The gap between what international courts say on climate change & what governments do is stark.
But across the world & in UN fora, Indigenous leaders, civil society, and climate-vulnerable countries are working hard to turn global climate court rulings into action.
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Yuvelis Natalia Morales Blanco es una de los seis ganadores del premio Goldman 2026, uno de los más prestigiosos a nivel internacional para los defensores del medioambiente. Desde los 18 años lideras la oposición al ‘fracking’ en Puerto Wilches, Santander
🔴 #ATENCIÓN 2025 fue el año más violento para las personas defensoras de derechos humanos en Colombia desde la llegada al poder de Gustavo Petro en 2022, según un nuevo informe de Somos Defensores. ⬇️ es.mongabay.com/2026/04/viol...
Last year, Brazil's Petrobras began exploratory oil drilling off the Amazon coast, drawing concern from environmental groups and Indigenous communities.
Brazil’s Amazon hydropower plants are becoming vulnerable to climate change, and Belo Monte may be the clearest warning sign yet. Built after years of debate, the mega-dam is facing a problem its planners could not solve with engineering: less water. @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/03/fall...
‘If they pollute our rivers, what will become of us?’: the town divided between hope and fear in Brazil’s Amazon oil rush
Mayor Mamdani and Secretary-General António Guterres walk and talk, smiling.
Mayor Mamdani and Secretary-General António Guterres look up at a large display.
Mayor Mamdani and Secretary-General António Guterres look through a window at NYC.
I’ve long admired the steady leadership of Secretary-General António Guterres.
His commitment to human rights, the dignity of refugees, climate justice, and confronting global inequality reflects the kind of moral clarity our world urgently needs.
It was an honor to meet him this week at the UN.
TLDR for my latest on the Amazon Watch blog - Under the smokescreen of going after "narco-terrorists", the Trump Admin is pushing the MAGAfication of Latin America and angling to secure unfettered U.S. access to oil and critical minerals.
More details here: amazonwatch.org/news/2026/04...
Today, @markey.senate.gov and I wrote to Secretary Burgum to oppose this administration’s decision to pay a French company nearly $1 billion to cancel offshore wind facilities off the East Coast.
This administration must stop using our tax dollars to prop up the fossil fuel industry.
#Ecuador: UN experts raise alarm over targeting of #Indigenous leaders and activists; urge authorities to ensure accountability for any excessive use of force & persecution, and create conditions for inclusive dialogue.
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NEW: Trump aides weigh designating two criminal groups in Brazil foreign terrorist organizations, against the wishes of Lula. The sons of Bolsonaro, now in prison, are lobbying the US on this. It could help son Flávio Bolsonaro in his run against Lula. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/w...
🚨💧 Capirona, una comunidad indígena kichwa en la Amazonía ecuatoriana, no tiene agua segura para beber a pesar de que está rodeada de los ríos Puní y Shalkana, contaminados por la minería y actividades agroindustriales. ⬇️ es.mongabay.com/2026/03/ecua...
NEW: The US and Ecuador claimed they bombed a drug trafficking complex in early March.
A @nytimes.com investigation found it was actually a dairy farm.
From Ecuador:
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@mehdirhasan.bsky.social - Hello Mehdi! How can I send a pitch to Zeteo for one of your virtual town hall discussions? Please advise if there's a general or specific email address I should use. Much appreciated, andrew @ amazonwatch . org
30 Indigenous women from 7 Amazon nationalities traveled to Ecuador's northern oil region to witness the environmental damage left by decades of extraction — preparing their communities to resist further drilling.
📹 @sjgrattan.bsky.social @apnews.com
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🇵🇪 El juicio por el asesinato del líder indígena Quinto Inuma marcó un hecho histórico en Perú. Jueces del Tercer Juzgado Penal Colegiado Nacional de la Corte Superior Nacional de Justicia Penal Especializada viajaron de Lima a Tarapoto para escuchar a su familia y comunidad.
140+ Indigenous ppls occupied Brazil's federal agency FUNAI in Altamira, demanding suspension of Belo Sun's gold mine license on the Xingu River. ✊
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The Latest Tactic for Silencing Ecuador’s Environmental Defenders: Shuttering Their Bank Accounts
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📣 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. ⚖️✊
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"Ecuador and Canada are getting closer to formalizing a trade agreement. But Indigenous leaders in the South American country are denouncing a lack of consultation and calling for transparency. Official and community voices reveal a clash of agendas."
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With U.S. support, Ecuador’s armed forces destroyed a camp of the Comandos de la Frontera in Sucumbíos, an armed group involved in Colombia's ongoing peace talks.
In 2025 we warned about heightened cross-border conflict risks.
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"U.S. companies risk becoming stuck between two bad options: they could extract directly and either provoke the ire of armed groups or collude with them; or they could buy from state companies responsible for financing systematic abuses of Indigenous and local communities."
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Good news. Peru: The uncontacted Kakataibo people’s rights and lives are backed by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
Great news for the uncontacted Kakataibo people in Peru! ✊
Indigenous orgs AIDESEP, ORAU and FENACOKA asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to put pressure on the Peruvian gov to protect the Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve, home to uncontacted Kakataibo people. Finally they have!
Mongabay has launched an Indigenous Desk to center Indigenous perspectives in environmental journalism worldwide.
The initiative addresses long-standing coverage gaps and has already helped expose exploitation, support community action, and inform official investigations.
OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.
My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️
#EyeOnTheAmazon from @amazonmiller.bsky.social critiques the “Donroe Doctrine” as US policy pushes deeper into the Amazon region & beyond, urging a foreign policy rooted in justice & solidarity, not interventionism. Read more:
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In Avatar, the Na’vi fight to defend their home. In the Amazon, that fight is real. A new video featuring Jim Cameron, Raoni Metuktire, and Alessandra Korap Munduruku highlights Indigenous resistance to industrial agribusiness and mega infrastructure. Press release 👉 amazonwatch.org/news/2026/02...
"Hundreds of protestors are blocking a key Amazon soybean port in clash over river dredging." - @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The people who destroyed the environment are the ones who should pay for it.
Instead we're still giving them subsidies.
🇨🇴 #EntrevistaMongabay El secuestro de la senadora indígena Aida Quilcué deja al descubierto la inseguridad que viven los pueblos indígenas en pleno año electoral en Colombia. En esta entrevista cuenta momentos de su secuestro y sobre el rol de la Guardia Indígena.🧵⬇️ es.mongabay.com/2026/02/aida...
