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Uncontacted Tribes at Risk Amid "Worrying" Surge in Amazon Deforestation

Brazil is grappling with scores of deadly land conflicts, illustrating the tensions between preserving indigenous culture and economic development

September 18, 2018Thomson Reuters

Ilegal loggers and militias cleared an area three times the size of Gibraltar in Brazil's Amazon this year, threatening an "uncontacted" indigenous tribe.

Wampis and Achuar Peoples Demand Annulment of Oil Block 64 to Be Operated by GeoPark

110 organized communities opposed the exploitation and transportation of oil within their territories

August 15, 2018

Representatives of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation and the Federation of Achuar Nationalities of Peru are sounding the alarm about a non-representative commission of indigenous people who are trying to dialogue with the government to demand benefits from oil activities.

Belo Monte: There Is Nothing Green or Sustainable About These Mega-dams

August 9, 2018The Conversation

Belo Monte is just one of many dams across the globe that have been justified – and funded – as sustainable pursuits. Yet, this conflates the ends with the means. Hydroelectricity may appear relatively 'clean' but the process in which a mega-dam is built is far from it.

Statement on the Entry of GeoPark into the Wampis Nation

August 8, 2018

The authorities of the communities of the Wampis Nation, found within the Morona district of the Loreto region, would like to address public opinion to express our rejection of the oil company GeoPark's entry into oil concession Block 64.

Impacts of Mining Project "Mirador" in the Ecuadorian Amazon

August 2018

Using satellite imagery, GIS data, and remote sensing analysis, this interactive multimedia presentation is a tool for tracking and analyzing the effects of the the "Mirador" project, an open pit mine with the purpose of extracting copper, silver and gold, in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest.

Chinese/Western Financing of Roads, Dams Led to Major Andes Amazon Deforestation

August 1, 2018Mongabay

"We are seeing some of the same manifest destiny-style development schemes that characterized the region decades ago. It is rapidly turning the Amazon from carbon sink to carbon source at the time the climate – and planet – can least afford it," said Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch.

Indigenous Federation to GeoPark: Peru Project a Big Risk

Achuar reaffirm resistance to GeoPark in new video released ahead of oil company’s annual shareholder meeting Friday

July 26, 2018

San Lorenzo, Peru – A federation of indigenous communities deep in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest affirmed its rejection of planned oil operations in its ancestral territory ahead of Friday's annual shareholder meeting of GeoPark.

Visionary "Living Forest" Proposal to Be Launched by Kichwa People of Sarayaku in Ecuador

Proposal for New International Category of Forest and Rights Protection to Be Presented to Government Officials and International Dignitaries

July 19, 2018

The Kichwa People of Sarayaku will officially launch its Kawsak Sacha, (Living Forest) proposal in Ecuador this July 2018 with a four-day exhibition and conference in Quito that will showcase Sarayaku's way of life, culture, and vision and will involve a formal presentation to the Ecuadorian government and international dignitaries.

CalPERS Investment Policy Change a Win for Indigenous Peoples

July 13, 2018

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has quietly approved extensive changes to its Governance and Sustainability Principles, including a ground-breaking recognition of the right of indigenous peoples to free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC). CalPERS, the largest public pension in the U.S with $356 billion in assets under management, included the revisions as part of its new Total Fund Policy.

The Shiwiar Nation of Ecuador Raises Its Voice Against Oil Drilling in Its Territory

July 9, 2018

"It was not a consultation, they came only with offers that we know are false. We were not in any way consulted as our rights say. As Shiwiar we had already spoken out against this project of oil exploitation and since we also opposed this supposed consultation, hydrocarbons entered our territory using indigenous people living in the city. "