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			<title>Amazon Watch</title>
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			<description>Amazon Watch works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems.</description>
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<title>Indigenous Leaders Travel to Europe to Report Violations in Brazil</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/1009-indigenous-leaders-travel-to-europe-to-report-violations-in-brazil</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Brasília, Brazil – A delegation of Indigenous leaders will visit twelve European countries between October 17 and November 20 to report serious violations against Brazilian Indigenous Peoples since President Jair Bolsonaro took office. Led by the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), in partnership with civil society organizations, the campaign "Indigenous Blood: Not a Single Drop More" aims to pressure the Brazilian government and agribusiness companies to fulfill international agreements on climate change and human rights signed by Brazil. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:05:10 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Statement on the National Strike by Ecuador's Indigenous Movement</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/1008-amazon-watch-statement-on-the-national-strike-by-ecuadors-indigenous-movement</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "This moment of crisis presents Ecuador with a unique opportunity to heed the call of its people, support indigenous-led solutions, begin a transition to a post-petroleum economy, and put into practice the visionary concepts guaranteed by their Constitution, including the rights of nature and 'buen vivir' (living well), as well as respecting national and international laws on the rights to indigenous peoples. Now is the time to protect and defend the Amazon, indigneous rights, and the climate for all of our collective future." ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:13:44 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Amazon Defenders Make Their Voices Heard at Climate Week</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/1005-amazon-defenders-make-their-voices-heard-at-climate-week</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ As fires continue to rage in the Amazon rainforest, millions of people have taken to the streets around the world to demand radical, systemic change to the way humanity is handling the climate catastrophe. At New York's Climate Week, indigenous leaders from the Amazon, pro-democracy activists from Brazil, and members of Amazon Watch's team arrived to make our voices heard. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2019 05:30:33 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Amazon Fires Decreased in September, but Crisis Far From Over</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/1003-amazon-fires-decreased-in-september-but-crisis-far-from-over</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "We need a real commitment from Bolsonaro's government to protect Brazil's forests and their indigenous and traditional communities, who are the true guardians of the Amazon. Bolsonaro has promised 'zero tolerance' for explosive deforestation and subsequent widespread arson; however, his policies and rhetoric have actually encouraged such crimes." ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:55:54 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Amazon Watch Statement: Ecuador Leaving OPEC Signals Dangerous Oil Expansion</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/1002-statement-ecuador-leaving-opec-signals-dangerous-oil-expansion</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "Ecuador's decision to leave OPEC lays bare its intentions to expand production in its Amazonian oil fields, which lie underneath lands titled to indigenous peoples opposed to extraction and are some of the most biologically diverse places on the planet.," said Kevin Koenig, Climate and Energy Director for Amazon Watch. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:52:59 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Chevron's Legal Thuggery Run Amok</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/1001-chevrons-legal-thuggery-run-amok</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "The Chevron’s case rested on the paid testimony of a witness who was paid over $1 million. He admitted to changing his story multiple times, to sweetening his deal with Chevron. That was the star witness for Chevron in this case. I can’t  think of any other case that I have worked on that I think is as great a travesty of justice to a particular individual, and the way that the court system treats individuals' rights."
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:40:41 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>The Amazon Is Burning and We Must Stand With Indigenous Peoples to Protect It</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0926-the-amazon-is-burning-and-we-must-stand-with-indigenous-peoples-to-protect-it</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ This short video, launched during Climate Week, is an effort to broaden the public's understanding about not only what is happening in the Amazon, but also what we can do about it as a global community. The time has truly never been more pressing, as the Amazon, the "lungs of the Earth," approaches a tipping point. As many more people sign the pledge to protect the Amazon, the movement will grow in strength. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:14:16 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>BlackRock's CEO Fiddles While the Amazon Burns</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0924-blackrocks-ceo-fiddles-while-the-amazon-burns</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ What does the world's largest asset manager have to do with the fires raging in Brazil and other parts of the Amazon? In short: a lot. As the world's biggest money manager, BlackRock plays a key role in deciding where and how the $6.5 trillion in funds they manage are invested. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:18:30 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Statement: Bolsonaro Delivers Racist and Untruthful Speech to U.N. General Assembly</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0924-statement-bolsonaro-delivers-racist-and-untruthful-speech-to-un-general-assembly</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "Bolsonaro's speech is outrageous, undemocratic, racist, and deeply violent against the indigenous peoples of Brazil... Bolsonaro must be held responsible for the destruction of the Amazon and the brutalizing of indigenous peoples underway in Brazil today." ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:16:28 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Brazilian Indigenous Leaders Denounce Bolsonaro Before UN Speech</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0923-brazilian-indigenous-leaders-denounce-bolsonaro-before-un-speech</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "Not content with its attacks on indigenous peoples, the Brazilian government now seeks to legitimize its anti-indigenous policies by using an indigenous figure who sympathizes with its radical ideologies."
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:57:04 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Brazilians and U.S. Allies Deliver Petition to BlackRock Urging It to Act for the Amazon</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0924-brazilians-and-us-allies-deliver-petition-to-blackrock-urging-it-to-act-for-the-amazon</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "BlackRock is a powerful economic actor that provides significant financing for the expansion of agribusiness. Protests that raise global awareness on the true impacts of this company's financing are very important because they show how it drives deforestation, the destruction of indigenous lands, and the genocide of indigenous peoples. We need to understand who is behind these environmental crimes. Without public exposure these realities could go unnoticed," said Dinamam Tuxá, Executive Coordinator of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB). 
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 06:34:29 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>The Amazon Is Still on Fire. Conservation Groups Blame Illegal Logging and Criminal Networks.</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0922-the-amazon-is-still-on-fire-conservation-groups-blame-illegal-logging-and-criminal-networks</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ Supporting Indigenous people and protecting their rights is another important route toward protecting the environment. "If you look at maps of the Amazon, there are these islands of intact forest and the vast majority of those islands are indigenous territories," said Moira Birss, Finance Program Campaign Director at Amazon Watch. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:04:58 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Brazil's Attempt to Deceive at U.N. Rejected by Indigenous Leaders</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0922-brazils-attempt-to-deceive-at-un-rejected-by-indigenous-leaders</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "We do not accept and will never accept the Brazilian government appointing our indigenous representation on its own without consulting us through our recognized and supported organizations and leaders." ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 14:07:28 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Response to Investor Statement on Amazon Deforestation and Fires</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0919-response-to-investor-statement-on-amazon-deforestation-and-fires</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "Next week is the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York. This would be the perfect moment for the U.S. financial institutions that have yet to take action for the Amazon to step up. To do otherwise would be to continue their complicity in Amazon destruction." ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:57:36 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Amazon Tribe in Brazil Patrols Territory, Braces for Fight</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0917-amazon-tribe-in-brazil-patrols-territory-braces-for-fight</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "Land grabbers, miners, loggers have taken their lands and they've reacted by trying to protect it," said Brazilian lawmaker Edmilson Rodrigo. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:28:16 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Amazon Deforestation Is Driven by Criminal Networks, Report Finds</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0917-amazon-deforestation-is-driven-by-criminal-networks-report-finds</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "As long as you have this level of violence, lawlessness and impunity for the crimes committed by these criminal groups it will be impossible for Brazil to rein in deforestation. These criminal networks will attack anyone who stands in their way." ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:09:34 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Amazon Fires: Indigenous Peoples Mobilize to Save Their Territories, and the World Steps Up in Solidarity</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0917-indigenous-peoples-mobilize-to-save-their-territories-and-the-world-steps-up-in-solidarity</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ The current crisis is not the beginning of the assault on the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous guardians, and unfortunately, it will not be the last. Long before Brazil's current far-right government took power, local and global industrial interests set the stage for these fires, and they will not change their behavior unless they are pressured to do so. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:41:05 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>California Must Not Fall for Marketing Scheme That Falsely Claims to Protect Tropical Forests</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0916-california-must-not-fall-for-marketing-scheme-that-falsely-claims-to-protect-tropical-forests</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ The central theory of the Tropical Forest Standard has been proven false time and time again, first with the Kyoto Protocol, then with numerous public and private programs known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, or REDD+. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:10:28 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Amazon Watch Statement on Brazil-U.S. Amazon Plan</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0913-amazon-watch-statement-on-brazil-us-plan-for-the-amazon</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ "It is absolutely preposterous to assert that private-sector 'development' in the Amazon is the way to protect the rainforest. To the contrary, private-sector 'development' is the cause of Amazon destruction. Further industrial expansion in the rainforest will undoubtedly drive further deforestation, pushing the Amazon closer to the ecological tipping point that scientists warn will totally destroy it." ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:13:40 -0700</pubDate> 
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<title>Activists Follow the Money Fueling the Amazon Fires</title> 
<link>https://amazonwatch.org/news/2019/0910-activists-follow-the-money-fueling-the-amazon-fires</link> 
<description><![CDATA[ While the world watches in horror as fires rage on in the Amazon, activists are shining a light on the big businesses destroying what's popularly known as the "lungs of the Earth." On September 5th, people around the globe stood in solidarity with the rainforest's indigenous communities by partaking in the Global Day of Action for the Amazon, staging protests and singling out the bad actors profiting off deforestation. ]]></description> 
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:46:46 -0700</pubDate> 
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