Amazon Frontlines

Yesterday, Ecuador approved a new mining law that fast-tracks extraction while weakening environmental oversight and Indigenous rights. The future of the Amazon — and the climate stability it protects — is at stake. Read our mini briefing 👇 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/n...

As we step into our 2nd decade of work as an organization, we’re carrying forward what has always made this work possible: Indigenous leadership, long-term partnership, deep listening & collective action. Invest in the future of the #AmazonRainforest 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/donate

These animals were captured by camera traps installed with the support of Amazon Frontlines in Siekopai territory—where Indigenous stewardship protects biodiversity. Big Oil, deforestation, and climate change put all of this at risk. Protect the Amazon. Protect life #IndigenousConservation #Wildlife

Five Truths You Haven’t Been Told About Indigenous Guards Indigenous guards exist because communities and nationalities have the right to self-determination and autonomy. Know more about what it means to be a guard 👇🏼 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/f... 🎞🎥 @nicokingman Martín Kingman.

Indigenous leaders #NemonteNenquimo, #HindouIbrahimm & #RukkaSombolinggi demand a larger role at #COP30. "We welcome the ambition to protect the world’s forests. But protection without self-determination is just another form of control & colonialism." 🔗 www.context.news/nature/opini...

⚖️ Official Decision: The Freeze on Ceibo Alliance’s Bank Accounts Was Unjustified Judge orders that the accounts of Ceibo Alliance and other organizations be unfrozen and recognizes their actions as legal and legitimate. Learn More Here 👇 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/j...

👁 Indigenous Guards are ancestral, community-based organizations that defend life and territory. They include Indigenous youth and elders, women and men, who protect their lands and show the world what Indigenous-led conservation truly means. ✊🏽

📸Photography goes beyond images. “Stories in Territory” was developed by Johis Alarcon as part of the @catchlight-io.bsky.social Global Fellowship in collaboration with photography students and Indigenous communities of the Upper Amazon. 🔗View the Exhibition- amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/i...

Estamos contrando!🍃 #AmazonFrontlines busca un/a defensor/a de derechos humanos y abogado/a proactivo/a y comprometido/a para unirse a nuestro equipo. 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/es/jobs/abog...

#Ecuador is selling off the Amazon through nearly 50 oil projects. If we don’t act now, the extraction will affect 🌍 An area 37.5 times the size of New York 🇧🇪 The equivalent area of a country like Belgium will be devastated 📍 View the interactive map theamazonisnotforsale.org #TheAmazonisNOTforSale

Paro en Ecuador 🇪🇨 En medio de violaciones a los derechos humanos y el avance del extractivismo, los pueblos indígenas defienden sus territorios y alzan la voz frente al avance de los proyectos extractivos. La lucha es por la vida y la justicia. 🔗 shorturl.at/TKSTC por @mongabaylatam.bsky.social

On September 26th, a message, “Noboa: The Amazon is Not for Sale,” was projected on New York's Astor Place Tower. This reflects a growing global demand, joined by international celebrities, for Ecuador to halt its oil roadmap, which plans to offer over 50 blocks starting this year. #futuroamazonas

🔴 International Statement on the Institutional and Political Crisis in #Ecuador Ten human rights and civil society organizations warn of the serious risk facing judicial independence and fundamental rights in Ecuador. Full statement: amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/s...

Defenders of the #AmazonRainforest walking ancestral paths in Nemonpare, Ecuador.🦶🌳 The Amazon gives them life, and they sustain hers. 🎥 Amazon Frontlines/ Martin Kingman 🎵🗣 #Waorani Song “Ome Beye” by Nuestra Selva.

"I'm proud that my story, #WeWillBeJaguars, has found a place in so many people’s hearts & minds. Today, we celebrate the anniversary of its release in the US. Thank you to all who helped this story travel so far." -Nemonte Nenquimo, Waorani Leader & Co-founder of Amazon Frontlines.

🏺“Clay is not just earth or mud; through it, a network of care and protection between women and territories is created.” - Yadira Ocoguaje, Siekopai leader. Discover more about this ancestral art and its meaning — amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/i... 🔗

Listen. 🌬🌿 This is what the lungs of Mother Earth sound like. Indigenous Peoples and communities have been guarding, caring for, and coexisting with the #AmazonRainforest for millennia. Their stewardship sustains the Amazon, and the Amazon sustains life for all of us. Protect it. 🎥Amazon Frontlines

#AmazonFrontlines and #CeiboAlliance are training & equipping Indigenous communities across the Ecuadorian Amazon to help them pair their ancestral knowledge with #technology, using tools like drones, GPS, and camera traps to map and defend their rightful territories. 🛰️🌿

🛢️Abigail’s decision to fight against the expansion of the oil frontier started when she visited the places and people already touched by the #oilindustry ’s “promise of progress.” The evidence was clear: The promise of oil is a lie. 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/h... 📸 Michelle Gachet

Seven Indigenous Nations from #Pastaza Ecuador—the Achuar, Shiwiar, Kichwa, Sapara, Andwa, Waorani, and Shuar—denounce Ecuadorian President #DanielNoboa 's so-called $47B ‘Hydrocarbon Roadmap’. 🔗Read the full statement by indigenous nations, amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/a...

🛢 5+ años después de un devastador derrame de petróleo, hoy los Kichwa se vieron obligados a reiterar su caso en un diálogo intercultural convocado lejos del territorio afectado. Una vez más, el juez se negó a visitar el lugar del derrame. 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/es/chronicle...

🤝The partnership between #AmazonFrontlines and #AlianzaCeibo shows that lasting change comes from unity: #IndigenousPeoples leading the defense of their lands, and allies standing with them—listening, learning, and supporting their struggle for cultural survival.🍃

📽 Four films directed by Amazonian filmmakers from the #AlianzaCeibo & #AmazonFrontlines community will be presented in #France at #FestivalDouarnenez on August 21 & 22! The 2025 edition of #FestivalDouarnenez, “Peoples of the Amazon”, spotlights Indigenous resistance. 🔗 festival-douarnenez.com

🌳The #Yasuní rainforest is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Two years ago, Ecuadorians voted to stop oil drilling there. The government defied them. Drilling continues, but the climate victory is as important as ever 🔗Learn more- amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/9...

🌿 We’re hiring: Director of Communications & Campaigns! 📍Remote, strong preference for someone based in Ecuador or the Americas. 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/jobs/communi... #AmazonFrontlines seeks a visionary and strategic Communications Director to lead and strengthen our communications strategy.

🏫Necesitan una escuela y el gobierno llegó con papel de baño. 🧻 No se repara un daño histórico con suministros improvisados. La comunidad de #Sinangoe de Ecuador exige cumplimiento total de la sentencia ya. 🔗 Lee el comunicado- amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/r...

Indigenous & human rights organizations denounce the Protected Areas Law as unconstitutional due to its regressive nature & lack of consultation. 🔗 Read the PR- amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/i...

Por regresiva e inconsulta, organizaciones indígenas y de DDHH denuncian que es inconstitucional la Ley de Áreas Protegidas en #Ecuador. 🔗Leer el comunicado- amazonfrontlines.org/es/chronicle...

Es hora de que la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador y el juez #RichardOrtiz escuchen a las comunidades #Waorani de Pastaza EN sus territorios. Ni la Corte ni el Juez han convocado una audiencia. No han mostrado voluntad de resolver con justicia y equidad intercultural #AudienciaYa #ResistenciaWaorani

URGENT- on 24 July, President Daniel Noboa eliminated Ecuador’s Ministry of #Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition, transferring its functions to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the institution responsible for promoting oil drilling & mining. 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/e...

Abigail Mukucham, an Achuar and Shuar woman, shared her experience of touring oil sites in northern #Ecuador. What struck her most? Oil extraction isn’t hidden underground; it’s a deadly and dangerous operation that puts the lives of people last. ⚠️ 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/h...

❗In its session on July 18th, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court did not dismiss case 1296-19-JP, which concerns the #Waorani People of Pastaza, a recently contacted people facing heightened vulnerability. We remain vigilant to ensure the case is not dismissed. 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/k...

Leer el comunicado- tinyurl.com/46u2uxry 🚨ALERTA: El caso histórico del pueblo Waorani para proteger la Amazonía de la extracción petrolera podría ser desechado por la Corte Constitucional del #Ecuador mañana. ¡Nos unimos a lxs #Waorani e indígenas en exigir que la Corte actúe con urgencia!

🌿We’re hiring! |¡Estamos contratando! 1️⃣ Head of Digital 🌎 Remote (preferably in Ecuador) 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/jobs/head-of... 2️⃣Técnico/a de Educación Propia 📍 Presencial – Lago Agrio, Ecuador 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/es/jobs/tecn... 🗓 Deadline to apply/ Fecha límite: 01.08.2025

🔗https://tinyurl.com/c6kcr8nv 🚨 Última hora: La Asamblea Nacional del #Ecuador aprueba la polémica Ley de Áreas Protegidas. Haremos todo lo necesario para que se establezcan mecanismos constitucionales y legales que garanticen los derechos de los pueblos y de la naturaleza.

🚨 On 10 July, Ecuador’s National Assembly will vote on a bill that will change the future of one of the world’s most biodiverse countries. The world applauds Ecuador’s leadership in conservation, but #DanielNoboa 's bill would undermine decades of progress. 📢 SHARE WIDELY

🔗https://amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/proyecto-de-ley-para-privatizar-areas-protegidas-ecuador-comunicado/ 📢 13 líderes de pueblos y nacionalidades indígenas han emitido una declaración pública exigiendo ser escuchados. 📣 Las áreas NO están vacías, NO están en venta. ¡Esta ley debe ser rechazada!

President Noboa’s “urgent” bill will become law in 2 weeks, unless it's stopped. It hands over ancestral lands to private interests, ignores Indigenous Peoples entirely, & violates constitutional and international law. It is an attack on rights & nature. REJECT IT. #ÁreasProtegidasNOprivatizadas

❗Oil spills aren’t accidents—they’re the result of negligence. And we will stand with the #Kichwa until justice is served. 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/k...

🚨THE GOVT OF ECUADOR IS BETRAYING ITS CONSTITUTION & THE WORLD. #DanielNoboa 's administration proposed a law that is unconstitutional, an attack on Indigenous People, & once again disregards the right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent. 🔗STATEMENT- tinyurl.com/28dtyrp6

📍Big Oil’s impunity won’t silence us. We rise in solidarity with the #Kichwa 120+ people mobilized in El Coca, #Ecuador, demanding justice 5 years after a massive oil spill devastated their land & lives. The court delayed dialogue, so we brought the truth to their doorstep📣 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdfddxry

Five years ago, a major oil pipeline ruptured in the #AmazonRainforest, spilling over 660,000 gallons of crude into Ecuador's Coca and Napo rivers. Since then, Amazon Frontlines has stood with #Kichwa communities whose lives were forever changed. 🔗Read & Share- amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/o...

#Siekopai women from Peru & Ecuador gathered to share ancestral ceramic-making, dialogue & learning. A sacred Yoko ceremony strengthened spiritual & collective bonds.💚 With #AlianzaCeibo, we participated & learned about women-led initiatives to co-create strategies that foster sustainable autonomy.

In 2020, 15,800+ barrels of oil spilled into the Coca & Napo Rivers, devastating 27,000+ lives, especially #Kichwa communities. Their voices were dismissed. Justice delayed. ⏳On June 30, a landmark hearing will occur on Indigenous land! We stand with the Kichwa people in their demand for justice.

🍃We’re Hiring: Senior Part-Time Finance Consultant. 📍Remote |🌎Possible travel to Ecuador Join us for a 3-month consultancy (15–20 hrs/week, with possible extension) to strengthen & streamline our financial systems. 📆 Apply by July 4th. 📧 Apply here amazonfrontlines.org/jobs/senior-...

STARTING SOON! The 1st day of the Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 & Beyond is kicking off today at 1:00 PM EDT! Join the FREE & VIRTUAL event open to all via Zoom for interpretation & chat moderation, or watch live on Facebook and YouTube! tinyurl.com/CJ-2025

The #AmazonRainforest is sacred. It's life. And it is NOT for sale. This #WorldRainforestDay, raise your voice & ACT to protect the lungs of our planet from Big Oil. ✊🏽 Stand with the forest and its guardians. 🗣️ Add your voice. 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/campaigns/st... #STOPtheSilentAmazonOilAuction

📢In this article, we analyze the deceit behind the Ecuadorian Government’s Silent Amazon Oil Auction:🛢️8.7M acres of #AmazonRainforest up for grabs to Big Oil, justified by documents signed during so-called “consultations.” 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/e... #STOPtheSilentAmazonOilAuction

🚨 ANOTHER PREVENTABLE #OilSpill in the #AmazonRainforest. Kichwa communities in the Napo River Basin are suffering again! This latest oil spill is part of a long pattern of environmental destruction & impunity that defines #Ecuador’s oil industry. 🔗 amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/c...

Saamaka, Siekopai, & A’i Cofan women, from #Suriname to the Ecuadorian Amazon, gathered to strengthen their connections with land, forest, and each other. They united in strength, recognizing their commitment to defend the forest, life, and people. 🧡Gaantangi fu unu. Thank you. 📷 Michelle Gachet