A new report by the Federation of Indigenous Communities of the Corrientes River reveals the devastating ongoing impacts of oil drilling.
Protesters in front of the court house where Shuar Indigenous leader Pepe Acacho and others are being processed demand that the charges against them be dropped.
Outside the Brazilian Congress and Presidential Palace, hundreds of people gathered in protest, including indigenous chiefs and community leaders from the Xingu River basin.
This is the first in a series of photo essays documenting the cultural and environmental destruction in this region of Ecuador by Texaco (now Chevron).
Amazon Watch attended the Cancun climate talks where we worked to elevate the voices of our Amazonian Indigenous allies.
In late October of 2010, Amazon Watch had the pleasure of helping to facilitate the visit of our long-time colleague Henderson Rengifo, currently a leader with AIDESEP and previous treasurer of FECONACO in northern Peru.
Colombian indigenous leaders from the U'wa people visited friends old and new in San Francisco and Los Angeles in late September of 2010.
Roberto "Berito" Cobaria and Gilberto Cobaria from the U'wa people of Colombia were our guest speakers. James Cameron joined the luncheon by video to present A Message from Pandora, a special feature about the battle to stop the Belo Monte Dam.
For centuries the Achuar people have lived in harmony with the Amazon rainforest. But now, the unrelenting drive for oil has reached the deepest regions of their territory.
A spirited protest at the White House during the visit of Peruvian president Alan Garcia with U.S. president Barack Obama.
Achuar Indigenous Leaders, Actress Daryl Hannah Demand Occidental Petroleum, Clean Up Pollution in Rainforest!
A powerful coalition of leaders from communities around the world negatively impacted by Chevron's operations gathered in Houston to confront the oil giant during its annual shareholders meeting.
Renowned director James Cameron and indigenous leaders from around the world engage in a panel discussion about the parallels between Avatar and real-life indigenous struggles.
Photos from a week-long visit of U'wa Association leaders Gilberto Cobaría (President) and Berito Cobaría (International Coordinator) to the East Coast, co-facilitated by the National Museum of the American Indian and Amazon Watch.
Daysi Zapata (Aidesep VP) testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives, during hearing on Indigenous Peoples Rights in Latin America.
For hundreds of years, the Xingu River basin has been home to a cross-section of Brazilian life, made up of rural and urban communities. The region reveals a diverse conglomeration of people, with varying levels of multilingualism and acculturation to the Brazilian mainstream.
James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver and Joel David Moore travel with members of Amazon Watch to the Xingu River basin.
Emergildo Criollo traveled to California recently from his indigenous village in Ecuador to the home of Chevron's new CEO John Watson and then to a meeting with state lawmakers, demanding that the oil giant Chevron "... take responsibility for their actions and clean up our rivers and forests – our homes."
The Achuar are an indigenous people who live in the Pastaza, Corrientes and Morona river basins in the Amazon Rainforest on both sides of the Peru-Ecuador border. These photos give a glimpse of life in an Achuar community on the river Huasaga, in the Pastaza river basin.
Amazon Watch accompanies Ecuadorian indigenous colleagues Tito Puanchir and Marlon Santi to the summit.
Photos from a November gathering of Brazilian and other South American community representatives negatively affected by projects financed by BNDES.
Over 400 people from indigenous and farming communities around Lago Agrio, Ecuador, marched to a toxic dump site today to protest Chevron's on-going attempts to derail the $27 billion lawsuit that will soon come to a close after more than 16 years of courtroom struggle.
Hundreds of people form a human banner in Peru to draw attention to plight of the Amazon.
The incident near the town of Macas in Southern Ecuadorian Amazon has reportedly left at least one Shuar indigenous protester dead, and dozens injured from both sides.
Photos from opening night of CRUDE in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City.
These photos show some sites in oil block 1-AB visited by E-Tech International to evaluate the effectiveness of Pluspetrol's cleanup of OXY's legacy.
Photos from an Amazon Watch trip through the Madeira River basin to bring back stories of anguish and hope in the fight to stop the construction of two mega-hydroelectric dams on the Amazon's principal tributary.
At approximately 5 am this morning, the Peruvian military police staged a violent raid on a group of indigenous people at a peaceful blockade on a road outside of Bagua, in a remote area of northern Peruvian Amazon.
Representatives of indigenous and farming communities from Ecuador's Amazon have brought their 15-year battle for justice to Chevron's doorstep.
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