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Press Release Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Reject Ecuador’s Plans for New Oil Tender Quito, Ecuador – Representatives of six indigenous nationalities traveled from their Amazonian communities to Quito this morning to... October 26, 2017

My First Decade at Amazon Watch

Blog My First Decade at Amazon Watch Over ten years, I have been privileged to play a role in most of the organization's major campaign... October 19, 2017

News Study Says Amazonian Locals Are Key to Saving the "Lungs of the Planet" "Our analysis shows that local stewardship of the forest can be very effective in curtailing forest degradation in... September 13, 2017

Six Farmers Shot Dead over Land Rights Battle in Peru

News Six Farmers Shot Dead over Land Rights Battle in Peru Six farmers have been shot dead by a criminal gang who wanted to seize their farms to muscle... September 11, 2017

Peru Tribal Leaders Vow To Halt Oil Output Unless Indigenous Rights Respected

News Peru Tribal Leaders Vow To Halt Oil Output Unless Indigenous Rights Respected Indigenous leaders from the area around Peru's largest oil field have threatened to block the government from accessing... August 25, 2017

It Could Cost $1 Billion To Clean Up the Oil in Peru’s Northern Amazon

News It Could Cost $1 Billion To Clean Up the Oil in Peru’s Northern Amazon Who is going to clean up Peru's northern Amazon after decades of companies spilling oil and dumping billions... August 3, 2017

News The Controversy That Could Swing Ecuador’s Election Indigenous people make up as much as 30 percent of Ecuador's 16.5 million citizens, and their swing to... March 30, 2017

Community Consent: Business Lessons from the Amazon

News Community Consent: Business Lessons from the Amazon From the snow-covered plains of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of North Dakota to Shuar rainforest territories in... March 29, 2017

Visiting Indigenous Communities in the Amazon Rainforest with Nahko of Medicine for the People

Blog Visiting Indigenous Communities in the Amazon Rainforest with Nahko of Medicine for the People Nahko has long been connecting his own indigenous roots – he is of Apache descent, as well Puerto... March 24, 2017

Musician and Activist Nahko Travels To the Amazon To Build Bridges of Indigenous Solidarity

Press Release Musician and Activist Nahko Travels To the Amazon To Build Bridges of Indigenous Solidarity Nahko, the musician and frontman of Medicine for the People, and his bandmate Patricio Zuñiga Labarca have just... March 23, 2017

Saramurillo: Justice This Time for the Indigenous Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon?

Video Blog Saramurillo: Justice This Time for the Indigenous Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon? In the face of too many previous agreements left unfulfilled, more unity is the best strategy forward, affirm... February 23, 2017

Press Release Peruvian Indigenous Federation Tells Oil Company: Stay Out of Our Territory "We have lived through the bad experience of damages to our habitat, health, and life as a result... December 20, 2016

Tired of Superheroes? Here Are Some Movies With Real Heroes Fighting for Our Future

Blog Tired of Superheroes? Here Are Some Movies With Real Heroes Fighting for Our Future Check out one of the stunning new films recently released about the Amazon and the heroic environmental defenders... December 9, 2016

Amazonian Tribe in Peru Says It Will Block New Oil Drilling Plans

News Amazonian Tribe in Peru Says It Will Block New Oil Drilling Plans An indigenous federation opposed to a recently approved plan for oil drilling in the Peruvian Amazon said on... December 9, 2016

Peru: New President, Old Tensions

Blog Peru: New President, Old Tensions After five lackluster years under President Ollanta Humala, Peru is facing a new political scenario with the ascension... November 2, 2016

Ecuadorian Indigenous Organization Resists Efforts To Divide and Undermine Its Work

Blog Ecuadorian Indigenous Organization Resists Efforts To Divide and Undermine Its Work Last Wednesday Amazon Watch received a very disturbing call: the headquarters of CONFENIAE, the regional organization of eleven... October 5, 2016

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