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Year: 2014

News Brazil's Proposed Mega-Dam Auction Provokes Outrage, Indigenous Fight When Brazil announced plans September 12 to build a new dam on the Tapajós River, they violated their... October 3, 2014

Brazil Waffles on Indigenous Rights and Dams in the Amazon

Blog Brazil Waffles on Indigenous Rights and Dams in the Amazon If the Belo Monte disaster set a grim paradigm for human rights and environmental protection in the Amazon,... October 3, 2014

AIDESEP: Responding to El Comercio’s Baseless Accusations about the Bagua Case

Campaign Update AIDESEP: Responding to El Comercio's Baseless Accusations about the Bagua Case We cite as the sole responsible parties for the violence unleashed on June 5th the government of ex-President... October 2, 2014

Brazilians March for Clean Energy Not Mega-Dams

Blog Brazilians March for Clean Energy Not Mega-Dams Last Sunday the world – and likely you, our readers – took notice as powerful actions took place... October 1, 2014

Press Release Ecuadorian Government Apologizes to Sarayaku Indigenous People Ceremony in Sarayaku's rainforest territory represents the first time in Latin America a sitting government has apologized to... October 1, 2014

Ecuador Minister to Apologize Publicly to Indigenous People Over Oil Project

News Ecuador Minister to Apologize Publicly to Indigenous People Over Oil Project Justice Minister Ledy Zuniga to Offer Apology in Ceremony Wednesday October 1, 2014

Business Journalists Rush to Rescue Chevron from Its Ecuador Disaster

Blog Business Journalists Rush to Rescue Chevron from Its Ecuador Disaster Chevron got a little help from its friends in the corporate media last week. It is clear that... September 30, 2014

Campaign Update Ecuadorian State to Recognize Its Responsibility by Asking Forgiveness of the Sarayaku People Four Ecuadorian Ministers and the Attorney General will travel to the community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon... September 30, 2014

News Peruvian Ecologist Vows "You Fight Until You Fall Dead" As Peru relaxes environmental safeguards, a prominent ecologist explains why he resigned from his government post September 30, 2014

News The Climate "Marchers" Who Fought and Died in the Amazon The 400,000 people who walked across New York City in this month's People's Climate March may not have... September 30, 2014

News Drought Bites as Amazon's "Flying Rivers" Dry Up Scientists in Brazil believe the loss of billions of litres of water released as vapour clouds by Amazon... September 28, 2014

Campaign Update Big Dams Are Not Clean Energy Sources An open letter signed by 52 NGOs working in Latin America September 26, 2014

Indigenous Voices Lead Largest Climate March Ever

Blog Indigenous Voices Lead Largest Climate March Ever Momentum building as indigenous representatives call to Keep the Oil in the Ground at the People's Climate March... September 26, 2014

Amazon Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change

Photo Gallery Amazon Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change A selection of photos from Amazon Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change, a traveling photography exhibit with... September 23, 2014

Amazon Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change

Blog Amazon Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change "When women decide to do something, when we are firm and radical, we will be successful and make... September 23, 2014

Indigenous Groups Give Cautious Welcome to Deal Struck at UN

News Indigenous Groups Give Cautious Welcome to Deal Struck at UN Governments pledge to consult native groups over projects on indigenous lands and improve access to education and services September 23, 2014

News Indigenous Groups Call for Drilling Limits to Fight Climate Change The UN is holding the first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples during the General Assembly September 22, 2014

"Keep the Oil in the Ground!" Key Message at People’s Climate March

Blog "Keep the Oil in the Ground!" Key Message at People's Climate March The key to solving the climate crisis starts with respecting indigenous rights and territory. Indigenous peoples whose lands,... September 22, 2014

People’s Climate March in New York City

Photo Gallery People's Climate March in New York City Over 310,000 people filled the streets of New York City to participate in the largest climate march in... September 22, 2014

News With Its Green Cred Under Fire, Peru Prepares to Host UN Climate Talks The South American country has warmed up for the next mega-conference in Lima to negotiate a new Earth-saving... September 22, 2014

News Drowned Tropical Forests Add to Climate Change New scientific data supports the belief that methane emissions from big hydroelectric dams in the tropics outweigh the... September 22, 2014

Voices from Ecuador Echo in New York

Blog Voices from Ecuador Echo in New York "We have to free ourselves from our addiction to oil. If we want to take on climate change,... September 21, 2014

News Peru Plans to Abolish Iconic Amazon Indigenous Reserve, NGO Claims Plans are afoot to abolish a reserve for vulnerable indigenous peoples in Peru's Amazon in order to exploit... September 20, 2014

Press Release Indigenous Block to Speak Out in Central Park Before Leading People's Climate March New York, NY – As tens of thousands of people flood the city to participate in the People’s... September 20, 2014

News Esperanza Martinez at This Changes Everything talk with Naomi Klein Esperanza Martinez – President of Acción Ecológica, co-founder of Oilwatch, and one of Ecuador's most recognizable and influential... September 20, 2014

Why I March: We Need to Leave the Oil in the Ground!

Blog Why I March: We Need to Leave the Oil in the Ground! If we continue preying on the Earth under the banner of the oil economy, we put at risk... September 19, 2014

Brazil Reverses Approval of Concession Auction for Tapajos Hydro Project

News Brazil Reverses Approval of Concession Auction for Tapajos Hydro Project A day after a complaint by environmentalist lobbying groups, Brazil's mines and energy ministry revoked its approval of... September 19, 2014

Keep the Oil in the Ground!

Video Blog Keep the Oil in the Ground! Our future is in peril and the changing climate is a key indicator. Scientists warn us that global... September 18, 2014

News "The Green Amazon is Red with Indigenous Blood" Authorities pull bodies from river that may have belonged to slain leaders September 18, 2014

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