The Achuar of Peru

The Achuar indigenous people live in the remote headwaters of the Amazon rainforest on the Pastaza, Morona and Corrientes Rivers, on both sides of the Peru-Ecuador border. Amazon Watch works with the Achuar to defend their homeland against further destruction.More »

Letters from the (Amazon Watch) Campaign Trail, Part II

May 15, 2013 | Blog Post

Dearest Daughter, from Dad in the Amazon – Yesterday I left the Amazon jungle after an amazing week there. Prior to leaving however, I shared with my Achuar indigenous friends a dream I had about you.More »

Letters from the (Amazon Watch) Campaign Trail

May 13, 2013 | Blog Post

Dearest Daughter, from Dad in the Amazon – This is my first international trip away from you since your birth eight months ago, and I already miss you tremendously. I want to explain to you the importance of this trip.More »

Ecuador Punts Its Oil Bidding Round but China May Be Only Taker

April 24, 2013 | Financial Times

Ecuador is licensing a chunk of the Amazon and now has extended a deadline by which bid for oil blocks must be submitted. To some, it could suggest Ecuador had received less interest than initially hoped for.More »

Actress Michelle Thrush Helps Win Oil Company Concession for Indigenous Ecuadorians

April 23, 2013 | Indian Country Today

Canadian Gemini award–winning Cree actress and self-proclaimed "artist in solidarity with Idle No More" Michelle Thrush is wielding her celebrity clout in defense of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador.More »

Ecuador Extends to July 16 Deadline for Bids on 11th Oil-Licensing Round

April 22, 2013 | Wall Street Journal

Quito, Ecuador – Ecuador has extended to July 16 the deadline to submit offers for companies interested in the country's 11th oil-licensing round for blocks located in the southeast.More »

Coalition Confronts Ecuador in Canada Over Amazon Oil Auction

Protests mark meeting between Canadian oil executives and Ecuadorian government

April 17, 2013 | Press Release

Calgary, Canada – Amidst protests from a broad coalition of Canadians and international allies, Ecuadorian government officials met with Canadian investors and oil company executives Wednesday at the Telus Convention Center in Calgary. Labor unionists, aboriginals, environmentalists and faith groups united in support of Idle No More, calling on the Ecuadorian government to suspend its auction of oil concessions in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. The group delivered a declaration of opposition from five indigenous nationalities whose rainforest communities would be devastated by the oil round.More »

Activists Protest in Canada Over Amazon Oil Auction in Ecuador

April 17, 2013 | Wall Street Journal

Quito, Ecuador – Labor unionists, aboriginal activists and environmentalists on Wednesday called for the Ecuadorean government to suspend its auction of oil concessions in the country's Amazon rainforest.More »

A Message from the Achuar to Canada

April 11, 2013 | Blog Post

"I would like to thank our allies in Canada for their solidarity in this struggle. Thanks to the many actions taken we have achieved a great victory: a large and powerful corporation, Talisman, has been forced to leave our ancestral territory."More »

Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest May Be Auctioned to Chinese Oil Companies

Indigenous groups say they weren't consulted as required by constitution

March 28, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report

Beijing, China – Ecuadorian officials met with the leaders of Chinese oil companies in Beijing this week to discuss plans to auction a large section of the Amazon Rainforest for oil exploration.More »

Ecuador to Sell a Third of Its Amazon Rainforest to Chinese Oil Companies

Indigenous groups claim they have not consented to oil projects, as politicians visit Beijing to publicise bidding process

March 28, 2013 | Business Insider

"My understanding is that this is more of a debt issue – it's because the Ecuadoreans are so dependent on the Chinese to finance their development that they're willing to compromise in other areas such as social and environmental regulations," said Adam Zuckerman, environmental and human rights campaigner at Amazon Watch.More »