amazon rainforest

October 8, 2019

Warning of uncontacted tribes 'genocide' after sacking of Brazilian government coordinator

President Bolsonaro wants to open up the Amazon rainforest for large-scale agribusiness and mining, and 'integrate' uncontacted indigenous peoples into mainstream society.
September 4, 2019

Greenpeace calls on fast food giants to take a stand against Amazon destruction

Greenpeace International has launched a campaign asking fast food giants Burger King, McDonald’s and KFC to reject goods linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon and across Brazil.
September 3, 2019

Campaign calls on Brazilian authorities to protect Amazon and its people

Amnesty has launched a new campaign demanding Brazil step up the protection of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and the Amazon.
September 1, 2019

Christians take action to promote biodiversity

From 1 September to 4 October, Christians will join together for the Season of Creation, a festival of prayer and community action to help protect the natural world.
August 2, 2019

Indigenous leader murdered in Brazil's northern Amazon

Survival International says President Bolsonaro’s recent comments on opening up indigenous territories to mining are emboldening illegal goldminers and other invaders.
May 1, 2019

Women environmental defenders 'in life-threatening danger' in Ecuador

A new Amnesty International report shows the Ecuadorian authorities are failing to prevent attacks against the environmental defenders, Amazonian Women.
October 31, 2018

Stark warning to Bolsonaro on climate change and human rights

International NGOs have issued a stark warning to the new President of Brazil on climate change and human rights.
August 24, 2018

Photographer who fled Nazis as a child honoured for campaign to save Amazonian tribe

A woman who fled Nazi persecution as a child and later spearheaded a campaign to save an Amazon tribe is being awarded Germany’s top cultural honour, the Goethe Medal.
February 1, 2017

Matsés Indians denounce oil exploration on uncontacted tribes’ land

Matsés Indians from the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon have denounced the threat of oil exploration on their ancestral land, which is home to uncontacted tribes.
August 19, 2016

Amazon fires threaten to wipe out uncontacted tribespeople

Forest fires are raging in an indigenous territory on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, threatening to wipe out uncontacted members of the Awá tribe.