Christian Poirier

I'm deeply honored that @amazonwatch's Amazon Defenders Fund is making timely, potentially life-saving contributions to indigenous partners confronting the rising & deadly tide of #COVID19 in their communities. Oxygen concentrators delivered to Brazil's Munduruku people.

WATCH 📽️Oil Debt: Financing Amazon Destruction📽️ is a new documentary about the Achuar, Wampís & Chapra nations of the Peruvian Amazon as they fight to protect their territory against oil company @petroperu_sa & its financiers that enable its destruction. amazonwatch.org/bocc2024

The biggest funder of oil & gas in the Amazon @Jpmorgan Chase agreed to meet the delegation TOMORROW & canceled days before. The leaders traveled thousands of miles to discuss the bank's investments in @petroperu_sa, which harm the Amazon & its people. amazonwatch.org/news/2024/0425…

1// INTERCEPT BRASIL NO #ATL2024 🛖 Nosso repórter, @opaulomm, está cobrindo hoje o #ATL diretamente de Brasília. O evento é a assembleia dos povos indígenas do Brasil, realizada desde 2004.

On the 1st day of the Free Land Camp 2024, a delegation from The Alliance Against Ferrograo met with Brazil's Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, & the presidents of two main Brazilian institutes responsible for environmental protection. #MarcoAncestral #DemarcaçãoJá #atl2024

Waterways are the highways of local communities; low water levels leave them isolated and severely impacts the economy through loss of fish, food supplies and clean drinking water. Christian Poirier, Senior Member Amazon Watch @cpeartree Listen back: voiceofislam.co.uk/drive-time/

Indigenous Munduruku women @Alkorap1 from the Middle Tapajós in the Brazilian Amazon send a message to President @lulaoficial & world leaders, urging land demarcation in defense of the planet & our climate. #DemarcationNow #IndigenousLandRights

.@Cargill shortens timeline to end deforestation in Brazil. Is it enough? Beka Munduruku traveled frm the Amazon to confront Cargill & these are results! We'll work to ensure they're more than just words. BIG step forward for Indigenous ppls & the Amazon! startribune.com/cargill-new-go…

TODAY is #GIVINGTUESDAY! Together we can make it a powerful day for the Amazon & Indigenous rights! Every donation matched up to $100,000. We're so close to our goal. Will you stand WITH us and stand FOR the Amazon? amazonwatch.org/donate

📢 CANADA'S EXTRACTIVE PRACTICES ARE BEING EXPOSED at the @UN #UPRCanada. It will face the consequences of its corporate abuses linked to 37 Canadian projects in 9 Latin American countries. Protection of the Amazon & human rights must win over economic interests! #UnmaskingCanada

Today, we are #UnmaskingCanada & its extractive companies at the @UN Human Rights Council for its corporate abuses linked to 37 Canadian projects across nine countries in Latin America & the Caribbean.

‘Our world hangs by a thread’: Indigenous activist @SawBeka asks US agri giant @Cargill to stop destroying Amazon rainforest #BurningLegacy Check out the article here: theguardian.com/environment/20…

#UPRCanada 🇨🇦: 50+ organizations and traditional communities expose corporate abuse by 37 Canadian corporations in 9 Latin American Countries and the Caribbean. #NoMoreViolence amazonwatch.org/news/2023/0831…

“Today we made history! This consultation, born from the people, demonstrates the greatest national consensus in Ecuador. It is the first time that a country decides to defend life and leave oil underground. It is a historic victory for Ecuador and for the planet!” #SÍalYasuní

¡Hoy hicimos historia! Esta consulta, nacida desde la ciudadanía, demuestra el mayor consenso nacional en Ecuador. Es la primera vez que un país decide defender la vida y dejar el petróleo bajo tierra. ¡Es una victoria histórica para Ecuador y para el planeta! #SÍalYasuní

This Sunday, Ecuadorians will decide on a historic referendum to restrict oil in Yasuní National Park. A successful “yes” vote could protect 1M hectares of rainforest, and defend the rights of the Tagaeri, Taromenane, and Dugakaeri peoples. #SiAlYasuni amazonwatch.org/news/2023/0816…

Enlightening discussion with @cpeartree @mcoimbra @RaulPenaranda1 on the outcomes of the Amazon Summit for @The_Newsmakers @trtworld this morning youtu.be/d42f1HrKvRE

🧵Yasuní is a biodiverse & cultural treasure in the Ecuadorian Amazon that we must protect for the future of our planet. August 20 will mark a historic moment for #ClimateJustice & the end of fossil fuels. Ecuadorians will vote to keep the oil in the soil! sialyasuni.com/en/home/

🧵Earlier this month, we joined a meeting in Leticia to support our Indigenous partners and work with @Avaaz towards the Amazonian President's Summit in Belem - an important space to advocate for Indigenous & territorial rights for the rainforest /1 es.mongabay.com/2023/07/que-pr…

On July 3, the world learned that a Yanomami child was shot and killed and 5 community members wounded in #Brazil, in violence related to illegal mining. We need urgent action to dismantle the criminal networks plaguing these territories, says @cpeartree. news.mongabay.com/2023/07/six-mo…

This Friday, June 23, 2023, the Peruvian Congress might vote to modify the Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI) law, leaving the door open for the genocide of dozens of cultures and the destruction of 13% of the Peruvian Amazon. amazonwatch.org/news/2023/0620…