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Destructive Infrastructure

Environmental Campaign Targets BlackRock Amid Claims of “Climate Destruction”

News Environmental Campaign Targets BlackRock Amid Claims of “Climate Destruction” Calls out Fink for failing to "walk the talk" September 26, 2018

Uncontacted Tribes at Risk Amid “Worrying” Surge in Amazon Deforestation

News Uncontacted Tribes at Risk Amid “Worrying” Surge in Amazon Deforestation Brazil is grappling with scores of deadly land conflicts, illustrating the tensions between preserving Indigenous culture and economic... September 20, 2018

Chinese/Western Financing of Roads, Dams Led to Major Andes Amazon Deforestation

News Chinese/Western Financing of Roads, Dams Led to Major Andes Amazon Deforestation "We are seeing some of the same manifest destiny-style development schemes that characterized the region decades ago. It... August 2, 2018

Rainforest Pays the Price for Brazil’s Crisis

News Rainforest Pays the Price for Brazil’s Crisis "While there is forest, people will not stop cutting it down. [Conservation] policy today is like trying to... January 17, 2018

Brazil Wavers on Environment, and Earth’s Largest Wetland Starts to Wither

News Brazil Wavers on Environment, and Earth’s Largest Wetland Starts to Wither Farmers often don’t focus on the long-term damage caused by their crops, which erode the soil, polluting and... January 3, 2018

From Carbon Sink to Source: Brazil Puts Amazon, Paris Goals at Risk

News From Carbon Sink to Source: Brazil Puts Amazon, Paris Goals at Risk "The very agents of wanton destruction of the Amazon are now controlling the legislative and executive branches of... November 9, 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

Record Amazon Fires Stun Scientists; Sign of Sick, Degraded Forests

News Record Amazon Fires Stun Scientists; Sign of Sick, Degraded Forests "The very agents of wanton destruction of the Amazon are now controlling the legislative and executive branches of... October 13, 2017

Brazil Backtracks on Plan to Open up Amazon Forest to Mining

News Brazil Backtracks on Plan to Open up Amazon Forest to Mining "The Brazilian government has finally realized it's not acceptable to make decisions that affect the Amazon and its... September 26, 2017

Brazil Revokes Decree Opening Amazon Reserve to Mining

News Brazil Revokes Decree Opening Amazon Reserve to Mining The Brazilian government has revoked a controversial decree that would have opened up a vast reserve in the... September 26, 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

Press Release Reports of Massacre in Brazilian Amazon Highlight Danger of Government Animosity Toward Indigenous Peoples "This latest report of a massacre in Javari Valley is yet another tragic sign of the deadly effects... September 12, 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

News "Uncontacted" Amazon Tribe Members Are Reported Killed in Brazil "If the investigation confirms the reports, it will be yet another genocidal massacre resulting directly from the Brazilian... September 11, 2017

Zero Tolerance of Deforestation Likely Only Way to Save Amazon Gateway

News Zero Tolerance of Deforestation Likely Only Way to Save Amazon Gateway Despite its biological and economic importance, illegal logging in the Gurupi Biological Reserve and in the Awá, Caru,... September 11, 2017

Saving the Serranía de San Lucas, a Vital Link in the "Jaguar Corridor"

News Saving the Serranía de San Lucas, a Vital Link in the "Jaguar Corridor" The race is on to protect the area through establishing it as a national park. Proponents of the... September 7, 2017

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