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Indigenous people are the true custodians of the forest.
They know which forest plant and animal species are safe to use as food and medicines, knowledge which may help us in our search for cures for disease and illness and food for our growing world population. Every single year this century, a tribe in Brazil has become extinct . According to a report by the World Bank, Brazil's Indian population was five million in 1500. Today it is under 200,000. Attempted 'pacification' of tribespeople has proved fatal to many groups of native people.