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A tribe of South America's aborigines, who remain isolated from the rest of the world, has been identified and photographed in a place found between the boarders of Brazil and Peru.

According to the Brazilian government, it took the pictures of the tribe with the goal of proving its existence and assuring a protection of their land.

The photographs were taken from an airplane. They show some of the members of the tribe waving their bows and arrows.

All of the members are red-painted. It is interesting to note that according to Survival International over a half of today's known 100 isolated tribes live in Brazil or Peru.

The director of the scientific group, Stephen Corry, warns that in case the lands of the uncontacted tribes are not protected, these tribes may very soon become extinct. It is worth mentioning that the group, headed by Mr. Corry deals with supporting tribal people worldwide. Despite the fact that this particular tribe is continuously growing in number, others who live in the same location are at risk from illegal logging.

 The scientists took the pictures while performing several flights over the region, considered to be one of the most isolated in the Amazon rainforest, located in the Amazon's Acre region. The photos illustrate the members of the tribe found outside their thatched huts pointing bows and arrows up the camera. The land, were the tribe lives is surrounded by the dense jungle.

"We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist," mentioned Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior, an official in the Brazilian government's Indian affairs department. "This is very important because there are some who doubt their existence," he added.

Jose Carlos commented on the potential threat such tribes and the places they live as "a monumental crime against the natural world" plus a "further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the 'civilized' ones, treat the world".

The tribes are also at risk of catching a disease such a chicken pox or simple cold. Some members of such tribes die from illnesses, having no particular cure at their disposal.