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Illegal Mining in the Amazon: “Criminal Governance Is Expanding and Becoming Increasingly Violent”

Illegal Mining in the Amazon: “Criminal Governance Is Expanding and Becoming Increasingly Violent” Raphael Hoetmer, director of Amazon Watch's Western Amazon Program, spoke with Mongabay Latam about the advance of mining... March 2, 2025

The Climate Crises in Los Angeles and the Amazon Rainforest Are Inextricably Linked

The Climate Crises in Los Angeles and the Amazon Rainforest Are Inextricably Linked To address the root cause of these interconnected crises, we must unite our calls to keep oil in... January 29, 2025

Amazon’s Advocates Fear Trump’s Return Means Little U.S. Help to Protect Rainforest

Amazon’s Advocates Fear Trump’s Return Means Little U.S. Help to Protect Rainforest “Trump 2.0 will offer Amazonian governments a permission structure to ignore or walk back climate commitments, precisely at... January 28, 2025

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

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... December 23, 2024

President Biden: Stand Up to Chevron and Pardon Steven Donziger

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... December 13, 2024

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Falls to Lowest Since 2015

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Falls to Lowest Since 2015 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office nearly two years ago on a promise to step up... November 6, 2024

The Amazon Is in a State of Emergency: A Mandate for Action from Indigenous Peoples

The Amazon Is in a State of Emergency: A Mandate for Action from Indigenous Peoples After participating in the COP on transnational organized crime in Vienna, and while the biodiversity summit is being... October 23, 2024

Environmental Delegates Gather in Colombia for a Conference on Dwindling Global Biodiversity In the Amazon rainforest, threats to biodiversity include the expansion of the agricultural frontier and road networks, deforestation,... October 21, 2024

Staring Down the Barrel: What Peruvian Oil Company’s Crisis Means for the Public

Staring Down the Barrel: What Peruvian Oil Company’s Crisis Means for the Public Fate of cash-strapped Petroperú holds major implications for national economy, Indigenous groups and the climate October 3, 2024

In Ecuador, Booming Profits in Small-scale Gold Mining Reveal a Tainted Industry

In Ecuador, Booming Profits in Small-scale Gold Mining Reveal a Tainted Industry Lax regulation, corruption, and organized crime have enabled multimillion-dollar proceeds from drug trafficking to be laundered through illegally... October 3, 2024

Amazon Fires Are Soaring Again – but Forest Loss Is Down. What’s Going on?

Amazon Fires Are Soaring Again – but Forest Loss Is Down. What’s Going on? “There are ongoing investigations by Brazilian authorities into whether farmers yet again organized a ‘fire day’ this year.” September 12, 2024

Ecuador Starts Dismantling Yasuní National Park Oil Block Two Days Before Court Deadline

Ecuador Starts Dismantling Yasuní National Park Oil Block Two Days Before Court Deadline “The government is not meeting their judicial obligation to the court, they’re not fulfilling the mandate of the... August 29, 2024

Wall Street Banks Fund the Destruction of Our Indigenous Land

Wall Street Banks Fund the Destruction of Our Indigenous Land As representatives of communities who pay the highest costs of this toxic business, Indigenous Peoples demand banks prohibit... May 20, 2024

Following the Money Behind Amazon Oil Development

Following the Money Behind Amazon Oil Development Santander and HSBC worked on Petroperú bond issuance despite its record of Amazon oil spills February 19, 2024

Mining Company Belo Sun Sues Environmental Defenders in Intimidation Tactic, NGOs Say

Mining Company Belo Sun Sues Environmental Defenders in Intimidation Tactic, NGOs Say “This is an attempt to silence families and leaders who are on the frontline of the struggle for... December 12, 2023

Abandoned Oil Mess Still Plagues Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Abandoned Oil Mess Still Plagues Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon “For us, oil has been a curse because we haven’t seen any [benefits from] oil. The plans are... November 6, 2023

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