John,
Petrobras, Brazil’s oil giant, is threatening to kill the Amazon for a profit. Its ecocidal plans include drilling in the Amazon River basin at the expense of the natural wonders and resources that both Indigenous communities and endangered wildlife rely on to survive.
After a decade of devastating fires and exploitation, this could be the last straw for the Amazon – unless we can convince Brazil's environmental regulator IBAMA to stop Petrobras in its destructive tracks.
IBAMA already rejected Petrobras’ climate-wrecking proposal last year when experts pointed out that it would be catastrophic for the Amazon. But IBAMA could be about to give the green light to this drilling project, so there’s no time to waste.
Add your name to this petition and let’s make sure IBAMA stops this project to protect the Amazon once and for all.
Petrobras says it has plans in place to contain a spill, but experts say the plan is unworkable.
An oil slick could destroy Indigenous livelihoods and kill off animals and plants already on the verge of extinction. And strong currents could carry an oil slick to protected areas beyond Brazil, devastating Indigenous communities in French Guiana.
With climate breakdown on our doorsteps, it makes no sense to drill for more of the fossil fuels that are driving climate change.
With the next global climate talks taking place in Brazil in a year and with President Lula’s promise to protect the forests, there is no good reason for IBAMA to approve this polluting project.
We can still stop this… but only if all of us act now.
This community has come together and won against some of the most powerful climate-destroying corporations like when we forced insurer Allianz to stop underwriting oil and gas projects.
We don’t have any more time to waste - the rainforest and the Indigenous communities that protect it, need our solidarity.
IBAMA: protect the Amazon, say NO to Petrobras’ climate-wrecking plan.