SHOTLIST: AMAZON RAINFOREST, ECUADOR (APR. 23, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. DRONE SHOT OF AMAZON RAINFOREST 2. WAORANI MEMBER SAILING ON BOAT 3. VARIOUS OF WAORANI MEMBER 4. TRADITONAL WAORANI EQUIPMENTS 5. WAORANIS REMOVING THORN FROM FOOT USING PIRANHA TEETH 6. VARIOUS OF WAORANIS HUNTING IN FOREST 7. WAORANIS SAILING ON BOAT 8. DRONE SHOT OF WAORANIS SAILING ON BOAT 9. VARIOUS OF MONKEY 10. VARIOUS OF WAORANI CHILDREN NEAR RIVER AMAZON AMAZON RAINFOREST, ECUADOR (APR. 23, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) (NIGHT SHOTS) 11. WAORANI FAMILY 12. WAORANI PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND LAPTOP 13. WAORANI MOTHER AND HER BABY 14. VARIOUS OF WAORANIS SAILING ON BOAT 15. WAORANI MAN IN FOREST 16. VARIOUS OF WILD ANIMALS AMONG BUSHES IN AMAZON RAINOREST AMAZON RAINFOREST, ECUADOR (APR. 23, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 17. VARIOUS OF WAORANI PEOPLE 18. VARIOUS OF ANIMALS 19. VARIOUS OF WAORANI PEOPLE 20. VARIOUS OF WAORANI SUDENTS AT SCHOOL 21. VARIOUS OF WAORANI CHILDREN USING SMARTPHONES AND LAPTOP 22. WAORANI PEOPLE (TWO SHOTS) 23. VARIOUS OF AMAZON ROAD 24. VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF AMAZON RAINFORESTAMAZON RAINFOREST, ECUADOR - APR. 23: Deep in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, the Waorani people continue to protect their ancestral lands and traditions against mounting threats from oil companies. Living in near isolation, a subgroup of 145 Waorani known as the Bameno community inhabits a region of rich biodiversity, nestled among towering trees and winding rivers. Their homeland is not only culturally significant but also an essential part of the fragile Amazon ecosystem under increasing threat. Among the last Indigenous groups in Ecuador to make contact with the outside world, the Waorani were first seriously engaged in 1958. Some subgroups chose to retreat further into the forest, rejecting external influence entirely. The Waorani maintain a nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle, with deep-rooted knowledge of nature evident in practices such as using piranha teeth to remove thorns or splinters from bare feet. Community leader Penti Baihua is a prominent voice in defending their territory and promoting sustainable tourism. He emphasized that defending the forest is crucial, warning that oil pipelines pose a threat to both the environment and their community's future. Their land is both a vital ecosystem and a cultural heritage, now at the center of a growing environmental struggle. Reporting by Özge Elif Kızıl // Writing by Mustafa Tuncer