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Defending the Amazon Against Illegal Economies

The Wampís Nation’s fight to defend their territory against an invasion of illegal mining

The Wampís’ fight is not just local, it’s global. Defending the Amazon means defending the planet.

The Rainforest Spoke. Amazonian Legislators Listened.

The Parliamentarians for a Fossil-Free Amazon call for a moratorium on new oil and mining projects – starting with Indigenous territories.

In the face of inaction and paralysis of countries in making significant progress to address the climate crisis and its principal driver – fossil fuels – a worldwide coalition of legislative leaders has taken matters into their own hands, demonstrating what true climate leadership can look like.

Defending Mocoa in Southern Colombia

Art, culture, and children’s resistance against Giant Copper mining threat

“Mocoa is the most conserved territory, where the mountains hold the winds of the ancestors, which descend to embrace the Amazon.”

Amazon Fires and the Urgency of Indigenous Rights

Scientific research confirms that Indigenous-managed lands are the most effective barriers against deforestation and fire. Where Indigenous rights are secured and enforced, forests thrive – and so does our global climate.

A Historic Alliance for the Amazon

“This deal has no consent, no legitimacy, and will face legal and social resistance every step of the way.”

This united front builds on a track record of resistance: in more than 25 years, no new oil well has been drilled in Ecuador’s southeastern Amazon.

An Important People-Powered Win in Brazil, but the Fight Isn’t Over

A partial veto protects key environmental safeguards, but dangerous loopholes still put the Amazon at risk

With COP30 in Belém just months away, Brazil had a chance to send the world a bold message about its commitment to climate justice. Instead, it delivered a mixed one.

You Can’t Kill a River

Why the Volta Grande still lives – and how the peoples of the Xingu continue to oppose mining company Belo Sun

In the Volta Grande do Xingu, the river still runs. Even with turbines and licenses strangling it, the Xingu endures because the peoples who protect it refuse to disappear.

Mura People Rise Against Mining Invasion in Brazil

A powerful new alliance emerges to confront extractivism on Indigenous lands

“What happened at this large meeting was not just a gathering of the Mura most directly affected by the Brazil Potash project. Rather, the significance of this event lies in the fact that this struggle has become, first and foremost, the struggle of all Indigenous peoples.”