Reports

Brazil's Burning Season: The Facts About Amazon Fires

In August of 2019, images of the Amazon rainforest on fire shocked the global consciousness. The Amazon is on fire once again this year, and for most this is undebatable. Nasa, Inpe, and MAAP all publish monthly reports outlining the deforestation and subsequent fires destroying the Amazon. Yet, the Bolsonaro administration has launched a public relations offensive, attempting to assuage international criticisms. They are propagating a series of lies, which require the following fact-checking.

European Banks Financing Trade of Amazon Oil to the U.S.

Groundbreaking report exposes a range of European banks have provided $10 billion USD in trade financing for over 155 million barrels of oil from the Ecuadorian region of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters to refineries in the U.S.

Why in the world would any bank that has policies on advancing human rights, sustainability, and climate change be financing the flow of oil from the Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador to US refineries? Makes you wonder if there's a little hypocrisy in play. Our report led by Stand.earth Research Group in partnership with Amazon Watch uncovered some serious findings.

Amazon in Crisis 2020

The Amazon and our global climate are in crisis. Following rampant deforestation and fires that ravaged the Amazon rainforest last year, the Amazon is now facing a tipping point of ecological collapse. The Amazon is also facing a humanitarian crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic that is spreading exponentially across the region, with the potential of ethnocide of Indigenous peoples if immediate and ongoing action is not taken. While the challenges may seem daunting, we still have time to shift from "tipping point to turning point" for the Amazon, the global climate and all of humanity.

Investing in Amazon Crude

The Network of Global Financiers and Oil Companies Driving the Amazon Toward Collapse

This report outlines in detail the ways that five of the world's most powerful financial institutions are actively contributing to climate change by providing debt and equity financing for crude oil extraction projects in the Amazon. It highlights key examples of on-the-ground Indigenous resistance to oil extraction, which is not only terrible for the climate but also a major financial risk for these institutions.

Building People Power to End Investment in Amazon Crude

Building People Power to End Investment in Amazon Crude is a 4-page refresher for activists who want to better understand the role that major financial institutions play in escalating the climate crisis. It includes detailed data from the latest Amazon Watch research on the total debt and equity financing provided by five major firms to companies extracting crude oil from the western Amazon and directly violating Indigenous rights in the process.

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.

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.

Amazon in Focus 2019 / 2017-2018 Annual Report

Protecting and restoring the Amazon, Indigenous rights, and the climate, requires greater unity across movements. Accomplishing the required transition from fossil fuels and protection of Indigenous stewards of vital forests is the most urgent task we face today. We hope that you will join us in partnership this year and for many years to come.

2018-2019 Achievements and Priorities

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

Amazon in Focus 2018

While the threats to the Amazon and Indigenous peoples seem daunting at times, we cannot lose sight of hope and victories on the horizon. And while the day-to-day isn't always good, there are still many reasons to be hopeful for the future of the Amazon. Indigenous peoples across the Amazon are resisting extraction and further destruction of their lands and promoting visionary solutions to protect their rights and territories.