It looks like the last verified contact with them has been in 2018. Recently a youtuber went there and tried to get their attention, but couldn’t find them.

Is it possible they’re not even still around? Maybe a disease found its way onto their island and took them out. It could have even been from the last visitor in 2018.

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    23 days ago

    If they’re all gone, all the expensive protection measures are not necessary anymore, so it’s a very pragmatic question.

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      I think that they would be necessary still to respect the memory of the fiercely independent people and prevent corporate exploitation of the land.