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Destructive Infrastructure

Press Release Response to Investor Statement on Amazon Deforestation and Fires 230 institutional investors from 30 different countries release joint statement calling for urgent action to protect the Amazon September 19, 2019

Press Release Amazon Watch Statement on Brazil-U.S. Amazon Plan "It is absolutely preposterous to assert that private-sector 'development' in the Amazon is the way to protect the... September 13, 2019

Press Release Amazon Fires Inspire Global Day of Action to Hold Politicians and Corporations Accountable Oakland, CA – Following dozens of demonstrations across six continents advocating for the protection and preservation of the... September 10, 2019

Press Release Amazon Watch Statement on the "Amazon Pact" Issued Today by South American Leaders "Responses to the Amazon fires will never be effective in protecting the rainforest unless they confront the key... September 6, 2019

Press Release Global Day of Action for the Amazon Today, Amazon Watch, the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), and Extinction Rebellion mobilized dozens of demonstrations... September 5, 2019

Press Release Dirty Dozen Companies Driving Deforestation Must Act Now to Stop the Burning of the World's Forests Groups call for the immediate suspension of all business and financing with traders active in the Brazilian Amazon"The... August 30, 2019

Press Release As the Amazon Burns, BlackRock Named As World's Largest Investor in Deforestation "The fires currently raging in the Amazon clearly demonstrate the risk that agribusiness expansion poses for the Amazon... August 30, 2019

Press Release Amazon Watch and Allies Issue Call for Global Day of Action for the Amazon on September 5th Washington, DC – Amid the unprecedented raging fires across the Amazon, Amazon Watch is turning international outrage into... August 29, 2019

Press Release Forest Offsets Not a Solution to Brazil's Fires "These policies are the 21st century version of colonialism, resulting in the exploitation and eviction of indigenous communities... August 29, 2019

Press Release Note of Condemnation from the APIB We need immense national and international solidarity to face this dark time. We are asking for help and... August 28, 2019

Press Release Amazon Watch Calls on World Leaders to Take Shared Responsibility for Amazon Fires ""While the raging fires in the Amazon have rightfully grabbed the attention of the G7 leaders, we must... August 26, 2019

Press Release Statement on Forest Fires in the Brazilian Amazon "The unprecedented fires ravaging the Amazon are an international tragedy and a dangerous contribution to climate chaos," said... August 21, 2019

Indigenous Women Mobilize to Resist Bolsonaro in Major Brasilia Protests

Press Release Indigenous Women Mobilize to Resist Bolsonaro in Major Brasilia Protests August 13th, more than 2,000 indigenous women leaders from across Brazil will stage a mobilization in the nation’s... August 12, 2019

Press Release Statement Regarding Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services "This sobering report shows that the time for protecting biodiversity is running out. From the Amazon to the... May 7, 2019

California Split Over Carbon Trading Plan for Tropical Forests

News California Split Over Carbon Trading Plan for Tropical Forests "TFS could allow oil refiners, which are purchasing oil from Ecuador to turn around and buy offset credits... January 10, 2019

Throwing Stones at BlackRock’s Fossil Fuel Investments

News Throwing Stones at BlackRock’s Fossil Fuel Investments One of the world's largest fund managers, BlackRock, which has been proclaiming its high sustainability and ethical values... October 2, 2018

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