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June 27, 2023 at 7:40 PM

☀️ Solar power for the Amazon!

☀️ Solar power for the Amazon! “We are showing the Brazilian government and companies that we don’t need a dam to generate energy. We are showing the Brazilian government and companies that we are capable of anything.” – Alessandra Korap Mun…

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June 22, 2023 at 1:15 PM

$1 million to protect isolated Indigenous peoples' rights

$1 million to protect isolated Indigenous peoples' rights Hello! Tomorrow, Peru's Congress may vote to modify a law that protects Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI). This could open the door to the genocide of dozens…

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June 21, 2023 at 6:02 PM

🐦 TWEET THIS ASAP: Defend isolated Indigenous peoples in Peru!

🐦 TWEET THIS ASAP: Defend isolated Indigenous peoples in Peru! If you're a Twitter user, we need you to retweet this urgent message now! Peru's Congress is attempting to abolish protections for Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Cont…

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June 20, 2023 at 8:06 PM

URGENT: A new threat to isolated Indigenous peoples in Peru

URGENT: A new threat to isolated Indigenous peoples in Peru Political power in Peru resides in its congress, as its unpopular president remains cornered by investigations. In a disastrous regional trend, powerful economic interests are launc…

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June 15, 2023 at 12:15 PM

$1M to stop Amazon destruction!

$1M to stop Amazon destruction! Hello!What does outstanding solidarity with Indigenous peoples look like in action? This month, generous donors are doubling all donations up to $1 million in an unprecedented match for the Amazon! When you gi…

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June 13, 2023 at 5:41 PM

🚧 The Amazon doesn't need destructive railways!

🚧 The Amazon doesn't need destructive railways! The controversial Ferrogrão mega-railway has remained halted by an injunction for two years. But now the disastrous infrastructure project proposed to slice through the Brazilian Amazon is a re…

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June 8, 2023 at 7:11 PM

🌳 The Amazon is reaching out to you - PLEASE OPEN!

🌳 The Amazon is reaching out to you - PLEASE OPEN! "Amazon Watch is imperative... I feel a connection to isolated threatened groups and am able to do something small, along with others around the world, to make a difference. Amazon Watch has…

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June 6, 2023 at 8:06 PM

🚨 ACT NOW: Stop the theft of Indigenous land in Brazil!

🚨 ACT NOW: Stop the theft of Indigenous land in Brazil! Last week, Brazil's lower chamber of Congress dealt a major blow to Indigenous rights and the environment by approving legislation which will drastically limit the formal titling and re…

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June 1, 2023 at 7:13 PM

Our $1 MILLION match starts today! Take action now!

Our $1 MILLION match starts today! Take action now! Today, we're announcing some amazing news: a group of generous donors is offering an unprecedented $1 million dollar match for the entire month of June! Will you join this incredible opport…

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May 25, 2023 at 7:57 PM

Rights at risk as Ecuador's president dissolves congress

Rights at risk as Ecuador's president dissolves congress A wave of uncertainty and concern has gripped Ecuador over the state of rights and the future of democracy after right-wing President Lasso invoked the “muerte cruzada” clause in the c…

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May 23, 2023 at 9:47 PM

Photos, videos, and memes from the 10th Annual Global Anti-Chevron Day

Photos, videos, and memes from the 10th Annual Global Anti-Chevron Day Each year since 2014, communities around the world affected by Chevron have come together on May 21 for a day of solidarity in action in anticipation of Chevron’s annual …

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May 18, 2023 at 11:31 PM

Action Alert 🚨 Join the call for human rights over corporate profits in Ecuador!

Action Alert 🚨 Join the call for human rights over corporate profits in Ecuador! To this day, Chevron continues to evade responsibility for its deliberate contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Even after losing a court battle and being ord…

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May 16, 2023 at 6:52 PM

New animation reveals a devious way corporations bully climate activists

New animation reveals a devious way corporations bully climate activists Despite growing awareness of the role of extractive industries in the climate crisis, the public’s right to speak out and challenge corporations harming people and the …

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May 11, 2023 at 7:53 PM

One step closer to getting mining out of Mura territory!

One step closer to getting mining out of Mura territory! Potássio do Brasil is an example of how mining companies violate Indigenous rights even before their operations begin. Potássio do Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of Canadian mining co…

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May 9, 2023 at 6:07 PM

Donate today to fund the next victory for the Amazon!

Donate today to fund the next victory for the Amazon! When the forces bent on destroying the Amazon and violating Indigenous rights move forward, they don’t slow down. For years, we witnessed this under the horrific Bolsonaro regime. Now tha…

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May 4, 2023 at 3:08 PM

💚 You helped us meet our match – here's what it did for the Amazon!

💚 You helped us meet our match – here's what it did for the Amazon! Thank you! Because of the generosity of this community, we met our Earth Day match! Every gift up to $50,000 was doubled by generous donors, going twice as far for the Amazo…

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May 3, 2023 at 7:24 PM

PHOTOS: Indigenous people celebrate land victories in Brazil!

PHOTOS: Indigenous people celebrate land victories in Brazil! "We will not solve 523 years of destruction in four years, but we will push on!" As our Amazon Watch team heads back home from Brazil, we’re celebrating a major victory for Indigen…

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May 2, 2023 at 6:46 PM

PHOTOS: Indigenous people celebrate land victories in Brazil!

PHOTOS: Indigenous people celebrate land victories in Brazil! "We will not solve 523 years of destruction in four years, but we will push on!" As our Amazon Watch team heads back home from Brazil, we’re celebrating a major victory for Indigen…

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April 27, 2023 at 4:49 PM

Support the Munduruku's next victory!

Support the Munduruku's next victory! "Everything I do in my activism is done with and for the collective... My struggle and my voice are part of collective processes. They exist because of and together with the traditional chiefs and other …

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April 26, 2023 at 7:26 PM

TAKE ACTION: Demarcation of Indigenous territories and mining out of the Amazon NOW!

TAKE ACTION: Demarcation of Indigenous territories and mining out of the Amazon NOW! The Munduruku are calling for the demarcation of their lands in defense of the Amazon and against destructive mining. Your solidarity was crucial in their m…

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April 25, 2023 at 5:52 PM

Brazilian Indigenous Leader Alessandra Munduruku Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize

Brazilian Indigenous Leader Alessandra Munduruku Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize Alessandra Korap Munduruku, leader of the Munduruku Indigenous peoples from the Brazilian Amazon, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Pri…

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April 22, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Your donation: matched. Our Earth: defended.

Your donation: matched. Our Earth: defended. Happy Earth Day! Today, we celebrate Earth Defenders and their vital work protecting land, water, and life. Any true solution for the Amazon and our planet starts with solidarity with Indigenous p…

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April 20, 2023 at 10:03 PM

The Right to Decide: the U'wa of Colombia bring a key case to court after 25 years

The Right to Decide: the U'wa of Colombia bring a key case to court after 25 years “As the U’wa Nation, we have a special mission for the Blue Planet, our Mother Earth, which is to defend her, protect her, safeguard her. Not just for the U’w…

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April 18, 2023 at 5:40 PM

TAKE ACTION: Demand justice for Eduardo Mendúa!

TAKE ACTION: Demand justice for Eduardo Mendúa! On February 26, A’i Cofan leader Eduardo Mendúa was shot and killed after returning from a national meeting of Indigenous representatives. Eduardo, who came from a community living with the leg…

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April 12, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Support Indigenous peoples, support our planet (+ your gift is doubled!)

Support Indigenous peoples, support our planet (+ your gift is doubled!) As Indigenous peoples defend the Earth, they are defending culture, ancestral knowledge, biodiversity, and our collective future. We know that true solutions must recog…

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April 4, 2023 at 8:44 PM

The most important Earth Month for the Amazon – your gift doubled!

The most important Earth Month for the Amazon – your gift doubled! Happy Earth Month! We uplift and honor Earth Defenders in the Amazon and beyond who are keeping standing forests standing, protecting the Earth and our climate future. We all…

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March 31, 2023 at 5:54 PM

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Demand votes for climate justice and Indigenous rights this AGM season

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Demand votes for climate justice and Indigenous rights this AGM season This April and May, investors in Wall Street banks and insurance companies will vote on at least four shareholder proposals related to climate justice and…

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March 29, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Building solidarity for the Amazon this AGM season

Building solidarity for the Amazon this AGM season This month, a report released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change outlined that “there is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustaina…

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March 27, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Amplify Indigenous Women's Voices: Donate Now and Double Your Impact!

Amplify Indigenous Women's Voices: Donate Now and Double Your Impact! Women and girls, and especially Black and Indigenous women, are the group most exposed to the impacts of our changing climate. Amazonian Indigenous women are on the front …

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March 24, 2023 at 9:27 PM

🚨 TAKE ACTION: Leonard Peltier can finally be free!

🚨 TAKE ACTION: Leonard Peltier can finally be free! We recently marked the 50th anniversary of the occupation at Wounded Knee in 1973, a historical moment that encouraged intense FBI harassment of activist members of the American Indian Move…

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March 23, 2023 at 11:17 PM

Climate justice requires women's leadership

Climate justice requires women's leadership “We will all be affected by climate change.” The truth is that some will face the impacts of this process much more than others. The consequences caused by climate change cut across race, gender, …

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March 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM

DONATE: Support Women Defenders resisting extraction in the Amazon!

DONATE: Support Women Defenders resisting extraction in the Amazon! Josefina Tunki is the first woman president of Pueblo Shuar Arutam, an organization representing some 12,000 people in 47 communities across the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amaz…

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March 16, 2023 at 11:08 PM

🚨 TAKE ACTION: Indigenous leader Josefina Tunki deserves our gratitude!

🚨 TAKE ACTION: Indigenous leader Josefina Tunki deserves our gratitude! This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the powerful leadership of one particular Indigenous woman who has faced the mining industry’s destruction while defending Indig…

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March 14, 2023 at 6:54 PM

Celebrate and support Women Defenders today!

Celebrate and support Women Defenders today! "We gather together beginning at 3 a.m., grounded in our traditions, to share guayusa, chucula, and chumanga and acknowledge each other in this shared space as diverse Amazonian women. We are more…

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March 9, 2023 at 9:26 PM

Leaders across the Amazon mobilize for Women's Day!

Leaders across the Amazon mobilize for Women's Day! This International Women’s Day 2023, we celebrated Indigenous women as life-givers, wisdom keepers, and leaders while denouncing violence against women and Mother Earth. Across the Amazon, …

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March 8, 2023 at 6:20 PM

John: YOU can support Women Earth Defenders today!

*|FIRST|*: YOU can support Women Earth Defenders today! "For defending and protecting and respecting the rights of my organization, I am currently being threatened by the [mining] company. The Shuar Arutam people demand and cry out to the wo…

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March 7, 2023 at 7:42 PM

🙅 Women Defenders for territories free of mining!

🙅 Women Defenders for territories free of mining! Across the Amazon Basin, women are organizing in defense of life, rights, and territories, and are a critical part of the front lines movement resisting increasing threats such as mining. Min…

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March 3, 2023 at 8:31 PM

Action alert: Amplify Indigenous resistance to mining!

Action alert: Amplify Indigenous resistance to mining! Mining in the Amazon has terrible effects on the livelihoods and health of Indigenous peoples and frontline communities as well as the overall balance of the Amazon's biological diversit…

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February 23, 2023 at 6:04 PM

Protect the Amazon, transform our future

Protect the Amazon, transform our future “Here we have waterfalls, rivers, medicine. For us mining isn’t development. For us, the forest is life, it is our market.” – Josefina Tunki, President of the Shuar Arutam People Josefina Tunki, Presid…

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February 21, 2023 at 10:08 PM

Josefina Tunki testifies at the United Nations

Josefina Tunki testifies at the United Nations In the past two decades, economic and financial ties between China and Latin America have deepened to an unprecedented extent. Unfortunately, some of these investments have left behind human rig…

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February 16, 2023 at 5:59 PM

Illegal gold mining brought death, disease, and violence to the Yanomami in Brazil

Illegal gold mining brought death, disease, and violence to the Yanomami in Brazil The shocking images of death and destruction of the Yanomami people and their lands that recently swept the world reestablish a tragedy foretold. Illegal mine…

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February 14, 2023 at 7:19 PM

The transformative power of reciprocity and gratitude

The transformative power of reciprocity and gratitude “Gratitude is so much more than a polite thank you. It is the thread that connects us in a deep relationship. Gratitude and reciprocity are the currency for a giving economy or regenerati…

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February 2, 2023 at 6:25 PM

Will you be one of 100?

Will you be one of 100? Dear friend of the Amazon, At Amazon Watch, monthly donors sustain our movement to protect the rainforest and our climate. By becoming one of 100 new monthly donors, you are acting in solidarity with Indigenous peoples…

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January 31, 2023 at 7:03 PM

A different vision for solidarity with Indigenous peoples

A different vision for solidarity with Indigenous peoples “The defense of nature and human rights is not only facing Indigenous peoples. It is for everyone to face worldwide.” – Lineth Calapucha, Kichwa leader from Pastaza We’re releasing a …

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January 26, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Uýra will change the way you think

Uýra will change the way you think "Since Uýra was born, I aim to bring the message of the forest to people's eyes and hearts." As a supporter, you came to us because of your love for the rainforest. Today, we are sharing another beautiful …

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January 24, 2023 at 10:53 PM

Take action to protect the Amazon from destructive mining company Belo Sun!

Take action to protect the Amazon from destructive mining company Belo Sun! Canadian Mining Corp. Belo Sun is attempting to open Brazil’s largest open pit gold mine in the Xingu River Basin. The company’s sole project, the Volta Grande Proje…

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January 19, 2023 at 5:47 PM

John, you can help end mining in the Amazon!

*|FIRST|*, you can help end mining in the Amazon! Mining is an existential threat to the Amazon and its Indigenous inhabitants. So, what does it take to get mining out of the Amazon? Thanks to your support, Amazon Watch and our allies in the…

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January 17, 2023 at 11:17 PM

You + Canadian activists = #BeloSunOut!

You + Canadian activists = #BeloSunOut! With allies in power, including Environmental Minister Marina Silva and Indigenous Peoples' Minister Sonia Guajajara, what opportunities are now available to halt mining in the Amazon? In our most rec…

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January 13, 2023 at 9:03 PM

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Demand the U.S. State Department denounce the violent repression in Peru!

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Demand the U.S. State Department denounce the violent repression in Peru! The current Peruvian human rights emergency has seen over 45 deaths as military and police forces continue to respond to protests with extreme violence…

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January 12, 2023 at 11:35 PM

The massacre in Peru must be stopped!

The massacre in Peru must be stopped! Over the last few weeks, Peruvians have been living through an unprecedented political and social conflict that has already resulted in more than 40 deaths. The violence unleashed by the government of Di…

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