The Taromenane are an
uncontacted people
Uncontacted peoples are groups of indigenous peoples living without sustained contact with neighbouring communities and the world community. Groups who decide to remain uncontacted are referred to as indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation. ...
living in
Yasuni National Park Yasuni can mean:
* Yasuni National Park in Ecuador
* The Yasuní-ITT Initiative, a proposal to refrain from exploiting oil reserves within the park
* Lophostoma yasuni, a species of bat
* Osteocephalus yasuni, a species of frog
* Yasuni antwren, a ...
, at the
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
ian
Amazon Basin.
Together with the
Tagaeri
The Tagaeri are an eastern Huaorani people living in Yasuni National Park, in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin, named (in Wao-Terero, the Huaorani language) after one of their members, Tagae. Nearby Kichwa communities sometimes refer to them as Awashiri ...
they make up the two last known indigenous groups living in voluntary isolation in Ecuador. The clan is believed to be distantly related to the
Huaorani
The Huaorani, Waorani, or Waodani, also known as the Waos, are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador ( Napo, Orellana, and Pastaza Provinces) who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador. The alternate ...
people.
It is estimated there are 150–300 Taromenane still maintaining a nomadic lifestyle in the rainforest, and perhaps only 20–30 surviving Tagaeri, although these numbers are uncertain.
The Taromenane has recently been under threat from oil developments and
illegal logging
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corruption, corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, o ...
in the Yasuni National Park. In February 2008, authorities in Ecuador agreed to investigate reports that five tribespeople belonging to the Taromenane and Tagaeri tribes had been killed by illegal loggers.
Ecuador probes 'attack on tribe'
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References
External links
* Yasuni Rainforest New
* Ecuador Bars Oil Extraction, Logging from Indigenous Zon
* Uncontacted: A field study of the Huaorani and their still uncontacted neighbors the Taromenan
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Indigenous peoples in Ecuador
Huaorani
Uncontacted peoples