Vegetation at night in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, one of the most remote and biodiverse regions of the Amazon rainforest.
A stilt house in a small riverine settlement on the banks of the Javari River, Brazil.
A Mayoruna child holding a slingshot in Aldeia Flores, a Mayoruna Indigenous village along the Curuçá River within the Javari Indigenous Territory, Brazil.
A Mayouruna man holding a parrot in Aldeia Flores, a Mayouruna Indigenous village along the Curuçá River within the Javari Indigenous Territory, Brazil.
Two young Mayoruna girls are seen early in the morning on the Curuçá River, inside the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, waiting to be seen by a team of doctors and dentists visiting their village to provide medical care to the community.
A Mayoruna family returns to their village after several days spent fishing and hunting along the Curuçá River in Brazil's Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory.
An IMBEL IA2 rifle carried by a member of the Brazilian Army’s special Selva unit during a patrol along a jungle trail near the Brazil–Colombia border. Located in the tri-border region between Brazil, Peru, and Colombia, the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory has increasingly become vulnerable to the expansion of criminal organizations seeking to exploit its strategic routes and natural resources.
Mayuruna hunters return by canoe to the village of Flores, in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, carrying buckets filled with tapir legs and monkey arms after several days of hunting along the Curuçá River.
A damaged wooden walkway runs through the stilt houses of Islandia, a riverine town on the Peruvian side of the Javari River built entirely above the water. The community serves as one of the main gateways to the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory.
A young Mayoruna man inside his home in Flores village, on the Curuçá River, within the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, Brazil.
Kanamari children watch content on a smartphone inside a shelter in Atalaia do Norte, the main urban center and gateway to the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory. Indigenous families regularly travel to the town to access healthcare, buy food, and receive government social benefits. Many, like this family, become stranded in the city for extended periods, living in precarious conditions because they cannot afford the high cost of fuel required to travel back to their remote villages.
A traditional Mayoruna communal house in Flores village, within the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, Amazonas, Brazil.
Rainforest vegetation along the Javari River within the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, one of the largest protected Indigenous lands in Brazil and home to the world's highest concentration of isolated Indigenous peoples.
Birds fly over Islandia, a riverine town on the Peruvian side of the Javari River.
The Javari River within the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory.
Heavy rain over the Curuçá River in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory.
A spider web in the rainforest within the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, Brazil.
An elderly Mayoruna woman looks on as a child dances inside a communal house in Flores village, within the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, Brazil.
Vegetation in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory,
A Mayoruna child swims in the Curuçá River within the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory.
A Mayoruna child swims in the Curuçá River within the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory.
Members of the Brazilian Army’s special forces unit Selva patrol a jungle trail along the Brazilian/Colombian border.
Vegetation in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory.
Mayoruna children playing along the Curuçá River inside the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, Amazonas, Brazil.
Vegetation in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory.
A Mayoruna family washes along the Curuca River from their boat inside the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory.
Mayoruna children playing along the Curuçá River inside the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory, Amazonas, Brazil.