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    End Amazon Crude

    The Amazon is a no-go zone for oil drilling

    The western Amazon is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. This vital rainforest is under threat from previous and ongoing oil extraction – which pollutes rivers, harms wildlife and human health, and opens the forest to roads, deforestation, and further exploitation.

    Amazon Watch works in close partnership with Indigenous peoples to stop oil extraction at the source and reduce global demand for Amazon oil. Together, we are building pressure on governments, corporations, and consumers to phase out Amazon crude and protect the rainforest – before it’s too late.

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    The Amazon Is Not a Resource Reserve: It Is a Territory of Life

    This week, Indigenous peoples and communities from the nine countries of the Amazon Basin are gathering at the Pan-Amazonian Social Forum in Puyo, Ecuador. The gathering is considering how to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.

    El País | We know another kind of wealth. It is in our rivers, in the animals and plants, in the knowledge passed down by our elders, and in the relationships that allow the world as we know it to continue to exist.

    August 19, 2026
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    From Sarayaku to Paris by Canoe

    Paty Gualinga remembers an unforgettable journey of laughter, adventure, and solidarity

    In this video, Paty Gualinga looks back on one unforgettable chapter in Sarayaku and Amazon Watch's shared history.

    August 13, 2026
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    The Chapra Nation Is Powering Its Own Future

    How solar energy, internet access, and community leadership are strengthening territorial defense in the Peruvian Amazon

    This month, Amazon Watch and the Chapra Nation fulfilled a dream years in the making: we brought solar energy, freezers, and internet connectivity to 12 communities across Chapra territory.

    July 31, 2026
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    Bay Area Communities Mark 13th Annual Anti-Chevron Day

    Investor votes on Indigenous rights and human rights due diligence resolutions underscore escalating scrutiny of Chevron’s global operations

    Shareholders, Indigenous leaders, human rights defenders, and environmental justice advocates converged on Chevron's Annual General Meeting today.

    May 27, 2026
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    Amazon Watch is building on more than three decades of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.

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    Bay Area Communities Mark 13th Annual Anti-Chevron Day

    Community organizations, environmental justice advocates, and international frontline leaders will gather across the Bay Area next week for the 13th annual Anti-Chevron Day, May 13-17, 2026, culminating in a major public festival and march in Richmond.

    May 12, 2026
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    Pushing Back Against the “Donroe Doctrine”

    When Petro met Trump on February 3, the stakes were high. The Trump Administration had decertified Colombia from receiving security assistance on grounds that it was not adequately addressing drug trafficking.

    February 26, 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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    Hope Is a Practice: 30 Years Walking With the U’wa People

    In a time of repression and daily outrage, where do we find hope? For nearly 30 years, the U’wa people of Colombia have shown the world what spiritual, cultural, and political resistance looks like. Their struggle continues, and so does our commitment.

    January 13, 2026
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    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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    Small Steps Made, Big Leaps Needed: JPMorgan Chase Reveals Policy Shifts

    World’s largest fossil financier responds following Indigenous-led bank advocacy against fossil fuel expansion in the Peruvian Amazon

    The changes fall far short of what is needed to prevent violations of Indigenous peoples' rights and to halt large scale destruction of critical ecosystems like the Amazon biome.

    December 19, 2025
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    Ecuadorians Vote Down Noboa’s Extractive Agenda

    The results of a recent national referendum delivered a major victory for the Amazon

    This victory belongs to the people of Ecuador. It is a reminder that democratic power still matters, even in times of crisis. But it is also a beginning, not an end.

    November 20, 2025
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    JPMorgan Chase Quietly Adds Restrictions to Fossil Fuel Financing in the Amazon Rainforest

    At COP30, experts acknowledge this step and underscore the need for a policy that fully ends financing to oil and gas in the Amazon

    “Years of steadfast organizing under the leadership of Amazonian Indigenous peoples have successfully pressured JPMorgan, the world’s largest fossil financier, to take a crucial step towards recognizing Indigenous and human rights."

    November 13, 2025
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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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    Ecuador and Oil: A Challenge for Democracy and the Amazon

    Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, more than 930,000 square kilometers have been opened for oil and gas exploration in Latin America and the Caribbean, an area larger than Venezuela

    El País | What is at stake is not only Ecuador’s Amazon. A just energy transition must begin from the principle of shared but differentiated responsibility.

    October 7, 2025
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    The Money Trail

    Behind fossil fuel expansion in Latin American and the Caribbean

    This report shines a spotlight on companies that are exploring and developing new fossil fuel reserves or building new fossil infrastructure, and it reveals which banks and investors are backing the expansion of this dirty and dangerous industry across Latin America and the Caribbean.

    September 2025
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    California Lawmakers Seek to Curb Oil Imports from Amazon

    Associated Press | “Consuming oil from the Amazon is incompatible with climate leadership. As the world’s fourth-largest economy, California is sending a powerful market signal by examining its crude footprint and role in Amazon destruction.”

    August 27, 2025
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    A Historic Alliance for the Amazon

    “This deal has no consent, no legitimacy, and will face legal and social resistance every step of the way.”

    This united front builds on a track record of resistance: in more than 25 years, no new oil well has been drilled in Ecuador’s southeastern Amazon.

    August 19, 2025
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    2024-2025 Annual Report

    In a world increasingly in denial about the consequences of climate change and fossil fuel extraction, Amazon Watch is doubling down on our grassroots partnerships.

    July 2025
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