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August 1, 2022 at 9:33 PM

Petroperú cannot escape its financial scandals

Petroperú cannot escape its financial scandals As we shared with you a few weeks ago, an unexpected announcement jolted Latin American news outlets. The major accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers announced it has decided not to audit the f…

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July 28, 2022 at 10:23 PM

DONATE: The world's heart pump is under attack

DONATE: The world's heart pump is under attack We are witnessing unprecedented heat waves, fires, and droughts from the Amazon to the United Kingdom. In fact, London's fire service just reported experiencing its “busiest day since World War …

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July 21, 2022 at 7:03 PM

TAKE ACTION: Tell Vanguard to release a real emissions reduction plan!

TAKE ACTION: Tell Vanguard to release a real emissions reduction plan! Vanguard is one of the world’s top two investors in companies driving deforestation and violating human rights worldwide. In a recent greenwashing attempt, Vanguard releas…

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July 12, 2022 at 5:26 PM

Is Vanguard sinking the climate ship? ⛵

Is Vanguard sinking the climate ship? ⛵ As an Amazon Watch supporter, you may remember from our past research that asset manager Vanguard is a major investor in mining and oil companies that are causing irreparable harm to the Amazon rainfor…

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July 7, 2022 at 9:18 PM

TAKE ACTION: Bruno and Dom died for the Amazon. Join the cry for justice!

TAKE ACTION: Bruno and Dom died for the Amazon. Join the cry for justice! Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were murdered for their work to protect the Amazon rainforest. They are just the latest martyrs in a long line of forest guardians – some…

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July 5, 2022 at 9:25 PM

🌈 VIDEO: Indigenous LGBTQ+ movement in Brazil claims their space

🌈 VIDEO: Indigenous LGBTQ+ movement in Brazil claims their space “One of the objectives of our manifesto is to give visibility to non-normative forms of sexuality and gender in the Indigenous context.” Visibility as a means towards empower…

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July 1, 2022 at 6:13 PM

VICTORY! Ecuadorian Indigenous movement ends strike with economic and climate justice wins!

VICTORY! Ecuadorian Indigenous movement ends strike with economic and climate justice wins! After 18 days of organizing and mobilizing a National Strike that was met with government violence and racism, the Ecuadorian Indigenous movement has…

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June 28, 2022 at 6:26 PM

NEW VIDEO: Why banks need to exit Amazon oil & gas

NEW VIDEO: Why banks need to exit Amazon oil & gas As we’ve shared with you, an Indigenous uprising has been unfolding in Ecuador and among their main demands has been an end to Amazon crude. Why has Citigroup, one of the world’s leading…

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June 23, 2022 at 8:19 PM

TAKE ACTION: Ecuador's Indigenous peoples facing violent repression!

TAKE ACTION: Ecuador's Indigenous peoples facing violent repression! Ecuador's Indigenous movement launched a national strike over growing inequality, neoliberal economic policies, and expansion of oil and mining activity on their territories…

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June 17, 2022 at 9:59 PM

Indigenous peoples refuse to be ignored

Indigenous peoples refuse to be ignored "Oil drilling in our Amazon has brought contamination, disease, deforestation, destruction of our cultures, and the colonization of our territories. It is an existential threat for us and violates our …

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June 14, 2022 at 8:34 PM

We must demand justice for Bruno, Dom, and the Amazon!

We must demand justice for Bruno, Dom, and the Amazon! The heartbreaking disappearance of Brazilian Indigenous rights advocate Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips has once again revealed that under Bolsonaro the Amazon has been …

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June 9, 2022 at 8:30 PM

TODAY is the day to END AMAZON CRUDE!

TODAY is the day to END AMAZON CRUDE! Breaking: Just now in Long Beach, California, activists with Amazon Watch and Stand.earth deployed massive banners coinciding with the Summit of the Americas, calling on Governor Gavin Newsom and Presiden…

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June 7, 2022 at 5:00 PM

TAKE ACTION: No more oil from the Amazon rainforest!

TAKE ACTION: No more oil from the Amazon rainforest! This week, politicians and heads of state are gathered in Los Angeles for the 2022 Summit of the Americas, and Amazon Watch is there accompanying an Indigenous delegation to demand an end t…

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June 1, 2022 at 4:43 PM

Tlaib to Chevron CEO Wirth: "Write 👏 the 👏 check,👏 Mike!"

Tlaib to Chevron CEO Wirth: "Write 👏 the 👏 check,👏 Mike!" Chevron’s reputation as a price gouger, gross polluter, environmental racist, and greedy corporate behemoth with an army of unscrupulous lawyers and greenwashing PR firms grows worse b…

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May 26, 2022 at 8:11 PM

Double your support for Colombian Earth Defenders!

Double your support for Colombian Earth Defenders! Earth Defenders in the Colombian Amazon need your solidarity. In the Colombian Amazon, drug traffickers and oil companies are invading, controlling, and exploiting Indigenous lands and target…

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May 24, 2022 at 4:54 PM

Hope and danger in the Colombian Amazon

Hope and danger in the Colombian Amazon The Putumayo River is a breathtaking and important artery in the Colombian Amazon. Unfortunately, it is also a dangerous place. Ripping over the water in a small speedboat as we passed jungle-lined shor…

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May 19, 2022 at 6:39 PM

Illegal miners terrorize Brazil's Yanomami communities

Illegal miners terrorize Brazil's Yanomami communities Indigenous leaders declared a humanitarian crisis in the wake of shocking attacks against a Yanomami village that have placed the Amazonian community “on the verge of disappearance” becau…

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May 16, 2022 at 10:05 PM

Urgent action needed to hold Chevron accountable!

Urgent action needed to hold Chevron accountable! As we shared not long ago, it’s "shareholder season" and there are many efforts underway to hold corporations accountable by working with their own investors. Chevron is a prime example, as it…

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May 10, 2022 at 9:31 PM

Peru commits to expel narcos from Indigenous communities

Peru commits to expel narcos from Indigenous communities While Peru is in an ongoing political crisis, the Indigenous movement clamors for justice. The demands are clear: prevent the killings of threatened Earth defenders, pursue legal action…

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May 6, 2022 at 7:06 PM

ACTION ALERT: Use your voice against mining in the Amazon!

ACTION ALERT: Use your voice against mining in the Amazon! This week, a delegation of Brazilian Indigenous leaders from the Amazon arrived in Europe to meet with officials and investors to denounce the impacts by mining companies and illegal …

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May 3, 2022 at 8:20 PM

4 ways you can protect the Amazon this AGM season

4 ways you can protect the Amazon this AGM season We're in the middle of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) season, which means corporations and financial institutions – including many complicit in Amazon destruction – will gather investors to …

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April 29, 2022 at 8:37 PM

You vote by 4/30. They donate!

You vote by 4/30. They donate! Through April 30, we have the chance to raise up to $100,000 from CREDO Mobile to support Indigenous-led efforts to defend the Amazon and our global climate. Vote today to support and fund our work for the rain…

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April 28, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Massive Belo Sun Gold Mine Project Blocked in Brazil

Massive Belo Sun Gold Mine Project Blocked in Brazil In a ruling issued on Monday, the First Regional Federal Court of Brazil upheld the suspension of an environmental license for Belo Sun's massive gold mining project that would carve into t…

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April 26, 2022 at 8:05 PM

Steven Donziger is free! Onward toward justice for the people of Ecuador!

Steven Donziger is free! Onward toward justice for the people of Ecuador! Today, human rights lawyer Steven Donziger woke up free, marking the closure of the latest chapter in Chevron’s scheme to evade accountability for its crimes in Ecuador…

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April 22, 2022 at 3:49 PM

Fund Earth Defenders on Earth Day - ALL GIFTS 2X

Fund Earth Defenders on Earth Day - ALL GIFTS 2X Last week, 7,000 Indigenous people gathered at the Free Land Camp (ATL) to celebrate “Indigenous April” and launch several actions to secure land demarcations and Indigenize politics in Brazil.…

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April 20, 2022 at 5:17 PM

Annual Indigenous Free Land Camp Occupies Brasília

Annual Indigenous Free Land Camp Occupies Brasília This month, Indigenous communities in Brazil organized and mobilized to celebrate “Indigenous April” at their 18th annual Free Land Camp in Brasília. They declared 2022 to be the last year of…

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April 14, 2022 at 7:27 PM

🌎 This Earth Day, help raise grassroots funds for the Amazon

🌎 This Earth Day, help raise grassroots funds for the Amazon This Earth Day is perhaps the most important yet. With the Amazon at a tipping point, taking direction from Indigenous communities to permanently protect the rainforest is vital to…

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April 12, 2022 at 6:01 PM

Petroperú continues to threaten the Amazon and its communities

Petroperú continues to threaten the Amazon and its communities In recent days, intense market and supply chain conditions – due in part to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – have led to increasing inflation around the world, and Peru has been no …

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April 7, 2022 at 3:15 PM

You Vote. They Donate!

You Vote. They Donate! This Earth Month, we have the chance to raise up to $100,000 from CREDO Mobile to support our work defending the Amazon in solidarity with Indigenous peoples! YOU can ensure that CREDO Mobile’s generous support protect…

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April 5, 2022 at 5:05 PM

Webinar today 🚨 Join the call to demand an end to fossil fuels

Webinar today 🚨 Join the call to demand an end to fossil fuels Over the next two months, Wall Street companies will host their annual general meetings for shareholders (AGMs). We expect shareholder resolutions calling for an end to fossil fue…

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April 1, 2022 at 3:15 PM

Wall Street committed to protect the Amazon! 😱

Wall Street committed to protect the Amazon! 😱 April Fools! We need people power to hold them accountable! Read how 👇 Last year, the International Energy Agency released the most comprehensive and groundbreaking study yet, outlining requirem…

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March 30, 2022 at 3:15 PM

DONATE: Women Defenders on the Front Lines of Amazon Destruction

DONATE: Women Defenders on the Front Lines of Amazon Destruction "The forest contains all that we need. Our food and our medicines. That is why we take care of the forest and say no to extraction, no to mining, no to logging. That is why we …

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March 29, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Healing women heals our Earth! 🌱

Healing women heals our Earth! 🌱 "Extractive violence against the land and violence against Indigenous women go hand and hand. We believe that healing women is also healing the earth." – Nina Gualinga Over the last few weeks, I traveled wit…

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March 24, 2022 at 8:35 PM

Destructive Mining Bill Advances in the Brazilian Congress

Destructive Mining Bill Advances in the Brazilian Congress Ignoring the more than 15,000 people demonstrating outside, Bolsonaro allies in the Brazilian Congress decided during a late-night session earlier this month to fast-track a bill that…

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March 22, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Amazon destruction can't be "offset"

Amazon destruction can't be "offset" One of the most notable outcomes from last year's United Nations Climate Conference was the ratification of Article 6 of the Paris Climate Accords. This implements new rules governing the buying and sellin…

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March 17, 2022 at 1:00 PM

Join us as we collectively demand justice for María Taant!

Join us as we collectively demand justice for María Taant! María Taant was a Shuar woman who fought tirelessly in defense of the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest and for Indigenous women's rights. She went up against mining companies looking to e…

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March 15, 2022 at 8:15 PM

Use your voice: tell your financial institution to GET OUT OF THE AMAZON!

Use your voice: tell your financial institution to GET OUT OF THE AMAZON! As the Amazon reaches its tipping point and the planet's climate grows more unstable, we need to make every effort to draw attention to the problem and demand action. O…

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March 11, 2022 at 8:55 PM

Justice Served in Ecuador!

Justice Served in Ecuador! Yesterday, we celebrated a major human rights victory in Ecuador! With 99 votes, the Ecuadorian Congress granted amnesty to 268 people, primarily Indigenous defenders who had been criminalized and persecuted for the…

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March 8, 2022 at 6:16 PM

Center Indigenous Voices for International Women's Day! 🌎

Center Indigenous Voices for International Women's Day! 🌎 "Our survival is the survival of the forests, and the survival of forests is the survival of the planet. We're on the edge. But until the end, we will be the resistance." – Mayalú Txu…

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March 3, 2022 at 11:27 PM

📷 Portraits of Women Defenders Uniting Across the Amazon

📷 Portraits of Women Defenders Uniting Across the Amazon Indigenous women across the Amazon are coming together like never before to protect and defend our lives, rights, bodies, and territories in the face of ever-increasing threats. In Sept…

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March 2, 2022 at 6:03 PM

Let's call out those responsible for the destruction of the Amazon!

Let's call out those responsible for the destruction of the Amazon! Last week we launched Complicity in Destruction IV, our most recent report in collaboration with the Association of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples (APIB). It reveals the alarmin…

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February 24, 2022 at 6:26 PM

Exposing the #ComplicityInDestruction requires people power!

Exposing the #ComplicityInDestruction requires people power! Earlier this week alongside the Association of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples, we launched Complicity in Destruction IV, the first compilation of case studies exposing international ac…

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February 22, 2022 at 9:39 PM

Amazon deforestation the size of England? Not on our watch! 👀

Amazon deforestation the size of England? Not on our watch! 👀 For years, our research has exposed and demanded accountability from the northern actors complicit in the ongoing destruction and Indigenous rights violations in the Amazon. Today,…

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February 15, 2022 at 9:03 PM

Indigenous Rights Victories Deal a Major Blow to Oil and Mining Expansion

Indigenous Rights Victories Deal a Major Blow to Oil and Mining Expansion Ecuador's plans to greatly expand oil and mining extraction in the Amazon hit a major snag last week as the nation’s Constitutional Court handed down multiple decisions…

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February 10, 2022 at 9:01 PM

TWITTER ACTION: Indigenous resistance + international solidarity = #CancelBlock64!

TWITTER ACTION: Indigenous resistance + international solidarity = #CancelBlock64! We recently wrote to you about Petroperú’s intention to hold an information session convening the Achuar People of the Pastaza and the Wampis Nation. The oil c…

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February 8, 2022 at 9:46 PM

New Oil Company Enters Failed Block 64, Again

New Oil Company Enters Failed Block 64, Again If you have followed Amazon Watch's campaigns over the years, the name Block 64 might ring a bell. Over the course of almost 30 years, the Peruvian government has encouraged a steady parade of int…

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February 2, 2022 at 10:56 PM

Oil spill devastates the Amazon, while banks profit from its destruction

Oil spill devastates the Amazon, while banks profit from its destruction Yesterday, Ecuador held its Annual Conference for Oil and Energy with the intention to attract even more global investment in oil and gas plans, many of which are slated…

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January 28, 2022 at 9:14 PM

ONLINE ACTION: Storm Oil and Gas Conference to End Amazon Crude!

ONLINE ACTION: Storm Oil and Gas Conference to End Amazon Crude! Ecuador's Annual Conference for Oil and Energy will be held next Tuesday, February 1. This event is the government's effort to attract global investment in oil and gas plans, ma…

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January 27, 2022 at 10:36 PM

How you can protect the Amazon every day

How you can protect the Amazon every day John – Indigenous nations and allies are leading the call for a global pact to permanently protect the Amazon rainforest. Known as Amazonía for Life: Protect 80% by 2025, this urgent initiative seeks t…

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January 25, 2022 at 8:54 PM

Mining destroys Amazonian ways of life

Mining destroys Amazonian ways of life The Volta Grande ("Big Bend") region of the Xingu River in the Amazon is once again under imminent threat. Following the construction of the Belo Monte megadam in 2016, this area is undergoing unpreceden…

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