Anyone watch Chris on TV last night? For those who missed it it was his search for a young woman he had photographed some 20 years ago who was a member of a self-sufficient totally independent tribe living in the jungle.
I'm afraid to say it brought me to tears to watch what has happened to their home over the last two decades. Jungle replaced by palm oil plantations leaving very little chance of them being able to survive without assistance. No animals to hunt nor food to forage, no natural medecines etc. I feel responsible as I am sure many of the things I buy in the supermarket contain palm oil.
I used to believe that tribes such as those he visited in Sumatra, and others still living in the Amazon would be the most likely humans to survive on this planet but after watching this film I am not so sure. The negative aspects of such tribes is the amount of inbreeding that must occur which is not a good thing unless young people travel to join other tribes.
Anyone any thoughts about this programme?
Take care Laddie.
