Reports
Brazil's Belo Monte Dam: A Major Threat to the Amazon and Its People
January 2011
This briefing paper focuses on the Brazilian government's plans to build the third-largest dam in the world and one of the Amazon's most controversial development projects.More »
Amazon in Focus 2010
Fall 2010
In this year’s Amazon in Focus, we are pleased to present to you powerful and insightful articles from our campaigners in the field. The journeys and events that inspired these articles demonstrate the breadth of our work and, at the same time, the depth of our connection to our indigenous partners and the rainforest.More »
The Achuar and Talisman Energy
May 3, 2010
The Achuar indigenous people live in the Corrientes, Pastaza, and Morona river basins in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Achuar lands sit atop oil fields, although relatively marginal in terms of the quality and accessibility of the reserves. [...]More »
BID en la Mira (IDB Watch)
March 11, 2010 | IDB Watch
A publication that exposes the failures of the Inter-American Bank.More »
Amazon in Focus 2009
October 6, 2009
In celebration of our 13th year protecting the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous peoples, Amazon Watch released the second edition of Amazon in Focus. [...]More »
Declaration to Reform Brazil's National Development Bank
September 11, 2009
The following declaration, entitled "Towards a Democratic BNDES," is authored by a group of Brazilian civil society organizations and social movements, called the "Plataforma BNDES". [...]More »
The Anchorage Declaration
April 24, 2009
From 20-24 April, 2009, Indigenous representatives from the Arctic, North America, Asia, Pacific, Latin America, Africa, Caribbean and Russia met in Anchorage, Alaska for the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change. We thank the Ahtna and the Dena'ina Athabascan Peoples in whose lands we gathered. [...]More »
IDB WATCH (IN SPANISH)
March 28, 2009
A publication that exposes the failures of the Inter-American Bank to such a degree that it restricted its distribution during the 50th meeting of its governors in Medellin, Colombia. Click on the links below to read the latest critiques of IBD policies by civil society organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean. [...]More »
Amazon in Focus 2008
December 1, 2008
In celebration of our 12th year protecting the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous peoples, Amazon Watch released Amazon in Focus. [...]More »
