Our Dep. Dir. @paulpaz.bsky.social joined human rights lawyer Steven Donziger on Alec Baldwin's podcast to discuss Chevron, SLAPP suits (& the lawyers who enable them like Gibson Dunn) & the ETP v Greenpeace case. Lawfare & threats to free speech continue to grow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

"international human rights & civil society organizations express our deep concern about the climate of harassment & pressure currently facing the Constitutional Court of Ecuador, in the context of the govt’s announcement of a referendum for a Constituent Assembly..." amazonwatch.org/news/2025/09...

"Conservation dividends from community-based protection are unprecedented & deployed at a tiny fraction of the financial costs of traditional protection mechanisms... this makes local land managers true 'unsung heroes' in the cacophony of theoretical conservation discourse." phys.org/news/2025-09...

Join us and other activists on Saturday, Sept. 20 for the Make Billionaires Pay March to rally for clean air, clean water, and justice for all. This is the moment for us to demand a better world for people, wildlife, and the climate ➡️ makebillionairespay.us #MakeBillionairesPay #StopBigOil

Today @globalwitness.org released their annual report on attacks on environmental defenders. Figures show 80% of land defenders killed or disappeared last year were in Latin America (120), w/ Colombia accounting for ~ 1/3 of the global total (48 of 146). Read the full report - gwitness.org/4mfM5Tu

Andrew Miller said transnational criminal networks involved in drug, gold & timber trafficking have become a major force behind threats—& often deadly attacks—against enviro. defenders. "The security situation for defenders across the Amazon is increasingly precarious.” apnews.com/article/envi...

RIP Robert Redford - someone who used his voice to speak out in defense of the environment and environmental defenders.

BREAKING: Amazon Watch Welcomes Historic Conviction of Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro for Coup Plot - “His arrest offers a welcome reprieve for the Amazon and its peoples by weakening the chance that his destructive agenda will return to the region." amazonwatch.org/news/2025/09...

BREAKING: Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

5yrs ago, we joined the Kakataibo in their fight to stop the invasion of illicit crops in their ancestral forests. That struggle is finally leading to land titles & boundary agreements. Demand Peruvian govt complete the titling of Kakataibo communities. #AmazonCrime amazonwatch.org/take-action/...

No new oil drilling in the Amazon! And NO new oil drilling in California, either! #keepitintheground actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

On #AmazonRainforestDay - Indigenous solidarity is the key TAKE ACTION HERE: Watch the video and sign the pledge amazonwatch.org/take-action/... #AmazonDay #IndigenousRights #DefendEarthDefenders

Organized crime is not just a threat to public safety. It is now one of the main drivers of Amazon deforestation and Indigenous displacement. In response we have expanded our mission to support Indigenous partners in confronting these criminal networks. #AmazonCrime amazonwatch.org/news/2025/09...

Crime bleeds the Amazon and invades our homes - By Alessandra Korap Munduruku #AmazonCrime amazonunderworld.org/the-crime-th...

NO 👏 NEW 👏 OIL 👏 DRILLING 👏 ANYWHERE!!! www.latimes.com/opinion/lett...

[email protected]:The California Senate has unanimously passed a resolution that would probe the state’s imports of crude oil extracted from the Amazon. The resolution also calls for an eventual end to California’s reliance on these crude imports.#EndAmazonCrude www.democracynow.org/2025/8/28/he...

From @apnews.com: "California Senate has unanimously approved a resolution calling for a review of its imports of crude oil from the Amazon rainforest and an eventual phase-out, following years of advocacy from Indigenous leaders in South America." @sjgrattan.bsky.social apnews.com/article/amaz...

TAKE ACTION ✊🏽 for the Amazon, Climate, & Indigenous Rights: Call on the Presidents of Ecuador and Peru to cancel their cross-border oil deal and Governor Newsom to take meaningful action to end California’s reliance on Amazon crude. #EndAmazonCrude amazonwatch.org/take-action/...

BREAKING: CA Senate Passes SR 51, Responding to Indigenous Call to #EndAmazonCrude Imports “This is the first step in ending California’s addiction to Amazon crude." “I believe this Senate resolution is a call for coherence.” -Diana Chávez at Pakkiru. amazonwatch.org/news/2025/08...

Petroperu should abandon ALL plans to expand drilling in the Amazon and stop violating Indigenous rights - and no international investors should provide financing. Sinking ship. "Petroperú at risk of default in coming months." latinfinance.com/daily-brief/...

BREAKING: Security at the Amazon’s Breaking Point: Tri-Border Report Spurs Concrete Actions After ATCO Summit #AmazonCrime amazonwatch.org/news/2025/08...

“The Ecuadorian government’s decision to maintain oil production for the next five years in Yasuni National Park ignores the 2023 referendum result, which directly impacts the rights of the peoples who live in the park and all Ecuadorians." #EndAmazonCrude #Yasuni www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

VIDEO - STATE OF COCA from Time and Amazon Underworld: For more than 50 years, Colombia has been painfully associated with cocaine and cartels. But one of the armed groups who patrol and profit from this system may, ironically, be key to leading a way out of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4v...

Down to Earth: Indigenous communities in Ecuador and Peru are opposing a new oil deal between Petroperú and Petroecuador. They demand California halt Amazon crude imports, linking the state's refineries to environmental and human rights issues. www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/indig...

From Time Magazine: The cocaine economy is the main fuel for Colombia’s war economy, which has recently also seen a surge in illegal gold mining. time.com/7310606/colo...

🚨Militarization is not safety, it's repression.🚨 The Trump administration is trying to manufacture a war zone in DC. This is an attack on democracy, racial justice, and our fundamental right to protest. We refuse to accept a police state. Read the #ProtectTheProtest coalition's statement ⬇️

AP: Indigenous groups demand action from South American leaders at Amazon summit by @sjgrattan.bsky.social “There is no solution to any of the threats the Amazon is facing without its communities,” said Raphael Hoetmer, a senior advisor at Amazon Watch. apnews.com/article/colo...

BREAKING: new report by Amazon Underworld & Amazon Watch reveals the mechanisms of control used by criminal networks, the capture of territories, & structural absence of effective state governance in the tri-border area between Colombia, Ecuador, & Peru. #AmazonCrime amazonwatch.org/news/2025/08...

This week, Bogotá hosts the Amazon Dialogues, where Amazon governments convene to discuss main challenges. With our journalistic partners and @amazonwatch.org, we have publications lined up about the Amazon's most disputed borderlands and why this should be on the political agenda. Stay tuned!

BREAKING: Indigenous Nations of Ecuador and Peru Reject Cross-Border Oil Deal, Urge California to End Amazon Crude Imports. "This deal has no consent, no legitimacy, and will face legal and social resistance every step of the way." #EndAmazonCrude #DefendTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/news/2025/08...

Deploying military forces into American cities is a direct attack on the right to protest and sets a dangerous precedent for the use of federal troops within U.S. borders and against civilians. Stay tuned for an official statement from the #ProtectTheProtest coalition on what's happening in DC.

"The vetoes are a breath of relief and proof that mobilization works, but the road ahead is long. Civil society must stay active to ensure our environmental laws protect nature, people, and justice.” – Célia Xakriabá amazonwatch.org/news/2025/08...

BREAKING: Brazil’s partial veto of the “#DevastationBill” stops some setbacks but leaves critical loopholes that threaten Indigenous land rights & environmental protections ahead of #COP30. Read the full press release: amazonwatch.org/news/2025/08... #DefendTheAmazon #VetaTudoLula

Those in power use Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation- SLAPPs, to silence dissent & intimidate activists. These abusive legal attacks threaten our right to resist. Learn more about #ProtectTheProtest @protecttheprotest.bsky.social from member EarthRights www.youtube.com/watch?v=10el...

BREAKING: “This bill shows Congress doesn’t care about the Brazilian people. They want more profits for agribusiness... while regular people pay more for toxic food & suffer through droughts, floods, and the climate crisis. Lula must veto this bill...” - Panh-ô Kayapó amazonwatch.org/news/2025/08...

"If the CEO of Skydance Media, David Ellison, wants to buy CBS and turn it into a MAGA propaganda outlet, he is entitled by law to do so. But the #FirstAmendment should be able to stop the government from compelling him to do so by threatening his business interests if he doesn’t."

Congratulations to Fundación Hakhu Amazonía and all the winners of the #EquatorPrize! www.equatorinitiative.org/equator-priz...

✊🏽 The fight for climate justice is also a fight for gender justice, and women are leading the way. Hear from frontline leaders in the latest issue of the Bioneers Pulse: buff.ly/YqMNVH2

“Big Oil has spent millions to rewrite the rules for its own gain —rules that would keep communities of color sick, polluted, and stuck paying the price for these giveaways,” said Faraz Rizvi, Campaign and Policy Manager at @apen4ej.bsky.social www.apenaction.org/2025/08/04/b...

“They are going to violate all our rights to enter our territories and extract the resources they want. There will be a lot of deforestation, contamination of rivers and destruction of the ecosystem, which is vital for our existence as Indigenous peoples.” - Nemo Guiquita apnews.com/article/ecua...

Excellent article by @sjgrattan.bsky.social @apnews.com: “We're seeing a sweeping package of regressive reforms that are rolling back environmental protections, Indigenous rights guarantees, & threatening basic civil liberties...” - Kevin Koenig of @amazonwatch.org apnews.com/article/ecua...

BREAKING: Peru & Ecuador’s Crude Gamble Faces Indigenous Wall of Resistance “Without our consent, this project has no legitimacy. Investors must be warned: any deal built on rights violations is built on quicksand.” #EndAmazonCrude #RespectIndigenousRights amazonwatch.org/news/2025/07...

🚨 Brazil is on the brink of environmental disaster. The Devastation Bill threatens Indigenous rights, biodiversity & global climate commitments. Civil society is rising. The world is watching. Lula: VETO IT ALL. Take action amazonwatch.org/news/2025/07... #VetaTudoLula #PLdaDevastacao

BREAKING: Peruvian Pres Boluarte confirmed a new agreement with Ecuador's state oil company that would connect new Amazon oil blocks to Peru's Talara refinery. Both countries are advancing oil infrastructure without Indigenous consent. Drilling Toward Disaster! www.instagram.com/p/DMvXFPapLX...

🚨 Ecuador's oil industry is collapsing & it’s no coincidence. For decades, Indigenous nations have warned that fossil fuel dependency is unsustainable. Instead of rebuilding broken pipelines, it’s time to build a future rooted in Indigenous sovereignty. t.co/BuX7FSRAa9

New report frm @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social- Bullsh*t: Forced Labor in Brazil’s Beef & Tallow Supply Chains. "report documents widespread use of forced labor on 15 cattle ranches in Brazil & links between these abuses & exports of beef & beef tallow to US." corpaccountabilitylab.org/bullsht-forc...

You Can’t Kill a River As the Amazon prepares to host COP30, the world must hear this message: you cannot kill a river. A forest is worth more than gold. And the peoples of the Xingu will not be silenced. #StopBeloSun #DefendTheAmazon #EyeOnTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/news/2025/07...

BREAKING: Protesters Bring “Planet in Crisis” to COP30 Headquarters in Belém Demonstration marks the release of a political declaration by the “Mutirão dos Povos,” a coalition of Indigenous peoples, traditional communities, and social movements from across the Amazon amazonwatch.org/news/2025/07...

🚨 Brazil’s Congress passed a bill that dismantles environmental licensing & allows the destruction of the Amazon & Indigenous rights. Indigenous Peoples are calling for action: Tell President Lula - VETO the #DevastationBill! #UrgentAction #NaoAoPLdaDevastacao amazonwatch.org/take-action/...

Raphael Hoetmer, Western Amazon Program Director at Amazon Watch, a longtime ally of the Wampis, said they only confront violent criminals – “yet are left to face danger without state protection.” apnews.com/article/peru...