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Amazon Watch Condemns Murderous Invasion of Brazilian Indigenous Territory and Calls for Swift Action to Bring Invaders to Justice

On Saturday July 26, dozens of heavily armed wildcat gold miners invaded the remote Amazonian territory of the Waiãpi indigenous people in the Brazilian state of Amapá, driving out residents by threatening violence. This invasion followed the miners’ murder of local leader Emyra Waiãpi on Monday July 22nd, who was stabbed to death before his body was thrown in a river.

Amazon Gold Miners Invade Indigenous Village in Brazil After Its Leader Is Killed

Brazil's police have been urged to investigate a “very tense situation” in Amapá state

Kureni Waiãpi said Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro had encouraged invasions like this. “It is because he, the president, is threatening the indigenous peoples of Brazil,” he said.

Miners Kill Indigenous Leader in Brazil During Invasion of Protected Land

Several dozen heavily armed miners dressed in military fatigues invaded an indigenous village in remote northern Brazil this week and fatally stabbed at least one of the community's leaders.

Peru Native Groups Use New Legal Strategy to Push Back on Oil, Mining Plans

Indigenous groups in Peru are turning to the courts with a new legal strategy for keeping mining and oil projects off their land, racking up victories that could make it harder for companies to secure permits in the major minerals producer.

Indigenous Tribe Halts Oil Drilling in Amazon – for Now

"The Achuar and the Wampis communities have an opportunity now to convince GeoPark that this project is fatally flawed, before the company attempts to push it forward and exacerbates socio-environmental conflicts in the rainforest."

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

"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

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

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.