We just launched an action calling on BlackRock to use its power as a big shareholder in agribusiness companies operating in the Brazilian Amazon to help stop the rainforest destruction.
Communities like Unipacuyacu have long been demanding fair land titling and alternative development programs that focus on #Indigenous communities, with their consultation. 2/6 amazonwatch.org/news/2022/0510…
The Unipacuyacu community, populated mainly by the Cacataibo, has been working to title their 22K hectares of land since 1995, but the bureaucracy of the regional government & the influence of illegal networks have prevented this. 3/6
President Lasso has begun oil extraction in Yasuní as he vowed to double oil production in Ecuador. Tomorrow, a human rights hearing over protective measures affecting future oil drilling in the area will take place. 2/5 #NoMasExterminioEnElYasuní
Yasuní National Park is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Located in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the park is home to three uncontacted Indigenous groups, the Tagaeri, Taromenani and Dugakaeri. 3/5
Some big things happened at last week’s hearing in the corporate prosecution of @SDonziger: A 2nd Circuit panel heard arguments about whether the appointment of a private law firm as special prosecutor (Rita Glavin & oil industry-linked Seward & Kissel) was unconstitutional. 🧵
Donziger’s attorneys argue Rita Glavin needed to be supervised by DOJ, and if not, it violates @SDonziger’s civil rights. In this moment from the hearing, Glavin says she has worked with the FBI — but tries to wiggle out of admitting @TheJusticeDept has not supervised her. Uh oh!
In fact: The United Nations has directed Biden and @TheJusticeDept to drop the charges, to #FreeDonziger, and to investigate this travesty!
Curious about the rise of asset manager capitalism and how it's impacting the U.S. infrastructure deal and climate policy? @KateAronoff's latest piece breaks it down clearly – and the implications are not good for our climate. newrepublic.com/article/163147…
.@blackrock has investments in every. single. sector. This means it wants to lower its exposure to climate risks but wants the people to do all the work.
“Ask not what BlackRock can do for climate policy. Ask what climate policy can do for BlackRock,” writes @KateAronoff.
.@blackrock is pioneering a model to make the public carry the burden of climate finance by asking the World Bank and IMF to “essentially transform into insurance companies” to protect private investment into green energy, but also for existing investments in fossil fuels.
Today, Brazil’s Supreme Court could define the future of Indigenous land demarcation. It's expected to rule on the “Marco Temporal,” or #TimeLimitTrick, an unconstitutional legal tool created by extractivist lobbies interested in exploiting Indigenous lands in Brazil.
The #TimeLimitTrick is a legal interpretation that claims that Indigenous groups only have the legal right to territory that they were physically occupying as of October 5, 1988 – the day the most recent Constitution was approved. #MarcoTemporalNão
This legal loophole willfully ignores the brutal history of forced displacement of Indigenous peoples, land theft, and violence that occurred before 1988. Instead, it seeks to limit Indigenous territories to only what had not already been stolen from them. apiboficial.org/2021/06/29/bra…
Deforestation has exploded in the Brazilian Amazon– having almost doubled in 2019. Illegal loggers & land grabbers have not stopped destroying the forest with the onset of the pandemic.
Indigenous communities face the advance of the #COVID-19 in their villages with little help from the government. Without direct intervention by the Brazilian Army and the Federal Police to expel the invaders, a genocide of entire indigenous communities is underway. 2/13
In the first 3 months of 2020, Amazon deforestation was up 51% from a year ago to an area roughly the size of New York City. The Yanomami land, in Roraima state, is overrun by 30,000 illegal goldminers, according to the Hutukara Yanomami Association. #EndAmazonDeforestation 3/13