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The Amazon Sacred Headwaters: Indigenous Rainforest “Territories for Life” Under Threat

Imminent new oil drilling in the western Amazon threatens the most biodiverse rainforest in the world, survival of indigenous peoples, and climate stability

At a time when the world needs to be racing to protect the Amazon, a new oil boom in the headwaters of the mighty Amazon River in Ecuador and Peru puts this area, known as the Amazon Sacred Headwaters, in great peril.

New Report at UN Climate Conference Exposes Plans to Drill for Oil in the Heart of the Amazon

"At a time when the world needs to be racing to protect the Amazon, a new oil boom in the headwaters of the mighty Amazon River in Ecuador and Peru puts this area, known as the Amazon Sacred Headwaters, in great peril."

Amazon Watch Statement on the Killings of Firmino Guajajara and Raimundo Guajajara

This afternoon, an unidentified individual shot and killed two indigenous chiefs, Firmino Prexede Guajajara and Raimundo Guajajara, and injured two others.

A Canadian Company Wants to Build Brazil's Largest Open-pit Gold Mine: Now That Bolsonaro Is in Power, It Just Might Succeed

"We can't accept Belo Sun in our region, not in Brazil," indigenous leader Bel Juruna told the thousands of carnival-goers in attendance that day. "We demand that this company leave us alone on our lands, that the government respects us and respects our nature."

Indigenous Forest Guardian Murdered by Illegal Loggers in Brazilian Amazon

Another indigenous leader was gravely wounded in the ambush and a logger is reportedly missing

Earlier today, members of the Guajajara people's Forest Guardians, a volunteer land and environmental monitoring force, were ambushed by a group of illegal loggers in the Araribóia indigenous territory, leaving one Guardian dead and another gravely wounded. Forest defender Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed by a shot to the face, while the attack gravely wounded the Guardian leader Laércio Guajajara.

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.

Brazilian Indigenous Leaders Interrupt Global Summit to Tell Top Brands "Our Survival Is at Stake"

"The companies you represent bear part of the responsibility for the threat we Indigenous People are facing in Brazil. Be conscious about your responsibility. Everything is at stake, the rainforest, the climate and our survival," said Sonia Guajajara, one of the ten Indigenous leaders from APIB visiting Europe.

Ecuador's Indigenous Movement Achieves Important Victory as Violence Stopped and Austerity Decree Repealed

"How can we talk about 'development', when our territories where we've lived for hundreds of years are being exploited, are being auctioned off, turned into new oil concessions. This undeniably affects us!"