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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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    Amazon Watch is building on more than 28 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.

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    Shuar Arutam People Notch Major Wins Against Amazon Mining in March

    In a span of only three weeks, the PSHA launch a series of successful actions at a local, national, and international level to reaffirm their opposition against Solaris Resources’ Warintza project

    The past month saw significant victories for the Shuar, turning the tide against Canadian mining company Solaris Resources.

    March 22, 2024
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    Indigenous and Community Coalition Challenges Petroperú’s Financial Backing

    Citi and JPMorgan Chase urged to protect Indigenous rights and Amazonian ecosystems

    A burgeoning coalition of Peruvian Amazonian Indigenous peoples and fishing organizations are demanding to meet JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup to warn against any new financing for state-operated oil company Petroperú because of its history of oil contamination and flagrant disregard of Indigenous and human rights.

    March 11, 2024
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    Ecuador’s Indigenous Organizations Unanimously Reject Canadian Mining

    "We know the government is in Canada trying to sign agreements with mining companies, but there has been no consultation for the Warintza project. The project violates the Ecuadorian constitution and our rights. Let it be known that we have not given our consent."

    March 6, 2024
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    Amazonian Indigenous People Stage Major Mobilization Aimed at Stopping the Ferrogrão Railway

    Indigenous-led “People's Tribunal” issues searing verdict on the megaproject and works to influence a key legal ruling that could determine its future

    “The Popular Tribunal against Ferrogrão revealed the strength and determination of Indigenous peoples, traditional communities and social movements in defending their rights and the future of the planet.”

    March 4, 2024
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    Ecuador’s President Ignores Indigenous Opposition to Mining at PDAC

    Official leader of Shuar-Artuam People of Ecuador rejects statements alleging community support for Solaris Warintza mining project

    "The rosy picture painted today by the government and mining sector is misleading to investors. The reality is that the mining industry is reeling from local resistance to its projects and adverse decisions from its highest court."

    March 4, 2024
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    Petroperú Is Desperate for Cash, But We’re Going to End Amazon Crude!

    The company is now in talks with Citi and JPMorgan Chase, and Indigenous nations tell them again: no new financing for Petroperú!

    Joining forces with our partners, Amazon Watch is gearing up to launch a series of campaign actions in 2024. Our mission: to ensure financiers, including commercial banks, investors, and insurers, fully grasp the perils of financially supporting Petroperú. 

    January 25, 2024
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    Investors Must Respect Indigenous Rights to Protect the Amazon

    Respecting Indigenous Rights: An Actionable Toolkit for Institutional Investors provides investors with a starting point to educate themselves and others about Indigenous rights, as well as practical tools to develop policies, case studies, and data sources to identify and address Indigenous rights abuses.

    January 5, 2024
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    Autonomous Indigenous Nations Fight to Stop the Flow of Money to Petroperú

    As Petroperú ramps up efforts to exploit oil in Block 64, Indigenous nations, in partnership with Amazon Watch and the Sacred Headwaters Initiative, launch a public campaign to pressure commercial banks to commit to no new Petroperú financing

    Their efforts effectively put the multimillion dollar deal at a stalemate, and prevented Petroperú from attaining new long-term financing for the Talara Refinery in the past six months.

    December 7, 2023
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    Seven Challenges for the New Ecuadorian Government

    Ecuador’s powerful business class is in power yet again following the election of Daniel Noboa

    We question whether he will prioritize the protection of nature and the rights of Indigenous peoples as he promised during his campaign or – more likely – carry on with the extractivist agenda of prior administrations and continue to disregard Indigenous rights.

    October 26, 2023
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    Brazil’s Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Land Rights in Historic Win

    Court voted against agribusiness-backed attempt to prevent communities claiming land they did not physically occupy in 1988

    The Guardian | Nine of the court’s 11 members voted against what rights groups had dubbed the “time limit trick” – an agribusiness-backed attempt to prevent Indigenous communities claiming land they did not physically occupy in 1988.

    September 21, 2023
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    Brazil's Indigenous Lands at Stake Before Marco Temporal Decision

    Amid an impending Supreme Court decision, our latest report dives into the risks of this legal thesis, potentially jeopardizing Indigenous territories for the benefit of powerful mining companies

    We stand on the edge of a decision that will significantly impact Indigenous peoples’ lands, their lives, and our collective future. If approved, it's not just a win for mining magnates like Vale, Bunge, and Anglo American. It's an irreversible loss for Indigenous rights, the Amazon rainforest, and for 77 yet-to-be-recognized Indigenous...

    September 18, 2023
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    Canada Emerges As Key Culprit in Amazon Destruction

    Despite its “climate forward” image, Canada is linked to corporate abuses and rights violations across mining and oil extractive projects in the Amazon

    The rights violations discovered in the operations of Canadian companies in the Amazon rainforest are deeply troubling, particularly considering Canada's efforts to present itself as a human rights leader in the world.

    September 6, 2023
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