Campaign Updates

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Amazon Watch Statement on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and the Use of Market Mechanisms

September 2018

We cannot simply offset our way to a climate stable world. We need real climate action that addresses the primary cause of climate change: fossil fuel extraction and commodity-driven deforestation, and calls for climate justice.

The Shiwiar Nation of Ecuador Raises Its Voice Against Oil Drilling in Its Territory

The Shiwiar Nation of Ecuador Raises Its Voice Against Oil Drilling in Its Territory

July 9, 2018

"It was not a consultation, they came only with offers that we know are false. We were not in any way consulted as our rights say. As Shiwiar we had already spoken out against this project of oil exploitation and since we also opposed this supposed consultation, hydrocarbons entered our territory using Indigenous people living in the city. "

​​Letter to Ecuadorian President Moreno in Support of the Sapara Nation

July 2, 2018

We write you to express our support for the Sapara Nation and for their demand for an end to any and all oil activities in their territory, whether now or in the future.

Worldwide Solidarity with Indigenous Leaders Threatened by Chinese Mining Project in Ecuador

June 21, 2018

This morning in Quito, Indigenous, campesino, and civil society organizations delivered an international sign-on letter signed by 132 organizations and individuals to the Chinese embassy expressing concern over Ecuagoldmining, a Chinese mining company allegedly involved in the kidnapping, illegal detainment, violent assault, and assassination attempt of three Indigenous leaders last month.
ENI-AGIP Oil Project Threatens Indigenous Territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon

ENI-AGIP Oil Project Threatens Indigenous Territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Indigenous organizations have rejected the company's presence in their territories and an Indigenous leader has been subjected to threats and intimidation

May 30, 2018

"This attack is a reprisal for the struggle that I've been waging to defend life and our territories against the threat that is still being pushed upon us, fossil fuel exploitation in our territories."
Investor Eye on the Amazon

Investor Eye on the Amazon

A primer for shareholders concerned about rainforest protection and human rights

Spring 2018

The Investor Eye on the Amazon provides an update on our campaigns targeting corporations with ties to dirty industry in the Amazon, and it aims to serve as a resource for socially-responsible investors, industry analysts, and researchers looking to better understand the risks associated with investment in extractive industries - and their own portfolios’ ties to these industries - in the Amazon and beyond.
​​Letter from ​Leading Environment and Human Rights Groups​: ​Ending Amazon Crude ​Is ​Key to Fossil-Free Movement

​​Letter from ​Leading Environment and Human Rights Groups​: ​Ending Amazon Crude ​Is ​Key to Fossil-Free Movement

March 5, 2018

We write to you – entities involved in the processing, use, regulation, and financing of Amazon crude – to request that you take action to stem the influx of Amazon crude oil into the United States in order to stop Amazon destruction, respect Indigenous rights, and prevent runaway climate change.
Indigenous March in Ecuador Yields a Major Victory as President Commits to No New Mining Concessions on Indigenous Lands!

Indigenous March in Ecuador Yields a Major Victory as President Commits to No New Mining Concessions on Indigenous Lands!

Surprise announcement comes after thousands marched from the Amazon to Quito demanding "Dialogue with Results" with President Moreno

December 11, 2017

Today's meeting and surprise announcement jump-starts a renewed dialogue between the Indigenous movement and the government. Many other issues remain, such as amnesty and pardons for rights defenders, as well as an end to new oil concessions on Indigenous lands.

We Are the Land

A statement by Brazilian Indigenous leader Sonia Bone Guajajara

March 24, 2017

Indigenous lands help regulate the planet's climate, for they are obstacles to deforestation. There is ten times less deforestation in Indigenous lands than in non-titled lands.

Letter from the Shuar Arutam People to the Country and the World

January 4, 2017

As many of you know, recent days have been very dangerous for our people. These days have not yet ended and are, indeed, probably only the beginning of a great territorial dispute initiated by the National Government against the Shuar Arutam People.

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