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Bolsonaro's Disingenuous Charm Offensive in Washington

Brazil's government talks about the "sustainable development" of the Amazon while planning the next assault on it

What does Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro – dubbed the "Trump of the Tropics" – do now that Donald Trump no longer occupies the White House? Steadfastly loyal to Trump, Bolsonaro was one of the last heads of state to recognize Joe Biden's victory. Now, Bolsonaro's diplomatic agents have launched a PR campaign in light of this new political reality in Washington, D.C. in an attempt to curry favor with the incoming administration.

Damn Those Who Celebrate Belo Monte!

A Statement of Protest from Movimento Xingu Vivo para Sempre (Xingu Alive Forever Movement)

At a time when the people of the Xingu agonize over their lack of water, Bolsonaro hails the final turbine of Belo Monte. At a time when the fish of the Xingu River are reduced to skin and spine because there are no more nutrients in the river, Bolsonaro celebrates Belo Monte. When the forest tumbles like it never has before in the areas of Belo Monte, when supporters honor him by setting fires to the forest, Bolsonaro comes to Altamira to enjoy what is an utter disgrace to the actual people of Xingu.

BlackRock's Ghoulish Lack of Action for the Amazon

BlackRock is a major investor in the industries driving deforestation and Indigenous rights violations in the Amazon. That's why, as the Amazon fires crisis escalated through late summer, we joined with allies at Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace USA, and Friends of the Earth US to contact BlackRock directly about the meaningful steps the company should take in addressing its role in the growing crisis. BlackRock's continued silence on this crisis is alarming.

BlackRock's CEO Fiddles While the Amazon Burns

We can't allow asset managers to keep profiting from the Amazon crisis

What does the world's largest asset manager have to do with the fires raging in Brazil and other parts of the Amazon? In short: a lot. As the world's biggest money manager, BlackRock plays a key role in deciding where and how the $6.5 trillion in funds they manage are invested.

Amazon Fires: Indigenous Peoples Mobilize to Save Their Territories, and the World Steps Up in Solidarity

The crisis is not over, but we also need to prevent the next emergency now

The current crisis is not the beginning of the assault on the Amazon rainforest and its Indigenous guardians, and unfortunately, it will not be the last. Long before Brazil's current far-right government took power, local and global industrial interests set the stage for these fires, and they will not change their behavior unless they are pressured to do so.

As the Brazilian Amazon Burns, Indigenous Peoples Take a Stand

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.

Complicity in Destruction II

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

As the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon takes in and stores about 25% of the worlds carbon dioxide, produces 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.