"Yesterday's announcement changes nothing on the ground. Indigenous nations have opposed oil extraction in these territories ...

"Regardless of the election outcome, decisions involving mining, oil, and infrastructure must respect Brazil’s sovereignty, environmental laws, and the rights of Indigenous peoples and traditional ...

The Waorani people took to the streets of Puyo to mark the three-year anniversary of Ecuador's historic Yasuní referendum and ...

I stand in solidarity with the Awajún Wampis Women’s Council Umukai Yawi (COMUAWUY) and amplify their call for protection and ...

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Belém, Brazil – The arrest of the director of Brazil’s National Mining Agency (ANM) and a senior official of the Brazilian Geological Survey (SGB), along with 20 others targeted by the Federal ...

“The answer is us!” cried more than 300 Mura leaders, youth, and elders during the VIII Assembly of the Mura People, held last month in the Lago do Soares Indigenous Land, a traditional Mura territory ...

This month, news broke that El Niño has officially begun. Scientists predict a strong likelihood that this year’s El Niño, a naturally-occurring climate phenomenon driven by warmer-than-average sea ...

In late October, Ecuador’s right-wing president Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency, citing rising violent crime. But the surprise move also conveniently suspended civil liberties just as ...

A critical element to our End Amazon Crude campaign is to challenge and cut off international financing for oil extraction in the Amazon. Last week, Amazon Watch staff accompanied a delegation of ...

The struggle for Indigenous rights in Brazil has reached a critical juncture as orchestrated attacks on their territorial claims intensify. Despite the Brazilian Supreme Court’s landmark decision in ...