Amazon Watch is traveling to 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) as part of an Amazonian Indigenous delegation of multiple coalitions and nations to draw attention to the extractive industries, especially mining, threatening biodiversity loss in the Amazon rainforest and threatening human rights across the biome.
All Press Releases
For press inquiries or interview requests, please contact presslist@amazonwatch.org or +1.510.281.9020.
Vanguard Ignores Request from Indigenous Leaders from Peru to Meet on Investment Risks to Amazon Rainforest and Rights
Indigenous and fishing community leaders traveled to the U.S. to highlight harms caused by oil company Petroperú's operations in the Peruvian Amazon and coast
Vanguard cannot continue doing business as usual! We ask Vanguard to adopt an Indigenous rights and deforestation policy because our lives, water, and rainforest are at stake. Until it takes concrete steps, it remains complicit in the destruction of the Amazon and our livelihoods.
Amazon Watch Response to Energy Transition Accelerator: Proposal Repeats Failures of Previous Carbon Markets
“The LEAF Coalition is already failing forests and Indigenous peoples, and this attempt to export its unaccountable, unjust model to the power sector is yet another iteration of the same old story: climate finance that should be delivered no-strings-attached to Indigenous communities and Global South nations is being made contingent on handing out...
UN Expert Group Affirms: “Net Zero” Is Incompatible with Fossil Fuels and Deforestation
Recommendations released at COP27 highlight greenwashing risks of "net zero," while falling short on carbon offsets and human rights
“Credible net zero plans require drastic emissions reductions, direct support for ecosystem protection, and robust respect for the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities,” said Moira Birss, Climate Finance Director at Amazon Watch.
Latest Draft Shows That the TNFD’s Reputation as “the Next Frontier in Corporate Greenwashing on Nature” Remains Solidly Intact
Almost 18 months after the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) launched, its latest draft gives little reason to believe that the global corporations behind it can be trusted to develop a credible reporting system that would meaningfully shift business behavior on biodiversity.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Indigenous Peoples Call for Global Agreement to Protect the Amazon and Climate by Respecting Rights at COP27
As the UNFCCC prepares to host COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt for COP27, Indigenous peoples from across the Amazon Basin and NGO allies are prepared to amplify calls for a global agreement to protect the Amazon and climate by respecting Indigenous rights and territories under threat.
Brazilian People Deny Far-Right Bolsonaro Second Term, in Win for the Amazon
In a fierce dispute between Lula and Bolsonaro for Brazil’s next presidency, Brazilians chose the Amazon, Indigenous peoples, and democratic values
In the most important election for the planet, which defined the future of the Amazon and therefore of all humanity, almost 51% of Brazilians chose democracy and elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, putting an end to the nightmare lived for the last four years under Bolsonaro.
Peruvian Indigenous Federation Joins Groups Urging CFTC to Rein In Voluntary Carbon Market Derivatives
On Friday, October 7th, a coalition of climate justice, Indigenous, and financial regulation advocacy organizations will demand that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission investigates and regulates carbon offset derivative trading to rein in misleading claims, fraud, and undisclosed risk and prevent the growth of systemic financial risk...
Amazon Watch Rebuts False Claims of Consultation with Indigenous Communities by Vanguard-Financed Peruvian Oil Company
Petroperú fails to allay the risks for investors, communities, and the climate of its planned expansion in the Amazon rainforest; Vanguard fails to respond
Oakland, CA – Today, Amazon Watch released a response to a letter from Petroperú, a state-owned Peruvian oil company, that attempted to contradict a recent blog on Vanguard's financing of the oil company.
Amazonian Leaders: Climate Week Sponsors Complicit in Destruction of Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Land
At press conference in New York City, Indigenous leaders from Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru expose U.S. financial institutions for projects harming Indigenous communities
New York, NY – New York Climate Week sponsors, including BlackRock and Vanguard, were among the American financial institutions exposed for financing the destruction of the Amazon and Indigenous land at a press conference this week held by Indigenous leaders from the Amazon region and environmental and human rights group Amazon Watch.
Climate Week NYC: Peruvian Oil Company Petroperú is Toxic for International Investors
New Amazon Watch report details Petroperú's threats to the climate, Indigenous rights, and its investors' bottom line
New York, NY – Peruvian state-owned oil company Petroperú poses extreme risks for investors, according to a new report by Amazon Watch released during New York Climate Week.
“Blood Gold” Exposé Details How Leading Electronics and Automotive Companies Could Be Sourcing Illegal Amazonian Gold
New findings published today during New York Climate Week link the supply chains of the planet’s most valuable electronics and electric car companies to potentially illegal gold mined on Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon
“The Indigenous peoples of the Amazon are the true guardians of the forest, and our rights must be respected,” said Toya Manchineri of COIAB.
In Memory of Daniela Alejandra Yépez Jácome
Everyone at Amazon Watch is deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague Alejandra Yépez. We express our deepest condolences to her family and all who knew her and worked with her.
Amazonian Leaders Expose U.S. Financiers Behind Amazon Destruction at NYC Climate Week
Indigenous Amazonian delegates from across the Amazon to speak out
Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon invite you to a press conference during Climate Week NYC 2022. In the context of Climate Week’s theme, Getting It Done, the delegates will discuss ways they are "getting done" protection of the Amazon rainforest.
Three Killed as Violence Against Indigenous People Increases in Run-up to Brazilian Elections
Brasília, Brazil - In a weekend of violence against Indigenous peoples in Brazil, three Indigenous people were killed, two in the state of Maranhão and one in the state of Bahia, and two Indigenous adolescents were shot and seriously injured.
UN-backed TNFD Proposal Risks Opening a New Frontier for Corporate Greenwashing
“Under TNFD’s proposed framework businesses are fully entitled to continue to back the destruction and degradation of nature and human rights – so long as it doesn’t affect their profits."
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Indigenous Lawyer Who Coordinated Search Will Travel to DC to Build Congressional Support for Justice
The attorney for The Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley, Eliesio Marubo, is traveling to the U.S. for meetings with members of Congress, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the State Department, journalists, and allies. The objective of his visit is to build Congressional support for action and accountability for Dom and...
Ecuador National Strike: UN Must Compel Lasso to Prevent Further Violence
Ecuadorian government complicit in human rights violations, disappearances, and deaths, must address economic and climate justice demands brought by Indigenous peoples and civil society
“Ecuador is in a state of emergency due to socio-economic and racial inequities and violent repression from the state in response to National Strike. It is urgent that the U.N. and other international human rights bodies denounce this and support a de-escalation to prevent further violence and loss of life."
Ecuador National Strike: Young Kichwa Person Killed by Tear Gas Canister
Indigenous communities and civil society call on international community to act after days of armed violence by Ecuadorian government led to multiple counts of rights violations and three deaths, economic and climate justice demands remain ignored by President Lasso
“Amazon Watch condemns the violence and calls on the international community to uplift demands from Indigenous communities and civil society to address economic inequities and end oil and mining extraction on Indigenous lands."
Stop The Money Pipeline Coalition Responds to IEA’s Energy Report
“Global finance cannot be allowed to continue to heat the planet beyond habitability, violate the rights of Indigenous peoples and frontline communities, and demolish vital ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest."
Statement in Solidarity With the Families of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips
Let’s remember Bruno and Dom alive, in the middle of the Amazon with Indigenous peoples, walking through the forest and singing the Kanamari song. Let us remember the courage of these men and their love for the Amazon and its peoples, their shared mission to defend the forest and life, tirelessly denouncing the criminals who plunder natural...
Solidarity with Indigenous Uprising for Economic and Climate Justice in Ecuador
“We are witnessing a human rights crisis being escalated by the Ecuadorian government. Other countries, like the U.S., rely on oil commodities from Ecuador and must speak up for human rights and end their complicity as consumers. We call for justice and demand that Iza be released.”
Calls to Protect Rainforest Front and Center at Summit of the Americas
Biden backtracks, strikes “deal” with Bolsonaro; Lasso’s intent at deeper partnership with U.S. falls short
"Biden’s pitiful offer of $12 million to protect the Brazilian, Colombian, and Peruvian Amazon shows the value of Bolsonaro. It is shameful that the United States offers this amount, given the scale of complexities in this region."
Activistas para la Amazonía despliegan pancartas durante la Cumbre de las Américas
Activistas de las organizaciones ambientalistas Stand.earth y Amazon Watch hicieron un llamado de atención a los lideres mundiales frente al pedido de los líderes de la Cuenca Amazónica que demandan fin de la expansión de la extracción de petróleo en la Amazonía
Activistas de Stand.earth y Amazon Watch desplegaron dos pancartas de 15X12 metros en el Puente Queensway en Long Beach, California, para exigir a los líderes mundiales que participan en la Cumbre de las Américas que tomen medidas para detener la expansión inminente de la frontera petrolera en el Amazonía.
Amazonia Advocates Deploy Banners During Summit of the Americas
Activists from Stand.earth and Amazon Watch demand leaders end expansion of Amazon oil drilling
Activists from Stand.earth and Amazon Watch have deployed two massive 50'x40' banners on the Queensway Bridge in Long Beach to demand Summit of the Americas leaders take action to stop the imminent expansion of Amazon oil drilling.
Indigenous Amazonian Delegation, Climate Activists Rally Outside Summit of the Americas
Organizers build altar drawing attention to rights violations, pollution, corruption, deforestation, and land-theft in rainforest by industry and enabled by governments
Chevron Uses AGM to Disregard Human Rights, Climate, Congress, and Billions It Owes to Communities
Chevron faced a barrage of shareholder proposals as well as opposition to the election of directors Ron Sugar and Michael Wirth, and failed to respond to the most pressing questions from shareholders about its practices.
Davos: Indigenous Leaders Call on Banks to Stop Funding Amazon Oil Expansion
Scientists and international organizations also calling for banks to follow lead of BNP Paribas and align with the Exit Amazon Oil and Gas platform
On the heels of World Biodiversity Day and in connection to an upcoming panel on the Amazon at Davos, tipping point scientists, Indigenous leaders, and international organizations are calling on banks and financial institutions that have gathered for the World Economic Forum in Davos to end financing for oil expansion in the Amazon.
Community Protest Saturday at Chevron Richmond Refinery on 9th Annual Global Anti-Chevron Day
Saturday, May 21, 2022, is the 9th annual Global Anti-Chevron Day. Communities in Richmond, CA affected by Chevron will join other communities around the world to share their stories about the impact of the oil company’s environmental destruction and human rights violations in advance of Chevron’s annual shareholder’s meeting on May 25, when the...
