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As the Brazilian Amazon Burns, Indigenous Peoples Take a Stand

August 1, 2019

Last month Amazon Watch visited the Munduruku people in the Amazonian state of Pará, whose nation stretches the vast Tapajós River basin. Our stay in the contested Sawré Muybu territory was illustrative of the spiraling threats faced by indigenous peoples in Bolsonaro’s Brazil.

Amazon Watch Statement Regarding Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

May 7th, 2019

"This sobering report shows that the time for protecting biodiversity is running out. From the Amazon to the Arctic, dirty industrial development and human greed is destroying critical ecosystems and harming the communities that depend on the land. As indigenous peoples have reminded us for years: our own survival as human beings is fundamentally tied to the health of our environment."

Report Accuses Companies of Aiding Amazon Destruction

US group's report comes as Bolsonaro's environmental policies face scrutiny in Brazil

April 25, 2019Financial Times

From asset manager BlackRock to agribusiness giant Bunge, researchers have cited a host of the world's most powerful companies for either allegedly financing or buying from groups that have been implicated in the destruction and deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.

New Report: European and North American Companies Support Soy, Cattle, and Timber Companies Responsible for Recent Surge in Amazon Deforestation

Mounting Environmental, Rights Rollbacks and Deforestation in Brazil Traced Back to Companies, Investors in the U.S., Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Denmark, and Canada

April 25, 2019

A new report from Amazon Watch shows for the first time how firms that fuel the destruction of the Brazilian Amazon under Brazil's new president openly trade with and receive financing from a range of companies and major investors in Europe and North America. Although these producers of soy, cattle, and timber for export have documented links to illegal deforestation, corruption, slave labor, and other crimes, they nonetheless do business with investors and companies based in countries that are Brazil's three largest trading partners: China, the European Union and the United States.

Complicity in Destruction II

How northern consumers and financiers enable Bolsonaro's assault on the Brazilian Amazon

April 2019

As the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon provides 20% of our oxygen, houses 10% of the planet's biodiversity, and helps stabilize the global climate. The world needs it to survive. None understand this better than the indigenous peoples and traditional communities who call it home, and are proven to be its best stewards. Despite their importance, the Brazilian Amazon and its peoples are suffering the worst assault in a generation.

Amazon Watch Statement on the Suicide of Peruvian Ex-President Alan Garcia

April 17, 2019

As widely reported by international media, former Peru president Alan García died earlier today after shooting himself at home prior to his arrest for allegedly taking bribes from Brazilian company Odebrecht during his presidency.

Indigenous Groups in Ecuador Convene to Talk Resistance in the Amazon

The Shiwiar, Sapara and Kichwa nations met for a special assembly in the eastern Ecuadorian Amazon along the border with Peru in late March to discuss resistance strategies against oil, mining, and hydroelectric projects

April 1, 2019Mongabay

"The Shiwiar, Sapara and Kichwa nationalities of Kawsak Sacha decide to leave the oil in the subsoil and declare their territories intangible in perpetuity, where it is forbidden to extract non-renewable natural resources. The governments in turn must respect this decision."

Brazil's New President Threatens "the Lungs of the Planet"

Indigenous leaders battle to save their land and their way of life

March 19, 2019The New York Times

If there is hope for the rainforest, and for countries where authoritarians threaten democracy and progressive agendas, it lies in the determination and power of civil society activists like Sônia Guajajara.

2018-2019 Achievements and Priorities

January 2019

The next several years will be critical to advancing rainforest protection, indigenous rights, and solutions to climate change such as clean renewable energy.

Bolsonaro Wants to Plunder the Amazon. Don't Let Him.

The Brazilian president's pro-business agenda will be a test of American companies' commitment to the environment.

January 29, 2019The New York Times

Mr. Bolsonaro's rise to power will test companies' promises to be responsible. Will leading global agribusiness companies be complicit in Mr. Bolsonaro's assault on the Amazon and its people, thus sacrificing their commitments, their reputation and our climate? And will financial institutions like BlackRock heed their own calls for companies to pursue purpose and not just profit? Or will they put short-term profits ahead of the planet's future?