The Mashco Piro tribe, one of the world’s most isolated Indigenous tribes, has emerged from the Peruvian Amazon amid logging activity in the remote region.

The Mashco Piro are thought to be the world’s largest Indigenous tribes to live without any contact whatsoever with the outside world. The Mashco Piro are one of 20 different tribes in Peru who have chosen to live in voluntary isolation.

In the past few weeks, images and footage have captured more than 50 members of the Mashco Piro emerging from the Peruvian Amazon in a remote part of the country.

Indigenous rights advocacy group Survival International has released these videos and images of the Mashco Piro emerging from the rainforest and seemingly getting close to the outside world.

Many Indigenous activists have asked Peru authorities to force logging companies — such as Canales Tahuamanu, or Catahua — to halt all of their logging activities in the region.

Though Catahua hasn’t responded to these most recent allegations, they have previously claimed that their workers have never seen any of the Mashco Piro members.

Alfredo Vargas Pio, the president of Fenamad, a local Indigenous organization, has stated that these images prove the Mashco Piro live in the vicinity — and the government is failing to protect them.

Fenamad, as well as many other organizations and advocates, have become increasingly worried about the Mashco Piro’s future. Logging workers could introduce the tribe to new diseases, which could completely devastate the community.

Many activists have also pointed to the fact that logging companies appear to be destroying much of the Mascho Piro’s habitat, as they are deforesting this region of the Peruvian Amazon. This is also harming the habitat of many animals.

Advocates have stated that the Peruvian government has not supported the Mascho Piro or any other Indigenous tribes. Instead, a conservative-led Congress has recently allowed land that was deforested without permits to be legal.

Catahua has long had a timber concession in the vicinity of the Peruvian Amazon. Since 2002, the company has worked in this area.

Various organizations are calling on the Peruvian government to halt the work of these logging companies, as they’re worried a “forced contact” event may soon play out.