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    Indigenous Protest Enters Second Week as Brazil Faces Pressure Over Amazon Waterway Decree

    Munduruku leaders join growing Indigenous blockade against Amazon River dredging and privatization

    On the 13th day blockading Cargill’s grain terminal in Santarém, Indigenous protestors are demanding in-person dialogue with Brazil's federal government, following its failure to send representatives to a meeting last week.

    February 4, 2026
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    Amazonian Indigenous Blockade of Key Cargill Terminal Reaches One Week

    For the past week, Indigenous peoples representing 14 ethnicities from the Lower and Middle Tapajós River region have blockaded facilities operated by agribusiness multinational Cargill in Santarém, protesting industrial interventions designed to accelerate agro-commodity exports. 

    January 29, 2026
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    2026: A Year of Decision for the Amazon

    The Amazon has reached an ecological tipping point. What happens in 2026 will help determine whether climate justice remains possible or becomes an empty slogan.

    January 27, 2026
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    6 min read

    Indigenous Leadership and Collective Power in 2025

    As climate denial gained renewed political traction and governments moved to restrict civic space, Indigenous peoples and grassroots movements across the Amazon advanced bold, collective visions for the future.

    December 26, 2025
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    This Is What True Climate Leadership Looks Like

    Indigenous women and the grassroots Amazonian movement carried COP30 on their shoulders

    “We’re very happy that our lands advanced in the demarcation process, but there are so many lands that still need to be recognized and demarcated in Brazil.”

    December 4, 2025
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    Major River Mobilization from the Amazon Arrives at COP30

    More than 200 boats carrying Indigenous, riverine, and social movement leaders occupied Guajará Bay in a historic act for the Amazon and climate justice. Chief Raoni Metuktire reminded the world of a simple truth: “The forest lives because we are here. If they remove the people, the forest will die with them.”

    “The presence of Indigenous Peoples at COP30 is very important, but the struggle doesn’t end here."

    November 12, 2025
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    Indigenous Peoples Intercept Soy Barges on the Tapajós River

    “There can be no real climate solution while Amazonian rivers are treated merely as grain corridors and the peoples of the Tapajós continue to be denied their right to free, prior, and informed consent.”

    The peaceful protest was a powerful statement from Indigenous and traditional communities about the impacts of Brazil’s grain export corridors on rivers, fisheries, territories, and local livelihoods.

    November 7, 2025
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    Endangered Amazonía

    This report, a collection of 22 articles from Indigenous organizations, researchers, journalists, and international organizations, shows forest degradation and fires have not only pushed the Amazon beyond previous estimates of proximity to its tipping point, but that human activity has driven the forest beyond where mere protection of what remains...

    November 2025
    2,270 views
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    The Rainforest Spoke. Amazonian Legislators Listened.

    The Parliamentarians for a Fossil-Free Amazon call for a moratorium on new oil and mining projects – starting with Indigenous territories.

    In the face of inaction and paralysis of countries in making significant progress to address the climate crisis and its principal driver – fossil fuels – a worldwide coalition of legislative leaders has taken matters into their own hands, demonstrating what true climate leadership can look like.

    October 9, 2025
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