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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.

New Report: Northern Consumers Finance Assault on Brazilian Amazon and Its Peoples

Brazilian politicians pushing environmental and rights rollbacks gain direct economic benefits from these policy changes that allow them to produce more agricultural commodities for the global market, report shows

September 11, 2018

Oakland, CA – A hard-hitting report published today unmasks key Brazilian political actors behind an ongoing assault on the Amazon rainforest and exposes the global corporate and financial entities that support them. The report from Amazon Watch reveals how the supply chains of leading brand names like Coca-Cola, and the portfolios of asset managers such as BlackRock, finance the political agenda of a powerful congressional bloc whose actions imperil the world's largest rainforest, indigenous rights, and global climate stability.

Complicity in Destruction

How northern consumers and financiers sustain the assault on the Brazilian Amazon and its peoples

September 2018

Despite their importance, the Brazilian Amazon and its peoples are suffering the worst assault in a generation. Deforestation is mounting steadily while hard-fought environmental and human rights protections, critical to the future of the rainforest, are under serious attack. Indigenous and traditional communities themselves suffer disproportionate violence and repression for defending their rights and forests.

Brazilian Legislators Break Law, Attack Amazon, Trade Freely with World: Report

September 11, 2018Mongabay

A report published this week by Amazon Watch reveals that six prominent Brazilian politicians – members of the bancada ruralista agribusiness lobby and all but one up for election in October – have been found guilty of serious environmental, economic, and social crimes and offenses.

In the Declaration of Yarinacocha, Shipibo Healers Organize to Resist Spiritual Extractivism

September 6, 2018Reality Sandwich

Last April, a Canadian ayahuasca tourist rode a motorbike into the Amazonian township of Victoria Gracia, sought out the venerated 81-year-old Shipibo healer Maestra Olivia Arévalo Lomas, pulled out a gun and shot her dead. The fallout from the murder is emblematic of a common problem, what we are framing as spiritual extractivism.

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.

Sarayaku Launches Living Forest Proposal – <em>¡Viva Kawsak Sacha!</em>

Sarayaku Launches Living Forest Proposal – ¡Viva Kawsak Sacha!

August 10, 2018

In late July, the Kichwa People of Sarayaku officially launched their visionary Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) proposal to the world. It was an incredibly beautiful, energizing, and historic moment to witness!

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.