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Eye on the Amazon
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.
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.
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?
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.
Bolivian Indigenous March a Success
President Morales cancels road through TIPNIS reserve
Yesterday, President Evo Morales cancelled a planned road project that would have cut through the heart of the TIPNIS indigenous reserve in the Bolivian Amazon.
"The Amazon is Life"
Q&A with Sheyla Juruna, Indigenous woman warrior from the Brazilian Amazon
Earth Island Journal | If you've heard of the Belo Monte Dam, you've probably seen a picture of Sheyla Juruna, Indigenous woman warrior from the Xingu River Basin of the Brazilian Amazon.
The Unconquered: Must-Read Book Hits the Shelves
New Book about Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon
Back in 2003, I read a National Geographic article that dealt with an expedition, deep into the farthest reaches of the Amazon, to look for but explicitly not contact an indigenous tribe.
