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Indigenous Amazonian Delegation Receives Honors in California Senate

“California is complicit in violating our rights by continuing to consume crude that our courts and voters have said must stay in the ground. We are calling on California to take action to phase out its imports of oil that has come at a high price for our forests, our peoples, and our climate.”

Drilling Toward Disaster

Amazon Crude and Ecuador’s Oil Gamble

The Amazon is rapidly becoming a new frontier for oil production. This coincides with the Amazon biome reaching an existential tipping point. Amazon crude from Ecuador is a major contributor to this dangerous cycle.

Chevron’s Toxic Empire on Trial

Gross polluter and corporate criminal slammed at 2025 AGM as global protests mount

“Chevron came in, extracted oil, poisoned the land and water, and then walked away."

Toxic Empire on Trial: Chevron Faces Global Rejection from Shareholders

Decades of damage spark a groundswell of resistance – from courtrooms to boardrooms

“Shareholders need to understand they’re receiving dirty money – profits that are ill-gotten gains. This isn’t clean money generated by legitimate business practices. It comes from the suffering of people impacted by Chevron’s wrongdoing."

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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The Amazon vs. Big Oil: Why Petroperú’s Latest Defeat Matters Globally

This Indigenous-led victory to keep 55 million barrels of crude in the ground in Peru's Amazon is a blueprint for resisting oil expansion worldwide

"Petroperú’s decision to cancel the tender for Block 64 is a great relief. However, we remain vigilant, knowing that it will likely continue seeking investors to exploit this block."

Amazonian Communities in Peru Rejoice as Plan for Oil Drilling on Ancestral Land Stalls

Peru’s state-run oil company failed to attract any bids to develop an oil field that overlaps ancestral territories of several Indigenous groups

Associated Press | “Local communities and their allies will remain alert to this zombie project which has been killed multiple times but always attempts to return from the dead.”

IACHR Condemns Ecuador for Violating Rights of Tagaeri-Taromenane People

Landmark ruling calls for concrete measures to guarantee their survival

“This judgment of the Inter-American Court is the result of many years of struggle and is a guarantee of the rights to territory for peoples in isolation, so that they can live without the threat of oil, mining, and other threats."

Olivia Bisa Tirko’s Fight for Land and Culture

By highlighting the importance of women’s leadership and the passing of ancestral knowledge to future generations, Olivia is ensuring the survival of her people and the protection of the Amazon. 

Environmental Groups Call for Independent Trial Monitors in Greenpeace SLAPP Case

North Dakota case raises major legal concerns regarding Indigenous rights, First Amendment, and free speech protections

“This is a blatant miscarriage of justice that threatens anyone who speaks out against unchecked corporate power, human rights abuses, and environmental destruction. It’s corporate power weaponized through the legal system."

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.

Prominent Attorneys Monitor SLAPP Suit Against Greenpeace

Group aims to bring transparency to North Dakota court in one of the most significant environmental and free speech cases in U.S. history

This lawsuit is more than just a legal battle – it is a pivotal test of free speech and corporate accountability.

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.

Inspired by the Amazon Pearl

Amidst threats against community leaders, Amazon Watch returned to the Colombian Amazon as a show of solidarity with courageous environmental defenders like Jani Silva

“This accompaniment has allowed our process to continue. Believe me, when the violent actors see that our processes are accompanied, they respect us a little more.”

Petroperú Minimizes Oil Spill in Piura: Damage Reported in 10 Thousand Square Meters of Sea and Four Beaches

The state-owned company claimed the spill on the northern coast of Peru "was under control," but the Environmental Assessment and Oversight Agency and Municipality of Lobitos detect the spread of the environmental disaster

Infobae | An oil spill resulting from an underwater terminal of Petroperú’s Talara Refinery has spread to four beaches in Lobitos on the northern coast of Peru, affecting approximately 10,000 cubic meters of the sea.

President Biden: Stand Up to Chevron and Pardon Steven Donziger

Chevron spent billions trying to destroy him after he won the largest pollution case in history. It’s time for Biden to end this nightmare

The Guardian | Donziger’s story is nothing new. We all know that billion-dollar corporations wield their influence to silence critics. But what is so jarring about this case is the lengths to which Chevron has gone to manipulate the courts, corrupt the rule of law, and evade accountability.