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Year: 2015

Hope Amidst the Good, Bad, and Ugly at the Climate Summit

Blog Hope Amidst the Good, Bad, and Ugly at the Climate Summit On Dec. 12th, 195 nations signed the Paris Climate Accord, an agreement to limit CO2 emissions for the... December 30, 2015

Five Reasons To Be Hopeful for the Future of the Amazon

Video Blog Five Reasons To Be Hopeful for the Future of the Amazon The Amazon rainforest can seem unimaginably vast. Similarly, the fight to defend it from the onslaught of industrial-scale... December 29, 2015

Solstice Reflections of Our Work at COP21 and Beyond

Video Blog Solstice Reflections of Our Work at COP21 and Beyond As I reflect on our recent work at COP21 in Paris on the Winter Solstice, I am very... December 22, 2015

Our Generation Is the World’s Voice for Climate Action

Blog Our Generation Is the World’s Voice for Climate Action I was among the Indigenous People from the Amazon Rainforest who made it to the COP21 climate summit... December 18, 2015

The Human Side of the Climate Change Equation

Blog The Human Side of the Climate Change Equation While government officials inside COP21 conference rooms just outside Paris were reviewing the cost-benefit analyses of cutting down... December 15, 2015

What the Paris Climate Agreement Means for Indigenous Rights and Hydroelectric Dams

News What the Paris Climate Agreement Means for Indigenous Rights and Hydroelectric Dams The final agreement from the Paris climate talks has been the subject of much controversy regarding the language... December 15, 2015

"Where Our Government Kills, We Cultivate Life"

Video Blog "Where Our Government Kills, We Cultivate Life" At the closure of this year's critical COP21 summit in Paris, the most inspirational stories do not stem... December 14, 2015

Campaign Update Brazilian Public Prosecutors Denounce Ethnocide and Call for Judicial Intervention in Belo Monte The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office today initiated legal proceedings in a federal court in Altamira seeking recognition that... December 14, 2015

Press Release Climate Agreement Reached, but Fails to Recognize Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice Paris, France – Over the last two weeks, Amazon Watch stood in solidarity with indigenous peoples and front... December 12, 2015

News Communities from Latin America Among Those Honoured with Equator Prize 2015 "Our struggle is large and dangerous, but we know we shall win. I've been to Belo Monte so... December 11, 2015

Ecuador Condemned at the New Tribunal for the Rights of Nature in Paris

News Ecuador Condemned at the New Tribunal for the Rights of Nature in Paris Last weekend, while the official COP21 negotiations were going on north of Paris at a site called Le... December 10, 2015

The Amazonian Tribespeople Who Sailed Down the Seine

Video Blog The Amazonian Tribespeople Who Sailed Down the Seine The Kichwa tribe in the Sarayaku region of the Amazon in Ecuador believe in the "living forest," where... December 10, 2015

Sarayaku’s "Canoe of Life" Has a Valiant Spirit

Blog Sarayaku’s "Canoe of Life" Has a Valiant Spirit For months Sarayaku - with our help - has been planning the canoe's journey to Paris. In the... December 8, 2015

Press Release Amazonian "Canoe of Life" Brings Indigenous Rights Message to COP21 Paris, France – At a sunrise ceremony on the Canal de la Villette, representatives of the Kichwa community... December 8, 2015

"Kindy Challwa" Canoe of Life of the Kichwa First People of Sarayaku

Blog "Kindy Challwa" Canoe of Life of the Kichwa First People of Sarayaku After a long adventure of over a year – after the idea was born, after selecting the tree,... December 8, 2015

Press Release Sunrise Ceremony for Arrival of Canoe of Life from the Ecuadorian Amazon Paris, France – Join us for a ceremonial welcoming of the Canoe of Life, specially built for the... December 8, 2015

Press Release Brazilian Indigenous Movement Receives Prominent UN Environmental Prize at COP21 in Paris Paris, France – Indigenous leaders Maria Leusa Kaba Munduruku and Rozeninho Saw Munduruku will receive today the prestigious... December 7, 2015

Press Release Historic Kayak Action demands Indigenous Peoples Rights in Paris Climate Accord Paris, France – An all-Indigenous flotilla of kayaks took to the waters of Paris today, followed by a... December 6, 2015

Press Release Indigenous Flotilla of Kayaks and Press Conference Demanding True Climate Solutions at COP21 Paris, France – During the COP21 climate talks, Indigenous Peoples from the Arctic to the Amazon and their... December 5, 2015

News Global Coalition Says Mega-dams Should Be Kept Out of Climate Initiatives A coalition of more than three hundred civil society organisations from 53 countries has launched a manifesto calling... December 4, 2015

“Humanity – Together – Is in Danger of Extinction. Are We Really Understanding This?”

Blog “Humanity – Together – Is in Danger of Extinction. Are We Really Understanding This?” "Now is the time to stop these destructive ideas in our ancestral territories and around the world! We... December 4, 2015

Why a Paris Climate Treaty Needs To Protect the Amazon

News Why a Paris Climate Treaty Needs To Protect the Amazon As negotiators butt heads in Paris over the fine print of a new United Nations climate treaty, one... December 3, 2015

10 Reasons Why Climate Initiatives Should Not Include Large Hydropower Projects

Video Blog 10 Reasons Why Climate Initiatives Should Not Include Large Hydropower Projects Support from climate initiatives is one of the reasons why more than 3,700 hydropower dams are currently under... December 2, 2015

Brazil Authorizes Operation of the Belo Monte Dam, Disregarding the Rights of Affected Communities

Press Release Brazil Authorizes Operation of the Belo Monte Dam, Disregarding the Rights of Affected Communities Altamira, Brazil – The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) today authorized the Belo Monte... November 25, 2015

News From North Dakota to Paris With Love The declaration makes several demands of governments: the end of subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, that the... November 25, 2015

Peru’s Lawmakers Continue To Block Titling for Indigenous Peoples

News Peru’s Lawmakers Continue To Block Titling for Indigenous Peoples Indigenous communities in Peru must clear 27 bureaucratic hurdles to obtain official recognition and formal land titles, a... November 21, 2015

Can the Paris Talks Save the Amazon?

News Can the Paris Talks Save the Amazon? With tens of thousands of climate officials converging on Paris at the end of the month to seek... November 19, 2015

Solidarity for Victims of Violence in Beirut and Paris

Blog Solidarity for Victims of Violence in Beirut and Paris Our hearts go out to all the victims of the violent attacks in Beirut and Paris last week,... November 17, 2015

A New Amazon Highway Threatens Some of the Rainforest’s Last Uncontacted Tribes

News A New Amazon Highway Threatens Some of the Rainforest’s Last Uncontacted Tribes Peru’s congress took a landmark vote that potentially compromises Manu National Park, the country’s most famous Amazonian protected... November 12, 2015

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