The global pandemic could mean ethnocide for the Amazon's Indigenous peoples if swift action is not taken. Amazon Watch is working on a variety of urgent initiatives in response to emerging needs.
Salomé Aranda is facing threats and intimidation because of her courageous and effective work to protect her people's rainforest territories and defend their rights and our global climate.
Coronavirus, Land Invaders, and Missionaries… OUT!
Indigenous leaders are demanding that the Brazilian government remove illegal loggers and miners and prohibit missionary groups from entering their territories.
The Amazon is the world's largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest, and there is no effective solution to climate change that does not include protecting the Amazon.
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