Pushing Back Against the “Donroe Doctrine” | Amazon Watch When Petro met Trump on February 3rd, the stakes were high. The Trump Administration had decertified Colombia from receiving security assistance on grounds that it was not adequately addressing drug t...

#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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From Self-Government to Climate Leadership: The Wampis Nation’s Story | Amazon Watch “For us, the Wampis, autonomy means living in freedom and peace as we have inherited our territory. It means being free from pollution and deciding our own future, for ourselves, but also for all of h...

From Self-Government to Climate Leadership: The Wampis Nation’s Story

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This Is What True Climate Leadership Looks Like | Amazon Watch “We’re very happy that our lands advanced in the demarcation process, but there are so many lands that still need to be recognized and demarcated in Brazil.”

This Is What True Climate Leadership Looks Like

Indigenous women and the grassroots Amazonian movement carried #COP30 on their shoulders.

Amazon Watch at COP. #EyeOnTheAmazon

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Lula, the World Is Watching: Veto the Devastation Bill Now! | Amazon Watch “Our future will be condemned if President Lula doesn’t veto the Devastation Bill.”

🚨 Brazil is on the brink of environmental disaster. The Devastation Bill threatens Indigenous rights, biodiversity & global climate commitments. Civil society is rising. The world is watching. Lula:VETO IT ALL. Take action amazonwatch.org/news/2025/07... #VetaTudoLula #PLdaDevastacao #EyeOnTheAmazon

You Can’t Kill a River | Amazon Watch In the Volta Grande do Xingu, the river still runs. Even with turbines and licenses strangling it, the Xingu endures because the peoples who protect it refuse to disappear.

You Can’t Kill a River

As the Amazon prepares to host COP30, the world must hear this message: you cannot kill a river. A forest is worth more than gold. And the peoples of the Xingu will not be silenced.

#StopBeloSun #DefendTheAmazon #EyeOnTheAmazon

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Mura People Rise Against Mining Invasion in Brazil | Amazon Watch “What happened at this large meeting was not just a gathering of the Mura most directly affected by the Brazil Potash project. Rather, the significance of this event lies in the fact that this struggl...

“The answer is us!” Over 300 Mura leaders united in defense of their land, joined by allies from the Munduruku. Together, they’re rising against mining and taking their fight global ahead of #COP30. Read more on #EyeOnTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/news/2025/06...

Chevron’s Toxic Empire on Trial | Amazon Watch “Chevron came in, extracted oil, poisoned the land and water, and then walked away."

🚨 @Chevron just held its shareholder meeting — but couldn’t silence the global backlash.
🛢️ Protests in Ecuador.
📉 Divestment by the Swiss National bank.
💥 A quarter of shareholders demanding change.
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Indigenous Peoples Denounce Criminal Expansion in the Amazon at the U.N. and Call for Global Action | Amazon Watch “The Permanent Forum must formally recognize that organized crime and illegal economies such as drug trafficking and illegal mining are an existential threat to our peoples."

Indigenous Peoples Denounce Criminal Expansion in the Amazon at the U.N. and Call for Global Action - @amazonwatch.bsky.social #EyeOnTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/news/2025/05...

Munduruku Protest for Indigenous Land Rights Reaches Brazil’s Supreme Court | Amazon Watch “It was a struggle to get to this meeting. We spent days and nights under the sun and rain, blocking cargo transport on the highway. We had to hit agribusiness in the pocket to be heard by the Supreme...

"During the blockade, Munduruku protestors were subjected to racism, verbal abuse, threats, and physical violence from truck drivers transporting agricultural commodities." @amazonwatch.bsky.social #EyeOnTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/news/2025/04...

Ancestral Outcry: The Battle to Save the Tapajós River from the Ferrogrão Mega-Railway | Amazon Watch Dozens of canoes lined with signs denouncing Ferrogrão formed a barrier blocking the traffic of barges transporting soy and other commodities.

This is the Tapajós River speaking: "I lend the voice of the humans who live alongside me to ask for help from all of you. I want to continue being a river and not a dead waterway. I am a corridor of biodiversity, life, and ancestry!" #NaoFerrograo
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Despite Victory in a Historic Referendum, Yasuní National Park Is Again at Risk | Amazon Watch Yasuní National Park Again at Risk: “Noboa & oil interests are taking advantage of the crisis... trafficking in fear to undermine the will of voters & upend democracy. The ppl have voted & votes mu...

Yasuní National Park Again at Risk: “Noboa & oil interests are taking advantage of the crisis... trafficking in fear to undermine the will of voters & upend democracy. The ppl have voted & votes must be respected.“-Pedro Bermeo, Yasunidos #EyeOnTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/news/2024/01...

As President Bolsonaro Takes Power, Brazil’s Indigenous M... As President Bolsonaro Takes Power, Brazil's Indigenous M...

As President Bolsonaro Takes Power, Brazil's Indigenous Movement Prepares to Resist #EleNão #ComplicityInDestruction #LandRightsNow #EyeOnTheAmazon #Resista #DefendEarthDefenders http://amwt.ch/4380 via @AmazonWatch