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Too often, extractive projects move forward on Indigenous lands without communities’ consent. Indigenous groups in Ecuador want to change that.

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“We do this not only for us, but for all of humanity and all beings." 🌎 Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari, 2025 #GoldmanPrize winner from Peru, shares her story with @insideclimatenews.org. @katiesurma.bsky.social

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With the United Nations COP30 climate summit in Brazil this year, we’re highlighting the work of environmental rights defenders who bolstering the preservation and restoration of the Amazon.

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Celebrate #Earthday! Defend the Amazon! ALL DONATIONS DOUBLED THROUGH APRIL 22! In honor of Earth Month, generous donors are matching all gifts up to $50,000! We need to protect what we love. 💚 🌎🌱🌱 amazonwatch.org/donate

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The majority of people —56% in the US!—are worried about climate change, but not activated. Why not? Most feel helpless, hopeless, and don't know what to do. So more fear won't activate them. Rather, knowing what to do—and being invited to do it—will. Where to start? With a conversation today. 🧵

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Next week, some environmental orgs will likely be charged w/ bogus accusations by POTUS. Here’s the deal: we stand together. An attack on one is an attack on all. Those not named aren’t off the hook; they have to lean in to support those falsely accused. #unity www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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White House officials are preparing executive orders that would strip some enviro nonprofits of tax-exempt status for Earth Day, by @jendlouhy.bsky.social & @akshatrathi.bsky.social 🎁 Gift Link: Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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World’s biggest meat company JBS set to break Amazon deforestation commitment, livestock insiders say. Major investigation by Guardian, Unearthed and Reporter Brasil. Story by me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The Brazilian government launched an operation to removed thousands of illegal head of cattle from the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in the #Amazon Rainforest. The operation comes as a result of an investigation by RIN Fellow @bykarlamendes.bsky.social for @mongabay.bsky.social. bit.ly/3Ga27Ps

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A surge in the gold price has fueled gold miners’ destructive potential and their capacity to open new areas in highly isolated places. Prosecutors in Brazil’s Amapá state have warned of an illegal gold mine operating just 1 kilometer from second-highest known tree in the Brazilian Amazon.

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A recent amendment to Peru's Forestry and Wildlife Law has sparked intense backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous organizations.

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Latest from @apnews.com: Amendment to Peru law raises fears of Amazon rainforest destruction The reform sets a troubling precedent by effectively privatizing land that Peru’s constitution defines as national patrimony and could legitimize years of illegal deforestation apnews.com/article/peru...

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Brazil: Legendary Kayapó Indigenous leader Chief Raoni on the gaping wounds carved by illegal gold mining in the Amazon: "I am very worried. If they carry on like this and mine in our area, they will destroy nature - with effects that will be felt by the whole world." www.yahoo.com/news/toxic-g...

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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Brazilian Indigenous Congresswoman Célia Xakriabá has filed a criminal complaint with Brazil’s Supreme Court over police violence during the Indigenous march at ATL alleging racism, political and gender-based violence and bodily harm. Detailed press release is forthcoming. (Photo: Anderson Barbosa)

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Esta semana, en Brasilia, se está realizando el campamento indígena más grande de Brasil. La demarcación del territorio indígena es una exigencia oficial desde 1989. 36 años después piden lo mismo, dice Alana Manchineri de Coiab #COP30 elpais.com/america-futu...

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#HandsOff dance party on The Mall. Fight for your rights! (Including, To Party!)

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The Amazon isn’t just the world's greatest rainforest. She is the site of an epic struggle for our collective future ✊ This year, political leaders, surrounded by corporate lobbyists, will meet in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon to decide the future of our planet 🌍 #RespectTheAmazon

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Impresionante resistencia en la Amazonía Colombiana - Víctimas de la masacre de El Remanso siguen exigiendo la verdad, justicia y reparaciones en medio de una guerra silenciosa. No perder el relato por @valentinaplugo.bsky.social con fotos impactantes de Mariano Vimos. elpais.com/america-colo...

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Stop-and-search, fire ants and stinging nettles: doling out justice to illegal miners in #Peru’s Amazon. My story from the Wampis Nation. #bloodgold www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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The verdict against Greenpeace threatens all of our free speech rights. If companies are emboldened to sue critics for their speech, everyone's right to dissent is in jeopardy.

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Perú: Modificación de Ley APCI afecta acceso a la justicia y protección de pueblos indígenas www.pressenza.com/es/2025/03/p... Alertan que esta medida atenta contra su autonomía y convocaron a la movilización permanente desde sus territorios. Norma impulsada con el Congreso tampoco respetó

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This is how much crude oil is transported in the Ecuadorian Amazon, by barge Was on the Napo River recently w/ a @mongabaylatam.bsky.social team & saw many oil trucks float by Looks like an accident waiting to happen, pipelines have caused ecological issues in the region too, as they've documented

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BREAKING: Energy Transfer's Legal Assault on Greenpeace Threatens Free Speech Rights, Trial Monitors Report Court testimony reveals CEO Kelcy Warren’s company is employing shocking legal tactics as activists’ constitutional rights hang in the balance. www.trialmonitors.org/energy-trans...

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El Gobierno de Colombia y la Coordinadora Nacional Ejército Bolivariano, grupo que surgió tras la fragmentación de la segunda Marquetalia, acordaron retomar en abril los diálogos de paz.

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the State of #Ecuador responsible for violating the rights of the Tagaeri and Taromenane Peoples, and other Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation, including rights to property, self-determination, health, and a dignified life.

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A new law expanding the powers of the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI) poses a critical threat to the defence of human rights and the advancement of Indigenous peoples’ self-determination in the country. Statement: www.forestpeoples.org/en/civil-pol...

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Organizaciones ambientalistas y ecologistas de Ecuador celebran la histórica sentencia emitida por la Corte IDH, con la que sentó un precedente al condenar al Estado por vulneración de derechos de pueblos indígenas.

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