This shot gives a glimpse into a world undiscovered up to this point: it shows members of the Mashco-Piro Indians, who live in the Manu National Park in southeastern Peru. The organization “Survival International”, which advocates for the rights of indigenous peoples, warns that these peoples threatened by disease and loss of land of death.

As indigenous peoples population groups are known to have lost control over their region of origin through conquest and colonization. They see themselves as distinct peoples who have maintained their cultural characteristics and traditions. To make their situation under close review, the United Nations proclaimed the day of the indigenous peoples of every year on 9 Of August.

Up to 400 million people among the world’s indigenous peoples. The following pictures give an insight into their diverse life-world.

In the vicinity of their residential area are oil and gas fields. Flying helicopters deep and illegal loggers drive the Mashco-Piro Indians from their homes in the woods, feared the organization

A year ago, “Survival International” these images of a so far not published with the outside world came in contact with the tribe in Brazil

Ancestors of these groups in Guinea Baliem valley have probably been practiced long before the Europeans today’s agriculture. This woman has applied a mixture of oil and ashes on the face and body. The pessimism serves one purpose, to retain heat, but is also a traditional ritual

The Andaman Islands are an Indian island chain, which consists of more than 200 islands. The Sentinelese – a tribe that has little contact with the outside world – probably live for over 55,000 years on these islands

Every sixth language that is spoken around the world, comes from New Guinea. These women of the Dani tribe have a tradition to Western eyes, cruel-looking. Every time someone dies their relatives, they amputate a finger

Yanomami Indians in the Amazon: Indigenous peoples have developed some of the most important staple food of this earth. Manioc (cassava), maize and potatoes are the results of their agriculture

This hunter from Hadza tribe in Tanzania investigated in baobab trees after honeycomb to get to their honey

Boundless care: Awá women in Brazil will take care of orphaned baby monkeys, including by the animals even silent

The Bushmen in southern Africa have been living for at least 70,000 years in this region. New studies suggest they should be genetically very close to our ancestors

The peoples of the Indian Andaman islands were saved from the tsunami in 2004 – without sophisticated technology. When they saw that the sea retreated, they immediately fled to a mountain

Stocks in the Kalahari Desert: In the dry season, the Bushmen in Namibia store water in empty ostrich eggs, which they sealed with beeswax and buried in the ground

Indigenous peoples are often distinguished from a special closeness to nature: For example, the Kazakh directed from the west of Mongolia from the hunt for eagle. You have such a strong bond with the animals that they sleep at night next to them and feed them in the first month of life with the hand. With the images from unknown worlds organization wants the “Survival” create understanding and respect for indigenous peoples – the diversity and receive with their centuries-old knowledge remains