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The Ilisu dam would inflict a similar set of problems, inundating an area that meets nine out of 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites' criteria and displacing over 35,000 people, explains Dicle Tuba Kilic, River Program Coordinator for Doga (Nature Association). Work on the dam in Turkey co...
"Let there be no mistake: this is not about delay," the letter continued. "We look forward to a trial to a jury hearing our evidence. We ask for a fair trial, however, not a show trial." Evidence of Chevron's avalanche of legal filings in the case, which is scheduled for trial in Octo...
Belo Monte: Justice Now! Rio+20 was recently held in Rio de Janeiro, yet Brazil's current energy polices have created glaring setbacks for the rights of indigenous peoples, the environment and Brazilian democracy. Xingu Rising A new short film about the struggle to defend the Xingu Ri...
Brazilians Denounce Dirty Belo Monte-Euro Connections May 1, 2013 | Christian Poirier Justice Now! Join the worldwide chorus calling for justice by urging Brazil's Supreme Court to rule on lawsuits against the Belo Monte Dam! SIGN THE PETITION The social and environmental disaster cur...
A United Cry Against Dams in the Amazon May 3, 2013 | Maíra Irigaray Notes from the Amazon Watch Brazil field team, currently in Altamira. Follow their journey directly here. Justice Now! Join the worldwide chorus calling for justice by urging Brazil's Supreme Court to rule on lawsuit...
The XI Oil Round is the Ecuadorian government's auctioning of 16 oil blocks in the south-central Ecuadorian Amazon. The blocks cover over ten million acres of pristine rainforest. Studies show that 85% of the area included in the round is intact, primary forest, and the ancestral home...
"Knowing that the nomadic populations frequently move between the reserve and the Manu river basin, as described in the EIA, it is believed that, as a result of the expansion, the migration of these people to Manu will be frequent and lead to new settlements being established in the a...
Chevron: You Can Run, But You Can't Hide Chevron has been ordered to pay US $19 billion to clean up its toxic mess in the Ecuadorian Amazon and help affected communities. Yet it refuses to pay and is now a fugitive from justice. The Amazon Is NOT for Sale Urge President Correa of Ecua...