August 2011
Over the last two months, an alarming assault has been waged on the Amazon and its people. Amazonian communities and Brazilian civil society are mobilizing. It's time for us to ramp up international action to defend the Brazilian Amazon.
Rio+20 was recently held in Rio de Janeiro, yet Brazil's current energy polices have created glaring setbacks for the rights of indigenous peoples, the environment and Brazilian democracy.
A new short film about the struggle to defend the Xingu River and its people from the Belo Monte Dam and the Brazilian government's development plans for the Amazon.
To meet growing demand, Brazil is harnessing hydroelectric energy and building dams, some among the largest in the world. But not everyone is happy about it.
Tell the Chevron board of directors to fire CEO John Watson. Since he took over, the company's bad behavior has only gotten worse.
Urge President Correa of Ecuador to stop an auction of oil development rights within nearly eight million acres of primary forest, including all of Sarayaku territory.
Send an urgent message to President Dilma demanding respect towards indigenous people and a peaceful solution to the Belo Monte Dam conflict.
