Amazon Watch

“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…

This victory was powered by Indigenous leadership, courage, and collective action. Thank you to everyone who stood in solidarity to protect the Amazon’s rivers.✊🌿🌊

Indigenous leaders warned the decree would open the door to destructive dredging, turning living rivers into dead export corridors and threatening the waterways communities depend on for survival.

🎉🎉After more than a month blockading @Cargill 's grain terminal, Indigenous peoples in Brazil have won a major victory. President Lula has revoked Decree 12,600/2025 🧵👇

Alessandra Korap, a community leader from the Munduruku peoples, said protesters "will only leave if Lula and the government overturn and revoke the decree." france24.com/en/live-news/2…