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October 26, 2022 at 8:00 PM

🎥 WATCH: Petroperú blames Indigenous communities for its oil spills

🎥 WATCH: Petroperú blames Indigenous communities for its oil spills We recently wrote to you exposing the ways that state-owned oil company Petroperú tries to deny that it is engaged in violations of Indigenous rights and destruction of the …

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October 20, 2022 at 8:27 PM

Sarayaku's visionary "Living Forest" is what the world needs now!

Sarayaku's visionary "Living Forest" is what the world needs now! This summer, as the world grappled with suffocating heat and drought, historic floods, and explosive wildfires, a timely gathering was underway in the Ecuadorian Amazon celebr…

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October 18, 2022 at 6:16 PM

Defend Yasuní today!

Defend Yasuní today! Today, we have two new reasons to have hope for an end to oil drilling in Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, and we invite you to turn hope into triumph with us. Two court decisio…

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October 13, 2022 at 5:01 PM

A people's referendum could stop drilling in Ecuador's Yasuní National Park

A people's referendum could stop drilling in Ecuador's Yasuní National Park Defenders of Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon, one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, have two new reasons to hope that oil drilling…

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October 10, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Join With Women Defenders on Indigenous Peoples Day!

Join With Women Defenders on Indigenous Peoples Day! "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, Kichwa women defen…

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October 6, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Indigenous "Headdress Caucus" headed to Brazil's Congress in crucial and precarious election

Indigenous "Headdress Caucus" headed to Brazil's Congress in crucial and precarious election Last Sunday, Brazil went to the polls in a historic election that saw the victory of members of Brazil’s Indigenous “headdress” caucus in São Paulo …

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September 30, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Indigenous leaders hold corporate sponsors of Climate Week accountable

Indigenous leaders hold corporate sponsors of Climate Week accountable After years of virtual events, thousands gathered in New York City for Climate Week 2022 and the United Nations General Assembly to hold global leaders accountable for th…

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September 29, 2022 at 5:18 PM

YOU DID IT! Ecuadorians defend their right to make Chevron pay!

YOU DID IT! Ecuadorians defend their right to make Chevron pay! Several days ago we asked you to take urgent action to tell the government of Ecuador to hold Chevron accountable for its deliberate Amazon pollution. Great news: it did! Just i…

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September 27, 2022 at 5:51 PM

DONATE: Victories at Climate Week NYC

DONATE: Victories at Climate Week NYC "At this moment, the presidents of countries throughout the world are at the UN's headquarters, many of them saying lies, creating false expectations that we are not in crisis... We're here to tell peop…

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September 22, 2022 at 9:03 PM

The people of Ecuador must not be forced to pay to clean up Chevron's toxic waste!

The people of Ecuador must not be forced to pay to clean up Chevron's toxic waste! In 2011, we celebrated a massive victory for the rainforest. Chevron was found liable for its deliberate pollution of the Ecuadorian Amazon and was ordered to…

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September 20, 2022 at 9:27 PM

Investors confronted with Petroperú's latest oil spills at Climate Week

Investors confronted with Petroperú's latest oil spills at Climate Week Climate Week is underway in New York City, and today Amazon Watch released a scathing report demonstrating the extreme risks of investing in Peruvian state-owned oil com…

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September 16, 2022 at 5:04 PM

Join Amazonian leaders at Climate Week (in NYC or at home!)

Join Amazonian leaders at Climate Week (in NYC or at home!) Next week, government, business, and civil society leaders will meet in New York for Climate Week and the 77th U.N. General Assembly. Amazon Watch will be there in solidarity with I…

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September 14, 2022 at 6:33 PM

Tell Wall Street to Defund Deforestation

Tell Wall Street to Defund Deforestation By now, you know the story: financial institutions like banks and asset managers are driving climate chaos by pouring billions of dollars into fossil fuels. From fossil fuels to mining to big agribusi…

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September 13, 2022 at 9:46 PM

A year without new oil or mining destruction in the Amazon? 😨

A year without new oil or mining destruction in the Amazon? 😨 Ecuador’s Indigenous movement and the Lasso government have agreed to a temporary moratorium on all new oil and mining concessions. This major development puts the country’s plans…

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September 12, 2022 at 7:36 PM

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Tell Vanguard to stop financing environmental destruction!

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Tell Vanguard to stop financing environmental destruction! Asset manager Vanguard is complicit in human rights abuses through direct financing of extractive industries causing irreparable damage to our climate and harming fro…

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September 9, 2022 at 7:33 PM

Vanguard funds Indigenous rights violations in Peru's Amazon

Vanguard funds Indigenous rights violations in Peru's Amazon For decades, the Indigenous Achuar and Wampis peoples of the Peruvian Amazon have beat back a steady stream of oil companies attempting to drill on Block 64, an oil block created o…

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September 7, 2022 at 7:13 PM

The voices of Amazonian peoples led this year's Pan-Amazon Social Forum

The voices of Amazonian peoples led this year's Pan-Amazon Social Forum The 10th Pan-Amazon Social Forum (X FOSPA) took place in Belém, Pará, in Brazil at the end of July. The meeting brought together traditional peoples and communities from…

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September 5, 2022 at 7:50 PM

Take action starting today - Global Day of Action for the Amazon! 🎉

Take action starting today - Global Day of Action for the Amazon! 🎉 Today is the Global Day of Action for the Amazon, and urgent action is needed because the rainforest is in a state of emergency and at a tipping point due to attacks on the …

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September 1, 2022 at 9:01 PM

Invite a friend to join the Global Day of Action for the Amazon! 🌳

Invite a friend to join the Global Day of Action for the Amazon! 🌳 Join a call from Amazonian Earth Defenders starting September 5 for the Global Day of Action for the Amazon, a day asking the international community to #Act4Amazonia. This e…

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August 30, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Oil in the Peruvian Amazon: Obscene Profits 💰 Through Immoral Strategies 😡

Oil in the Peruvian Amazon: Obscene Profits 💰 Through Immoral Strategies 😡 In countries like Peru, the high price of oil is driving a new wave of regressive legal attacks benefiting the oil industry that threaten the environment and Indigeno…

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August 25, 2022 at 7:59 PM

🌳 YOU can do something about the fires in the Amazon!

🌳 YOU can do something about the fires in the Amazon! On Tuesday, there were 3,358 fires in the Brazilian Amazon, setting a horrifying record under Jair Bolsonaro. Since 2019, the Brazilian Amazon has seen record-breaking levels of fires and…

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August 23, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Record fires under Bolsonaro, again 🔥

Record fires under Bolsonaro, again 🔥 Since 2019, the Brazilian Amazon has seen record-breaking levels of fires and destruction. Under the Bolsonaro administration, the levels of destruction have skyrocketed and continue to worsen each year …

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August 18, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Take action for Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation!

Take action for Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation! Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is a haven of biodiversity and home to the Indigenous people who protect it – including Ecuador’s last peoples in voluntary isolation, th…

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August 16, 2022 at 8:07 PM

🎬 WATCH NOW: Is Amazon oil Ecuador's curse of abundance?

🎬 WATCH NOW: Is Amazon oil Ecuador's curse of abundance? Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is a haven of biodiversity and home to the Indigenous people who protect it – including Ecuador’s last peoples in voluntary isolation, the …

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August 11, 2022 at 9:21 PM

🎥 NEW ACTION: John, tell banks to End Amazon Crude financing!

🎥 NEW ACTION: *|FIRST|*, tell banks to End Amazon Crude financing! At the end of September 2022, the president of Petroperú will be in New York City meeting with and encouraging banks to finance the oil company’s future operations. Join us in…

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August 9, 2022 at 5:46 PM

DONATE: Celebrate Indigenous futures every day

DONATE: Celebrate Indigenous futures every day On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we uplift Indigenous peoples’ self-determination as the solution to the crises facing the Amazon. Each of us has a role to play in protect…

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August 5, 2022 at 2:45 PM

Securing justice for Dom and Bruno in DC

Securing justice for Dom and Bruno in DC “We hold the Bolsonaro administration responsible for the crimes that happened, and this is not mere discourse. It’s an analysis of reality. It’s an analysis of the facts we have.” – Eliesio Marubo, U…

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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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