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Destructive Infrastructure

News Stand-off in the Amazon: Tribes Shut Down Oil Company Airport Members of two different Peruvian native groups have occupied the airport of Pluspetrol, an Argentine oil company that... February 27, 2015

News Peru Planning Highway Through Most Biodiverse Place on Earth Manu national park in the Amazon under threat from extension of national "jungle highway" February 17, 2015

Campaign Update International NGOs Call for Transparency in Murder Investigation of Ecuadorian Indigenous Leader Amazon Watch and 13 other environmental and human rights organizations urged the Ecuadorian government to ensure a just,... January 12, 2015

Report Ecuador's Forest Partners Program An  Overview  of  Socio  Bosque  Contracts  with  Indigenous  Communities November 20, 2014

News Drought Bites as Amazon's "Flying Rivers" Dry Up Scientists in Brazil believe the loss of billions of litres of water released as vapour clouds by Amazon... September 28, 2014

News Amazon Deforestation "Halted" after Key Arrests The Public Prosecutor in Pará state, which accounts for a large area of Amazon rainforest, tells the Anadolu... September 15, 2014

Destruction of Brazilian Amazon Spikes by Almost a Third

News Destruction of Brazilian Amazon Spikes by Almost a Third New data reveal that annual rate of deforestation is up for first time in five years September 12, 2014

Ecuador Planned Power Plant in Yasuni National Park, Documents Show

News Ecuador Planned Power Plant in Yasuni National Park Government appeared to be preparing plans at the same time as pursuing a high-profile scheme not to exploit... July 2, 2014

News Mining Companies Don't Take Into Account the Cost of Community Conflicts, Study Says Opposition by Indigenous Groups Seen as Major Risk to Resource Projects World-wide May 12, 2014

Chinese Banks Ignore Pleas of Ecuador Mining Campaigners

News Chinese Banks Ignore Pleas of Ecuador Mining Campaigners The failure to respond to an NGO letter challenging investment in the Mirador mining project has played to... May 12, 2014

Press Release Climate – Forests – Peoples: We Are One Respect for and non penalization of indigenous self-determination May 12, 2014

News 448 "Dead Friends of the Earth" in Brazil since 2002 Report reveals rising number of environment and land rights activists being killed worldwide April 24, 2014

News When an Activist Falls in the Rain Forest Does It Make A Sound? Why Brazil is the most dangerous place in the world to be a tree-hugger April 24, 2014

News They Razed Paradise and Put up a Soybean Lot Brazil's agro powers are excited to be edging closer to soy giant the United States. But environmentalists say... April 7, 2014

Amazonas: Guardians of Life

Blog Amazonas: Guardians of Life "We are struggling for Yasuni because it is our home. Correa wouldn't like it if oil companies went... March 8, 2014

Pace of Global Land Rights Reform Is Slowing, Says New Report

News Pace of Global Land Rights Reform Is Slowing, Says New Report Change is promised but land grabs continue and 61% of forests are still claimed by governments February 14, 2014

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