Amazon Watch

"In regions with few legal ways to earn a living, people are left with impossible choices. ‘It runs the entire economy.’ - Carlos Fernandez of Amazon Watch. A powerful reminder of the deeper realities behind drug policy." Read the article: nytimes.com/2026/04/17/wor…

This #EarthDay, support Indigenous Earth defenders protecting the Amazon in the name of all of us on this planet. Donate in partnership with Indigenous peoples on the frontlines of resistance and care. Double your impact while the match lasts. amazonwatch.org/donate

🎬 Amazon Watch is also co-hosting a screening of Yanuni — a film that follows the life and activism of Juma Xipaia, chief of the Kaarimã community from the Brazilian Amazon. Register and use code 360b20 for 20% off your ticket. Film screening details: conference.bioneers.org/film-screening…

Will you be at the 37th Annual Bioneers Conference in Berkeley? Amazon Watch will be there with partners from the Amazon — join us! 📅 Thursday, March 26 | 3–4:15pm 🎟️ Register and use code 360b20 for 20% off your ticket.

“Ecuador should take immediate steps to suspend oil extraction in Block 43 and fully comply with the court’s ruling to respect the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Yasuní national park.” @hrw hrw.org/news/2026/03/1…

📢 Message from Juma Xipaia, chief of the Kaarimã community. 140+ Indigenous people have occupied FUNAI's office in Altamira demanding Belo Sun's mining license be suspended. The Xingu cannot withstand another large-scale project. ✊

The Munduruku people of the Tapajós River have been fighting to protect their river and their territories for generations. Katô: Dreams of Dark Earth follows their struggle for land and clean water. Join the premier TOMORROW. 📽️ theeternalsong.org/kato/

We mourn the passing of Luis Francisco Yanza Angamarca — founder of the Amazon Defense Front, champion of justice for communities impacted by Chevron's toxic legacy in Ecuador, and our dear friend and colleague for over 40 years. May he rest in peace, power, respect, and dignity.

I traveled to Ecuador’s Amazon with Indigenous women from seven different nationalities who fear new oil exploration could reach their territories. They visited long-exploited oil fields in the northern Amazon to see firsthand the environmental damage. apnews.com/article/climat…

🎉 Amazon Watch turns 30 today. For three decades, one truth has guided our work: the most effective way to protect the Amazon is to stand with Indigenous peoples who have defended these forests for generations. More voices and stories to come all year. 🌿

✊140+ Indigenous people, led by the Middle Xingu Indigenous Women's Movement, have occupied a federal agency in Brazil demanding the suspension of Belo Sun's gold mine license on the Xingu River. 🔗 amazonwatch.org/news/2026/0311…

In Condorcanqui, 800+ Indigenous girls & boys are survivors of sexual abuse. When the state tried to shut down the prosecutors' offices handling their cases, Awajún Wampís women marched — and forced a reversal. They are still waiting for justice.

Indigenous peoples warned Belo Monte would bring social & ecological destruction — including deformed fish in the Xingu. 26 federal lawsuits. Regulators pushed ahead anyway. Now the dam faces a contentious license renewal as Amazon river flows fall. news.mongabay.com/2026/03/fallin…

Criminal networks are invading the Amazon, displacing and threatening Indigenous communities. But resistance is alive. 🌿✊ Read the full story⬇️ amazonwatch.org/news/2026/0304…

For #WomensHistoryMonth, join us at the #WECAN Women’s Momentum Assembly for a Just Fossil Fuel Phaseout to strategize and generate momentum for phasing out oil, gas, and coal, and building a just world! 📅 March 31 | Virtual & Free 🔗 tinyurl.com/woma-2026

Awajún & Wampis women in Peru's Amazon turned grief into power — compelling the state to reverse a rollback of justice services for sexual violence survivors. A powerful story for #WomenHistorysMonth. 🌿 Read the full story ⬇️ amazonwatch.org/news/2026/0303…

What should a foreign leader expect when meeting Donald Trump at the White House? When Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro met Trump on February 3, the stakes were high. Find out more👇 amazonwatch.org/news/2026/0226…

Illegal gold mining is poisoning the Amazon. Mercury contamination is devastating Indigenous communities in Peru, threatening health, rivers, and food systems. This is the real cost of unchecked extraction. apnews.com/article/peru-i…

“Revoking the decree is more than a political decision. It confirms that the struggle of Indigenous peoples and the communities that resisted was never in vain,” the Tapajos and Arapiuns Indigenous Council. apnews.com/article/brazil…

📢Indigenous resistance wins. After 33 days of occupation, Brazil has revoked Decree 12,600, stopping plans to privatize and dredge key Amazon rivers. The Tapajós stood strong. Indigenous leadership delivered. Read more 👇amazonwatch.org/news/2026/0223…