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    Ferrogrão Is a Shortcut to Collapse

    The railway is being sold as a logistical solution, but in practice it means more deforestation, land invasions, and poison

    O Globo | Ferrogrão is the backbone of a corridor that transforms the Amazon into a commodity export route and condemns Brazil to a subservient role.

    September 30, 2025
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    Peru and Ecuador’s Crude Gamble Faces Indigenous Wall of Resistance

    Indigenous nations reject Boluarte’s announcement on binational oil pipeline between Petroperú and Petroecuador

    “Without our consent, this project has no legitimacy. Investors must be warned: any deal built on rights violations is built on quicksand.”

    July 31, 2025
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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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    The Achuar Reject Petroperú’s Oil Expansion – Yet Again

    Amid mounting debt and political pressure, Petroperú scrambles to revive Block 64, but Indigenous nations expose sham consultations and defend their territories from fossil fuel expansion

    “These informal meetings and all publicity surrounding them have no validity as a mechanism for Indigenous peoples' participation. The truth cannot be hidden."

    July 22, 2025
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    Mura People Rise Against Mining Invasion in Brazil

    A powerful new alliance emerges to confront extractivism on Indigenous lands

    “What happened at this large meeting was not just a gathering of the Mura most directly affected by the Brazil Potash project. Rather, the significance of this event lies in the fact that this struggle has become, first and foremost, the struggle of all Indigenous peoples.”

    June 10, 2025
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    Ecuador: A Decisive Election for the Amazon

    Amid rampant violence and the failure to implement the Yasuní referendum, Indigenous and frontline organizing will only intensify.

    February 13, 2025
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    Yasuní: A Global Climate Victory at Risk

    The people of Ecuador overwhelmingly voted to keep one of its largest oil reserves in the ground. It was a vote for hope, for the future, and for the protection of biodiversity and Indigenous rights.

    January 22, 2025
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    Amazon Watch Statement on UN Biodiversity COP16

    Towards True Peace with Nature: Reflections and Urgent Actions Post-COP16

    On the path to the historic COP30 in 2025, it is imperative that the demands and vision of the global climate movement are front and center in negotiations to address the global climate crisis.

    November 1, 2024
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    Indigenous Peoples on the Front Lines of Criminal Economies in the Amazon Fight Back at COP16

    "Paper declarations, small projects, and militaristic approaches are failing to combat illegal mining and drug trafficking"

    "Prior consultation must be a key tool for implementing strategies to fight drug trafficking in the Amazon. Enough with empty declarations. We need real combined efforts between governments and our organizations if we want to defeat criminal economies."

    October 31, 2024
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    Murder of Peruvian Indigenous Earth Defender Underscores the Importance of Indigenous Land Rights

    The discovery of murdered Peruvian Indigenous leader Gerardo Keimari Enrique underscores the need to center land titling and Indigenous rights as key strategies to protect the Amazon and Indigenous peoples

    "This tragic incident is yet another case of an Indigenous leader who was targeted while advocating for a full land title for his community's territory in a contested area of the Peruvian Amazon."

    October 11, 2024
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    ¡Sí a la Vida! Yes to Yasuní!

    The Waorani hold a historic summit to ensure oil stays in the ground as Ecuador misses deadline to decommission drilling in Yasuni

    Ecuador’s citizens made history by voting to keep fossil fuels in the ground in Yasuní. But the government’s failure to implement the referendum sets a dangerous precedent.

    September 4, 2024
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    Safeguarding the Right to Self-determination at UNPFII

    At the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Amazon Watch amplified Indigenous voices of strong female leaders underscoring the urgency of safeguarding the right to self-determination on the path to COP30

    Achieving Indigenous autonomies and territorial governance, where self-determination is exercised, requires dismantling the mandates imposed by colonial and extractivist states and transforming them based on indigenous worldviews of harmony and collectivity.

    May 14, 2024
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    Unmasking the Environmental and Human Rights Threats of Canadian Corporations

    Despite its promises, Canada rejects key recommendations on the framework of the Universal Periodic Review and remains a threat to human rights and the environment

    Contrary to upholding Indigenous rights, Canada rejected crucial recommendations regarding the regulation of its companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean.

    May 6, 2024
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    Major Brazilian Mobilization Demands Indigenous Land Rights in the Face of Mounting Threats

    The Indigenous Free Land Camp strives to defend embattled constitutional rights while fighting grave threats from the agribusiness and mining sectors

    "Ferrogrão is the train of death, of deforestation. The railroad is not going to carry people, as they claim, but grain production of international companies that are financing this project."

    April 25, 2024
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