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Amazon Rainforest
Ecuador Ordered to Pay Amazon-Polluting Chevron $220 Million
The oil giant was awarded hundreds of millions in compensation thanks in part to an international arbitration system.
The Real Models for Sustainability in Brazil Are to Be Found Outside COP30
These Amazonian communities don’t count on Brazil or UN conferences to protect them. They defend themselves.
Big Banks Poured $2B Into Oil and Gas Financing in the Amazon Since Last Year
“These investments are complicit in genocide,” said Jonas Mura, chief of the Gavião Real Indigenous Territory in Brazil.
Amazon Nears Ecological Tipping Point as Fires and Drought Ravage Rainforest
Dry conditions were fueled by deforestation and the El Niño weather pattern, and made worse by climate change.
Oil Threatens Decades of Indigenous-Led Conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon
A state-owned oil company is exploiting loopholes of a project that has been key to safeguarding Ecuador's rainforest.
Forcibly Displaced Siekopai People Celebrate the Return of Their Stolen Land
A new ruling marks the first time an Ecuadorian court has ordered the return of land stolen from Indigenous people.
Amazon Deforestation in August Plummets to 66 Percent Compared to Last Year
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has set a goal of zero deforestation by 2030.
How Will Ecuador’s New Oil Drilling Ban in Amazon Shape the Runoff Election?
“[Whoever] wins has to comply with what the Ecuadorian people voted,” says activist Helena Gualinga.
Ecuadorians Vote on Referendum to End Oil Drilling in Yasuní National Park
The vote offers Indigenous tribes and the entire country the possibility of “a different future,” said one advocate.
Indigenous Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo Group Defends Peruvian Amazon From Destruction
La Guardia Indígena protects around 8 million hectares of the Peruvian Amazon from logging, fishing and coca growing.