Thank you @mbachelet, High Commissioner of @UNHumanRights, for meeting with Peruvian Indigenous leaders from @aidesep_org to address land invasions by narcotraffickers. #Peru #HumanRights 🧵1/6
andina.pe/ingles/noticia… Communities like Unipacuyacu have long been demanding fair land titling and alternative development programs that focus on #Indigenous communities, with their consultation. 2/6
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The Ecuadorian government is putting Indigenous Peoples Living in Isolation at risk as they try to open up the heart of Yasuní National Park to oil drilling. #NoMasExterminioEnElYasuní
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amazonwatch.org/news/2021/1102… 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

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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!

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.

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

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.

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mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/id… 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

1 We’ve seen lots of articles, posts & tweets, comparing the horrible and devastating #Australia wildfires — to the #AmazonFires. We’ve gotten questions & come across some misinformation about how they are the same & how they are different. Let’s get into it.

A thread. 2 The #AmazonFires were not WILDFIRES, they were intentional. The fires were set by people (mainly men) to clear the Amazon for agribusiness and other extractive industries. Last year saw the highest level of #AmazonDeforestation over the past 11 years.

STATEMENT: Trade Tribunal Validates Corporate Abuse of Amazonians by Ruling in @Chevron's Favor amazonwatch.org/news/2018/0907… "It is absurd that an international trade tribunal can circumvent a sovereign democratic nation's independent judiciary. Ecuadorian courts were essentially found guilty of considering the evidence against @Chevron and holding the company to account." - @paulpaz