Eye on the Amazon

Indigenous leaders are demanding that the Brazilian government remove illegal loggers and miners and prohibit missionary groups from entering their territories

March 26, 2020 – Encouraged by Bolsonaro's project to open up indigenous territories for economic exploitation, non-indigenous people are putting more than 300,000 indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon at risk of contracting the novel coronavirus. What's worse is that the deforestation caused by these criminal industries is encroaching upon the territory of isolated communities.

The Amazonian women joined the march with the goal of amplifying their voices of resistance against extractivism

March 19, 2020 – Over 100 Amazonian women, representing multiple indigenous nations across Ecuador, came together to march for the dignity of their peoples, to reclaim their songs and wisdom, to re-ignite their fight against extractivism, and to address social inequality and the rampant impunity for those who attack defenders of nature.

"This has everything to do with climate change."

March 18, 2020 – As indigenous peoples prepare for COVID-19, historic storms in the Ecuadorian Amazon have caused rivers to rise and have flooded communities including Sarayaku, Pacayaku, and Teresa Mama on the Bobonaza River. This has led to the collapse of bridges and destruction of homes, schools, and gardens to grow food and medicine.

Amazon Watch is practicing social distancing, postponing Amplify, and halting travel in response to COVID-19

March 13, 2020 – During this time of COVID-19, we have chosen to limit all travel to prevent the spread of the virus, and also to stay grounded in our work to protect the Amazon, defend the defenders, and demand climate justice. This is an opportunity for all of us to reshift, rethink, and reground ourselves in our work, our community, and our families.

Activists urged to Join the #StopTheMoneyPipeline to take on Wall Street!

March 12, 2020 – In our newest report, Investing in Amazon Crude, and activist guide, Building People Power to End Investment in Amazon Crude, Amazon Watch details the ways that five of the world's most powerful financial institutions – Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and BlackRock – actively contribute to climate change by providing debt and equity financing for crude oil extraction projects in the Amazon.

March 9, 2020 – There has never been a more urgent time to support and highlight indigenous leaders like Congresswomen Wapichana and Haaland, who are the antithesis of Trump and Bolsonaro. The Brazilian president recently delivered a blatantly racist speech in which he stated that indigenous people, "are becoming human beings just like us."