Press Releases

Brazil Court Revives Belo Sun’s Controversial Amazon Gold Mine as Indigenous Communities File Misconduct Complaint

Brazil Court Revives Belo Sun’s Controversial Amazon Gold Mine “We are already suffering the impacts of the Belo Monte dam.. If another project of this scale comes,... February 25, 2026

Indigenous Resistance Forces Brazil To Revoke Amazon Waterway Decree After 33 Days of Occupation

Indigenous Resistance Forces Brazil To Revoke Amazon Waterway Decree “This proves that life – the river – has no price. It cannot be sold, it is not... February 23, 2026

Indigenous Leaders Defending the Amazon Take Center Stage in New Amazon Watch Video

Indigenous Leaders Defending the Amazon Take Center Stage in New Amazon Watch Video New short video narrated by Avatar star Oona Chaplin features director James Cameron, legendary Chief Raoni Metuktire, and... February 20, 2026

Indigenous Protesters Intercept Grain Barge, Escalating Demands to Repeal Decree Privatizing Amazonian Rivers

Indigenous Protesters Intercept Grain Barge, Escalating Demands to Repeal Decree Privatizing Amazonian Rivers Today, 400 Indigenous peoples in four boats intercepted a grain barge on the Tapajós River in the city... February 19, 2026

Indigenous Peoples Maintain Indefinite Blockade of Cargill on the Tapajós River

Indigenous Peoples Maintain Indefinite Blockade of Cargill on the Tapajós River Today the Indigenous occupation at Cargill’s grain terminal in Santarém entered its 20th day, deepening the movement’s standoff with the... February 10, 2026

Indigenous Peoples Block Access to Santarém Airport in Protest of Tapajós River Dredging

Indigenous Peoples Block Access to Santarém Airport in Protest of Tapajós River Dredging Indigenous Peoples from the Tapajós region blocked the main access road to Santarém International Airport today, escalating a mobilization ongoing since... February 4, 2026

Amazon Watch Reaction To Petro-Trump Meeting at the White House Yesterday’s meeting between Colombian President Petro and Donald Trump offers hope but doesn’t guarantee an improvement in the... February 4, 2026

Indigenous Protest Enters Second Week as Brazil Faces Pressure Over Amazon Waterway Decree

Indigenous Protest Enters Second Week as Brazil Faces Pressure Over Amazon Waterway Decree Munduruku leaders join growing Indigenous blockade against Amazon River dredging and privatization February 4, 2026

Amazonian Indigenous Blockade of Key Cargill Terminal Reaches One Week

Amazonian Indigenous Blockade of Key Cargill Terminal Reaches One Week For the past week, Indigenous peoples representing 14 ethnicities from the Lower and Middle Tapajós River region have blockaded facilities... January 29, 2026

Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Void Belo Sun’s Consultation, Threatening Mega-mine’s Approval

Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Void Belo Sun’s Consultation, Threatening Mega-mine’s Approval Juruna and Arara peoples formally revoke consultations used by Canadian company to justify licensing of its Volta Grande... December 18, 2025

Brazil’s Senate Rams Through Constitutional Amendment Imperiling Indigenous Lands and Communities

Brazil’s Senate Rams Through Constitutional Amendment Imperiling Indigenous Lands and Communities Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster December 10, 2025

Ecuador’s Government Celebrates Its Defeat in Chevron Arbitration While the Company Applauds a $220 Million Award

Ecuador’s Government Celebrates Its Defeat in Chevron Arbitration While the Company Applauds a $220 Million Award Communities won their lawsuit, yet the country is being forced to pay the company responsible for one of... December 9, 2025

Amazon Watch Responds to Reports That Ecuador Told To Pay $220 Million to Chevron

Amazon Watch Responds to Reports That Ecuador Told To Pay $220 Million to Chevron “A debt is owed to the Amazonian families still waiting for truth, justice, and full reparation." December 9, 2025

JPMorgan Chase Quietly Adds Restrictions to Fossil Fuel Financing in the Amazon Rainforest

JPMorgan Chase Quietly Adds Restrictions to Fossil Fuel Financing in the Amazon Rainforest At COP30, experts acknowledge this step and underscore the need for a policy that fully ends financing to... November 13, 2025

Amazon Free from Extraction: Ending Oil, Gas, Mining, and Agribusiness on Indigenous Lands

Amazon Free from Extraction: Ending Oil, Gas, Mining, and Agribusiness on Indigenous Lands COP30 press conference featuring Amazonian Indigenous leaders from Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru November 13, 2025

Major River Mobilization With More Than 5,000 Leaders from the Amazon Arrives at COP30

Major River Mobilization from the Amazon Arrives at COP30 More than 200 boats carrying Indigenous, riverine, and social movement leaders occupied Guajará Bay in a historic act... November 12, 2025

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