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Peru’s Achuar Take Territorial Defense Global, Again

Blog Peru's Achuar Take Territorial Defense Global, Again The Achuar of the Pastaza River provide a different vision than the traditional top-down models of nature conservation,... October 11, 2018

Divide and Conquer: GeoPark Resurrects Nefarious Old Tactics

Blog Divide and Conquer: GeoPark Resurrects Nefarious Old Tactics Let's say you're an oil company (because, you know, corporations are people, too). You have plans to drill... August 23, 2018

Helping the Achuar Say #AdiosGeoPark

Video Blog Helping the Achuar Say #AdiosGeoPark A new chapter has opened in the Peruvian Achuar effort to keep their Amazonian territory free of oil... August 3, 2018

"Our Grandchildren Will Thank Us for the Territory We Are Defending"

Blog "Our Grandchildren Will Thank Us for the Territory We Are Defending" The Achuar have a concrete plan for defending their ancestral homeland: they're demanding that the Peruvian government provide... November 2, 2017

Community Consent: Business Lessons from the Amazon

News Community Consent: Business Lessons from the Amazon From the snow-covered plains of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of North Dakota to Shuar rainforest territories in... March 29, 2017

Jiyukam Presente! Homage to a Peaceful Warrior

Blog Jiyukam Presente! Homage to a Peaceful Warrior A wave of sadness has surged forth from the Amazon rainforest, washing over many who have supported indigenous... January 14, 2016

News Native Protesters Seize Oil Wells in Peru To Urge Government Action Indigenous protesters in Peru seized oil wells in an Amazonian oil block on Tuesday and said they also... September 2, 2015

This Peruvian Tribe’s Approach To Fighting Big Oil Just Makes So Much Sense

News This Peruvian Tribe's Approach To Fighting Big Oil Just Makes So Much Sense According to Andrew E. Miller, with Amazon Watch, community-based documentation of the ongoing pollution in the region led... August 26, 2015

Indigenous Amazonian People Threatened by Oil Drilling

Blog Indigenous Amazonian People Threatened by Oil Drilling Achuar resistance to oil exploration has achieved some success. Now the Ecuadorian government is attempting to take down... May 2, 2014

Indigenous Amazonía

Blog Indigenous Amazonía On the front lines in the race to avoid ecosystem collapse December 30, 2013

Consultation or Conflict? The Fight for the Future of Natural Resource Investments in Peru

Blog Consultation or Conflict? The Fight for the Future of Natural Resource Investments in Peru From the Amazon to the Andes, communities are protesting the devastation left by mining and oil projects. Successive... July 3, 2013

From Bagua to Belo Monte: Preventing "Massacres Foretold"

Blog From Bagua to Belo Monte: Preventing "Massacres Foretold" Today – June 5th – is the fourth anniversary of one such "massacre foretold" in Peru. This past... June 5, 2013

Letters from the (Amazon Watch) Campaign Trail, Part II

Blog Letters from the (Amazon Watch) Campaign Trail, Part II Dearest Daughter, from Dad in the Amazon – Yesterday I left the Amazon jungle after an amazing week... May 16, 2013

Letters from the (Amazon Watch) Campaign Trail

Blog Letters from the (Amazon Watch) Campaign Trail Dearest Daughter, from Dad in the Amazon – This is my first international trip away from you since... May 13, 2013

A Message from the Achuar to Canada

Blog A Message from the Achuar to Canada "I would like to thank our allies in Canada for their solidarity in this struggle. Thanks to the... April 11, 2013

Press Release Activists Confront Ecuadorian Government for Auctioning the Amazon Dozens of protestors publicly denounce government in Paris over oil concessions February 26, 2013

“Thank you for your courageous work. Keep going. We're standing with you!”