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November 2, 2024 at 5:06 PM

✊🏽 TAKE ACTION: Leonard Peltier must be free!

✊🏽 TAKE ACTION: Leonard Peltier must be free! Native activists in the U.S. and Earth Defenders around the world face violence, threats, and criminalization for protecting our planet. In solidarity, we support the call to the release of Nativ…
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October 31, 2024 at 10:08 PM

✊🏽 "A luta continua!"

✊🏽 "A luta continua!" "We have already lived long enough with these invasions!" “We know that if the constitution changes, it will only facilitate more invasions of our territories. We have already lived long enough with these invasions!" As…
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October 24, 2024 at 8:01 PM

🔥 Indigenous leaders warn: "Flames will reach you, too"

🔥 Indigenous leaders warn: "Flames will reach you, too" It’s time for us all to do our part to secure Indigenous solutions “Those flames will reach you, too.” Patricia Gualinga, Kichwa of Sarayaku, recently reminded the world that the current…
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October 22, 2024 at 7:42 PM

🐒 "We are protecting the Amazon for all of us"

🐒 "We are protecting the Amazon for all of us" As transnational criminal economies increasingly threaten the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous rights, and our global climate, Peruvian Indigenous leaders traveled to Vienna to make one thing clear…
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October 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM

🛢️ Oil over life?!? New spill in Peru devastates communities

🛢️ Oil over life?!? New spill in Peru devastates communities New oil spill from the North Peruvian Pipeline devastates frontline Indigenous communities amid talks of restructuring state-run oil company Petroperú Last week, a notorious pipel…
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October 8, 2024 at 5:48 PM

Protecting the Amazon = Defending our future

Protecting the Amazon = Defending our future As fires rage across the Amazon and pivotal elections take place, many of us are searching for solutions that align with our values and vision for the planet. This might be why you’re a part of the…
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October 4, 2024 at 7:58 PM

🔥 Indigenous leaders demand action at NYC Climate Week

🔥 Indigenous leaders demand action at NYC Climate Week Activists and climate champions from all corners of the globe recently converged in New York City to demand urgent action to address the climate crisis. Building on decades of solidarity…
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October 1, 2024 at 8:18 PM

✊ A key victory among the flames in the Amazon rainforest

✊ A key victory among the flames in the Amazon rainforest Last week, Brazil’s Munduruku people celebrated a hard-fought and emblematic victory upholding embattled Indigenous land rights. On Wednesday, the Brazilian Justice Minister issued a …
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September 26, 2024 at 3:35 PM

🌎 Our future is on fire! 🔥 NO MORE burning rainforests!

🌎 Our future is on fire! 🔥 NO MORE burning rainforests! The Amazon rainforest is facing its most devastating fires in 20 years. This environmental, humanitarian, and climate emergency is threatening not only the heart of the Amazon, but the l…
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September 24, 2024 at 8:50 PM

🧑‍🚒 TAKE ACTION: Demand an urgent response to record wildfires!

🧑‍🚒 TAKE ACTION: Demand an urgent response to record wildfires! This year, record fires have exploded across South America, devouring millions of hectares of rainforest and other diverse ecosystems. Today’s emergency is entirely man-made, li…
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September 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM

🪶 Attacks on Indigenous rights in Brazil are fueling Amazon fires and climate change

🪶 Attacks on Indigenous rights in Brazil are fueling Amazon fires and climate change In August, Justice Gilmar Mendes of Brazil’s Supreme Court established a “Special Commission” to define the nature and limits of Indigenous rights. Indigeno…
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September 17, 2024 at 7:22 PM

❤️‍🔥 Amazon fires escalate from crisis to catastrophe

❤️‍🔥 Amazon fires escalate from crisis to catastrophe Today’s Amazon fire emergency is entirely man-made, like the climate crisis exacerbating it. What has become an annual nightmare for the forest and its peoples can only be solved by endin…
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September 11, 2024 at 8:32 PM

🔥 As deforestation declines, why do fires in the Amazon rage on?

🔥 As deforestation declines, why do fires in the Amazon rage on? Let’s start with the good news: overall deforestation in the Amazon decreased in the last year! But the Amazon is still burning, and the fires have become more intense. Why is …
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September 5, 2024 at 10:05 PM

🎥 VIDEO: The Earth needs the wisdom of Indigenous women

🎥 VIDEO: The Earth needs the wisdom of Indigenous women Today, on International Indigenous Women’s Day, we honor the remarkable women who are the guardians of our forests, the protectors of biodiversity, and the keepers of ancient wisdom. Th…
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September 4, 2024 at 10:48 PM

☑️ ¡Sí a la Vida! 🐒 Yes to Yasuní! 🦜

☑️ ¡Sí a la Vida! 🐒 Yes to Yasuní! 🦜 From the Amazon rainforest to the streets of Quito, chants of "¡Sí a la vida! ¡Sí a Yasuní!" reverberated throughout Ecuador last week as the Waorani marked the one-year anniversary of the country’s histo…
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August 27, 2024 at 6:27 PM

🦜The Amazon's future hangs in the balance: Defend Yasuní! ✊

🦜The Amazon's future hangs in the balance: Defend Yasuní! ✊ When an entire country comes together to support climate solutions, the rest of us must defend their victories to bring about lasting change for our planet. This is what happened las…
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August 22, 2024 at 5:27 PM

🛢️ Ecuador’s Vote to Protect Yasuní Ignored—Take Action Now!

🛢️ Ecuador’s Vote to Protect Yasuní Ignored—Take Action Now! A year ago, Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted to keep over 700 million barrels of crude oil permanently in the ground underneath Yasuní National Park, and yet the government and Pet…
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August 20, 2024 at 6:11 PM

🍃Yasuní: a beacon of beauty and hope!🌿

🍃Yasuní: a beacon of beauty and hope!🌿 We can put the health of the planet before economic interests. One year ago today, Ecuador made history by becoming the first nation to keep oil in the ground by popular vote. This landmark decision to…
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August 15, 2024 at 7:17 PM

Alliance Against 🚂 Ferrogrão ☠️ calls out hypocrisy

Alliance Against 🚂 Ferrogrão ☠️ calls out hypocrisy The Ferrogrão project, which translates literally to “Grain Railway,” is a core piece of Cargill's plan to expand commodity production and exportation from the Amazon. If it goes through, a…
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August 13, 2024 at 5:46 PM

🎥 Terror and Cocaine in the Peruvian Jungle

🎥 Terror and Cocaine in the Peruvian Jungle Indigenous communities in the Amazon are facing an unprecedented threat. As cocaine production expands beyond the traditional confines of the Andes Mountains into the Amazon lowlands, a new wave of…
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August 9, 2024 at 6:48 PM

Join With Women Defenders on Indigenous Peoples Day!

Join With Women Defenders on Indigenous Peoples Day! Indigenous women are pushing back at the systems threatening their rights and lives across the Amazon Basin. As defenders of land, water, and life, Indigenous women are resisting Amazon de…
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August 6, 2024 at 9:11 PM

🚨ACTION ALERT: Tell these major companies to drop dirty Citibank!

🚨ACTION ALERT: Tell these major companies to drop dirty Citibank! For the last five months, we’ve collaborated with our Indigenous partners and allies of the environmental justice movement to call out Citibank for its financing of climate des…
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August 1, 2024 at 6:07 PM

🛢️✋ Almost a year after historic vote, the fight to protect Yasuní continues

🛢️✋ Almost a year after historic vote, the fight to protect Yasuní continues August 20 will mark a year since Ecuadorians voted to keep over 700 million barrels of crude oil permanently in the ground in Yasuní National Park. The country’s Co…
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July 30, 2024 at 10:47 PM

📹 VIDEO: Supernatural star visits the Brazilian Amazon

📹 VIDEO: Supernatural star visits the Brazilian Amazon Alex Calvert from the television show Supernatural is currently in the Brazilian Amazon meeting with the Munduruku peoples and learning firsthand about their efforts to defend their ance…
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July 23, 2024 at 9:06 PM

📉 Solaris stock plummets as Indigenous resistance mounts

📉 Solaris stock plummets as Indigenous resistance mounts Solaris stock price hit an all-time low this week, as Indigenous organizations once again initiated multiple actions to reject its flagship Warintza mining project in Ecuador. To make …
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July 16, 2024 at 6:17 PM

✋🚜 Indigenous rights under siege in Brazil

✋🚜 Indigenous rights under siege in Brazil The struggle for Indigenous rights in Brazil has reached a critical juncture as orchestrated attacks on their territorial claims intensify. The Supreme Court’s ruling in late 2023 declaring the Marc…
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July 12, 2024 at 5:26 PM

✋ Indigenous communities mobilize against coca growers

✋ Indigenous communities mobilize against coca growers Kakataibo Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon have recently intensified their non-violent actions to prevent further land invasions by drug-producing gangs. However, this incre…
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July 10, 2024 at 12:00 PM

❗RIGHT NOW: Take action online to defend Indigenous rights and lives in Brazil!

❗RIGHT NOW: Take action online to defend Indigenous rights and lives in Brazil! The Brazilian Senate is trying to push through a radical change to the country’s Constitution that would strip many Indigenous peoples of the right to their ance…
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July 2, 2024 at 6:22 PM

📸 Coming Together to Demand #MiningOut of the Amazon!

📸 Coming Together to Demand #MiningOut of the Amazon! "Their money will run out, but our territory will remain here. We're not going to sell ourselves or our land to be destroyed." This year, Amazon Watch had the privilege of participating …
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June 27, 2024 at 9:51 PM

▶️ Indigenous women call for gender justice in Peru

▶️ Indigenous women call for gender justice in Peru Peruvian authorities initially tried to minimize revelations of violence and sexual abuse at Indigenous public schools, but activists and civil society are not letting them cover it up In …
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June 25, 2024 at 4:45 PM

😎 Empower Indigenous Amazonian communities with solar energy!

😎 Empower Indigenous Amazonian communities with solar energy! "We are showing the Brazilian government and companies that we don’t need a dam to generate energy. We are showing them that we are capable of anything." – Alessandra Korap Munduru…
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June 18, 2024 at 4:14 PM

Help secure land rights for the Chapra Nation in the Peruvian Amazon

Help secure land rights for the Chapra Nation in the Peruvian Amazon Science has confirmed what Indigenous leaders have told us for years: the most effective way to protect the Amazon rainforest is to respect the rights of Indigenous peoples …
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June 14, 2024 at 9:03 PM

An extraordinary journey to attend the Chapra assembly

An extraordinary journey to attend the Chapra assembly Even after many years of working with Indigenous peoples, it is rare to have the opportunity to get to know a completely new culture, with its unique language, stories, and different per…
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June 11, 2024 at 8:17 PM

🎥 WATCH: A special message for you from Leila Salazar-López

🎥 WATCH: A special message for you from Leila Salazar-López Hola, boa tarde, hello from Amazon Watch! I'm excited to share this special video of updates from the front lines of the Amazon rainforest. Watch to learn how you've helped us resist…
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June 5, 2024 at 8:37 PM

🎥 WATCH: Your messages of hope to Indigenous Women Defenders of the Amazon!

🎥 WATCH: Your messages of hope to Indigenous Women Defenders of the Amazon! Happy World Environment Day! A few weeks ago, Amazon Watch put out a call to our community to send notes of support to three powerful Indigenous Women Defenders of th…
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June 4, 2024 at 8:23 PM

THURSDAY: Webinar on Corporate Colonialism & Indigenous Resistance in Latin America

THURSDAY: Webinar on Corporate Colonialism & Indigenous Resistance in Latin America   One of Chevron’s many underhanded schemes to attempt to escape accountability for deliberately dumping more than 60 billion gallons of toxic oil waste i…
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June 3, 2024 at 8:51 PM

JUNE 3 🔥 Get involved and shut down Wall Street all summer long!

JUNE 3 🔥 Get involved and shut down Wall Street all summer long!   Since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, Citibank has been the world's largest financier of the coal, oil, and gas expansion, fueling climate chaos and driving environme…
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May 30, 2024 at 8:33 PM

🎥 VIDEO: A message of thanks from Indigenous Earth Defender Miguel Guimaraes!

🎥 VIDEO: A message of thanks from Indigenous Earth Defender Miguel Guimaraes! Threats against Amazonian communities and their leaders are rising. An example was the recent death threat against Shipibo-Konibo leader Miguel Guimaraes, which pr…
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May 28, 2024 at 8:27 PM

URGENT: ✋ YOU can defend Earth Defenders!

URGENT: ✋ YOU can defend Earth Defenders! Three weeks ago, Amazon Watch got an urgent message: a Shipibo partner in Peru had received a death threat, painted on his fence, for his work protecting Indigenous leaders from attacks. Thanks to sup…
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May 23, 2024 at 7:19 PM

🎥 VIDEO: Why we need an entire Anti-Chevron month!

🎥 VIDEO: Why we need an entire Anti-Chevron month! Eleven years ago, frustrated by the racist and dismissive responses from Chevron executives at its Annual General Meeting, affected communities decided to take a different approach. Instead …
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May 21, 2024 at 6:25 PM

🌱 Will you become a rainforest sustainer today to protect the Amazon year-round?

🌱 Will you become a rainforest sustainer today to protect the Amazon year-round? Become a rainforest sustainer and protect the Amazon year-round! Did you know that monthly giving is one of the best ways to align your actions with your values …
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May 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM

🎥 NEW VIDEO: How oil debt causes Amazon destruction and climate chaos

🎥 NEW VIDEO: How oil debt causes Amazon destruction and climate chaos A brand new documentary has just been released highlighting the local and international efforts of the Achuar, Wampís, and Chapra nations from the Peruvian Amazon against …
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May 9, 2024 at 4:42 PM

TWITTER ACTION: Take a stand against death threats!

TWITTER ACTION: Take a stand against death threats! “You won’t live” was the death threat painted on Miguel Guimaraes’ fence Miguel Guimaraes is the vice president of Peru’s Amazonian Indigenous organization AIDESEP. He runs their program t…
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May 7, 2024 at 5:30 PM

May is Anti-Chevron Month! 🛑🛢️ Join the action!

May is Anti-Chevron Month! 🛑🛢️ Join the action! May is Anti-Chevron Month! Since 2014, each year on the eve of Chevron’s annual shareholders meeting communities affected by Chevron’s human rights and environmental abuses stand in solidarity …
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May 6, 2024 at 7:01 PM

Urgent Appeal: Help Indigenous communities devastated by flooding in the Ecuadorian Amazon!

Urgent Appeal: Help Indigenous communities devastated by flooding in the Ecuadorian Amazon! I am writing to you with an emergency request to support Indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon who are facing an urgent crisis due to severe…
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May 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM

🔥 Join the Summer of Heat and call out toxic banks for the Amazon!

🔥 Join the Summer of Heat and call out toxic banks for the Amazon!   We’re living at a critical moment in history as fossil fuels are ravaging the Amazon and in turn, our planet’s climate. But financial institutions are continuing to pour bil…
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May 3, 2024 at 10:21 PM

🏦+ 🛢️= 😠 Delegation travels from Peru to confront U.S. bank executives directly

🏦+ 🛢️= 😠 Delegation travels from Peru to confront U.S. bank executives directly A critical element to our End Amazon Crude campaign is to challenge and cut off international financing for oil extraction in the Amazon. Last week, Amazon Watch…
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April 30, 2024 at 4:54 PM

📸 Photos from Brazil's Indigenous Free Land Camp!

📸 Photos from Brazil's Indigenous Free Land Camp! Last week, thousands of Indigenous people and their allies converged in Brazil's capital for the 20th Free Land Camp, a major annual mobilization that strives to amplify the voices and resist…
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April 29, 2024 at 4:24 PM

🌎 Still celebrating Earth Day, too? 💚✊Two ways to take action!

🌎 Still celebrating Earth Day, too? 💚✊Two ways to take action! Even though Earth Day just passed, there is still time for you to take action and support a healthy future for the Amazon rainforest and our climate! This month, we’ve shared with…
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April 22, 2024 at 12:00 PM

Happy Earth Day! 🌎💚 All gifts doubled for the Amazon!

Happy Earth Day! 🌎💚 All gifts doubled for the Amazon! Right now, Amazonian peoples are mobilizing to Brasília for Free Land Camp (ATL), Brazil’s largest annual gathering of Indigenous peoples. ATL isn’t just a gathering – it’s a crucial space…