New York, NY – The American oil giant Chevron has been named the "most toxic" energy company of 2011 by AlterNet, a prestigious U.S.-based online magazine that closely tracks environmental issues.
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Many Thanks from All of Us at Amazon Watch!
In the spirit of giving thanks, we made this short video to thank you for your love and support of Amazon Watch's work to defend the Amazon and advance the rights of indigenous peoples.
Brazilian Construction Company Cancels Plans for Mega-Dam in Peru
International Rivers | Odebrecht is withdrawing from a commitment to develop a dam on the Tambo River in the Peruvian Amazon. It is a good day for Ashaninka communities in the Amazon.
Amazonian Indigenous Leader to Confront Talisman Energy in Calgary
Talisman in spotlight at University of Calgary Press Event: Oil or the Amazon?
Traveling from the remote northern Peruvian Amazon, Peas Toronto, Canada –Peas Peas Ayui, President of the National Achuar Federation of Peru (FENAP) from the Peruvian Amazon, is in Canada seeking support from civil society organizations for the ongoing struggle to protect ancestral territory and build an oil-free future for the Achuar...
Peas Peas Confronts Talisman Energy in Canada
Achuar leader Peas Peas Ayui has traveled from the Amazon to Canada to protect his people’s ancestral territory and culture from Calgary-based Talisman Energy’s operations.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Beware of Chevron, Ecuadorians Tell Brazil
Chevron Contaminated Ecuador's Rainforest, Faked a Cleanup & Now Refuses To Pay $18 Billion Judgment
Quito, Ecuador – Brazil should treat Chevron's claims about the oil spill off its coast with great skepticism given its track record of fraud related to their oil disaster in neighboring Ecuador, say Ecuadorian rainforest leaders.
Drop of Water
Brazilian celebrities call on civil society to stand up against the Belo Monte Dam and debate Brazil's energy development plan.
An Assault on the Amazon
The New York Times | Like the attacks on abolitionists more than a century ago, the criticism of outside interference in Brazil’s affairs is today being cynically used to protect an immoral law.
ARTiculate Belo Monte
MYOO has set out on a new expedition combining art, ecology and adventure to give nature a voice and help stop the Belo Monte Dam.
Brazilian Judge Approves the Belo Monte Dam
TheFreshOutlook | Brazil's indigenous people need not be consulted on the Belo Monte dam complex, says judge, leaving campaigners saddened and "surprised".
Chevron's Leadership is an Oxymoron
The jury is no longer out: Chevron is a criminal – an unrepentant recidivist – not a leader. So why was it invited to speak at this year's BSR conference?
Brazil Court Approves Building of Amazon Dam
Contentious Belo Monte dam project in the north to proceed without additional consulation with indigenous communities
Al Jazeera | A Brazilian court has said that construction of one the world's largest hydroelectric dams can proceed without additional
consultation with indigenous communities in the region, despite a mass movement opposed to the project.
Court Rules Against Indigenous Rights in Belo Monte Hearing
Decision violates Brazil's Constitution and international human rights convention; appeal to Supreme Court expected
Brasilia, Brazil – A district federal court in Brazil ruled today that indigenous communities threatened by the controversial Belo Monte Dam complex do not have the right to free, prior and informed consultations regarding the project despite guarantees in the Brazilian Constitution and international human rights agreements to which Brazil...
Brazil’s Long Shadow Vexes Some Neighbors
New York Times | As American dominance in the region recedes and Brazil increasingly flexes its newfound political and economic might, it has begun to experience the pitfalls of the role as well: a pushback against the hemisphere's rising power.
ARTiculate™ 3°S/52°W: Belo Monte Expedition
London, UK – MYOO™, the team that brought you the Plastiki, are setting out on a new expedition, this time with a unique adventure from the ARTiculate ™ series, which combines art, ecology and adventure to give nature a voice.
Belo Monte Dam Does Not Meet Banks' Sustainability Criteria
The controversial Belo Monte Dam, slated for construction in Brazil's Amazon region, does not meet the standards of an international framework used by the world's largest private banks to evaluate sustainability, say human rights groups in Brazil.
Indigenous Peoples Suffer Abuses in Race for Natural Resources: UN Rights Expert
UN News Service | Extraction of natural resources and other major development projects in or near the territories of indigenous peoples is one of the most significant sources of abuse of their human rights worldwide, an independent United Nations expert warned today.
Occupy Belo Monte!
In a direct action of unprecedented scale and impact, occupiers shut down construction of the Belo Monte Dam, sending a strong signal of resistance to a belligerent federal government.
18 Years of Fighting Chevron
Cofán elder Marina Aguinda Lucitante shares a song to mark the 18th anniversary of the monumental legal struggle against Chevron for massive environmental crimes in the Amazon rainforest.
Brazilian Anti-Dam Campaigner Sacked
Megaron Txucarramãe loses job as co-ordinator for indigenous protection service
The Guardian | Activists in Brazil are in uproar after one of the country's best-known indigenous leaders was sacked from his job with the indigenous protection service, allegedly because of his outspoken stance against the construction of a massive hydro-electric plant in the Brazilian Amazon.
Indigenous Groups Oppose Belo Monte Dam Construction
Indigenous groups were among hundreds of campaigners who occupied the construction site of the Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon to demonstrate against the project
The Telegraph | "Our ancestors fought so we could be here now" said Juma Xipaia, a local indigenous leader. "Many documents and meetings have already transpired and nothing has changed. The machinery continues to arrive to destroy our region."
Update: Statement from Belo Monte Dam Protest
Statement from partners on #OCCUPYBELOMONTEDAM
Altamira, Brazil – Hundreds of indigenous leaders, fishermen and riverine people from the Xingu River basin have gathered to occupy the Belo Monte Dam construction site in a peaceful protest to stop its construction in Altamira, located in the state of Pará in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.
Belo Monte Dam Site Occupation Ends In Brazil
Huffington Post | Hundreds of protesters have ended their occupation of the construction site of one the world's largest hydroelectric dams, Indian rights activists said Friday.
Brazilian Amazon Groups Invade Site of Dam Project
New York Times | Waving bows and arrows and dressed in war paint, hundreds of members of indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon invaded the construction site of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on Thursday.
Occupation of the Belo Monte Dam Construction Site
"Belo Monte will only succeed if we do nothing about it. We will not be silent. We will shout out loud and we will do it now,"
The site of the Belo Monte Dam was peacefully occupied today by hundreds of indigenous leaders, fishermen and riverine people.
Occupy Belo Monte: Indigenous Stage "Permanent" Protest Against Amazon Dam in Brazil
mongabay.com | Hundreds of people are participating in a protest against the controversial Belo Monte dam in Altamira, Brazil, reports Amazon Watch.
In Brazil, Protesters Shut Down World's Largest Hydro Dam Project
Forbes | The constant battle over Brazil and the world's largest hydroelectric project in the works took a new turn on Wednesday when hundreds of protestors forced construction of the 11,000-plus megawatt dam to a halt.
Hundreds Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site in Brazilian Amazon
Indigenous peoples & riverine communities gather in peaceful protest
Altamira, Brazil – Hundreds of indigenous leaders, fishermen and riverine people from the Xingu River basin have gathered to occupy the Belo Monte Dam construction site in a peaceful protest to stop its construction in Altamira, located in the state of Pará in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.
Boycott of Dam Hearing Shows "Radical" Foreign Policy Shift
IPS | Rio de Janeiro – Activists opposed to the construction of the Belo Monte hydropower dam in the Amazon jungle say the Brazilian government's decision to boycott an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing represents a "radical" shift in the country's foreign policy.
