm outside the Javari Valley indigenous association, UNIVAJA. The town is a supply town to the Reserve in Vale de Javari. It is historically also the centre for logging and fishing activity within the reserve before it because a 'protected reserve accessbly only ot indigenous poeple. When the reserve became the rpresevere of indigenous poeple only many 'Amazonians' wre forceby removed and relocated. It is claimed that some of the illegal fishing that still takes place within the reserve cimes from fishermen from Atalaia de Norte. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

A young girl plays in the rain storm outside the office council offices for the Javari Valley indigenous association, UNIVAJAAtalaia de Norte. The town is a supply town to the Reserve in Vale de Javari. It is historically also the centre for logging and fishing activity within the reserve before it because a 'protected reserve accessbly only ot indigenous poeple. When the reserve became the rpresevere of indigenous poeple only many 'Amazonians' wre forceby removed and relocated. It is claimed that some of the illegal fishing that still takes place within the reserve cimes from fishermen from Atalaia de Norte. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

A young girl plays in a rain storm outside the council offices for the Javari Valley indigenous association, UNIVAJA, Atalaia de Norte. The town is a supply town to the Reserve in Vale de Javari. It is historically also the centre for logging and fishing activity within the reserve before it because a 'protected reserve accessbly only ot indigenous poeple. When the reserve became the rpresevere of indigenous poeple only many 'Amazonians' wre forceby removed and relocated. It is claimed that some of the illegal fishing that still takes place within the reserve cimes from fishermen from Atalaia de Norte. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine

Altalaia de Norte: Young boys play kite games in the towns square. The town is a supply town to the Reserve in Vale de Javari. It is historically also the centre for logging and fishing activity within the reserve before it because a 'protected reserve accessbly only ot indigenous poeple. When the reserve became the rpresevere of indigenous poeple only many 'Amazonians' wre forceby removed and relocated. It is claimed that some of the illegal fishing that still takes place within the reserve cimes from fishermen from Atalaia de Norte. The Javari Valley reserve, which was set up in 1998, is home to 6,000 indigenous people from eight tribes, who share its dense, hilly forests and sinuous rivers with 16 isolated groups. Indigenous leaders say the "isolados", as they are known, are more threatened than they have been in decades - with heavily polluting gold mining barges entering rivers to its east, cattle ranchers encroaching on its southern borders, and commercial fishing gangs venturing deep into its centre. Keeping tabs on their wellbeing is vital. ? Gary Calton / eyevine