Amazon Watch
Amazon Basin (South America) · 3.47°S · 62.22°W
Defending the Amazon rainforest and our climate alongside the Indigenous peoples who protect it.
About Amazon Watch
Amazon Watch is a non-profit that defends the Amazon rainforest and stands in solidarity with the Indigenous peoples protecting it.
The Amazon is one of the planet's most important climate stabilisers and home to Indigenous nations who have safeguarded it for generations. Today it is under assault from oil, gas and mining, from organised crime and militarisation, and from violence and encroachment on Indigenous lands, all of which accelerate the climate crisis.
Founded in 1996, Amazon Watch works in partnership with Indigenous and frontline communities rather than speaking over them. It treats secure Indigenous land rights and traditional stewardship as central to protecting the forest, not as an afterthought.
Its campaigns press to end oil extraction, keep mining out of the Amazon, secure territorial rights and confront the criminal economies destabilising the region. The work combines corporate accountability efforts, investigation and reporting, grassroots advocacy, support for Indigenous delegations and dedicated funds that channel resources directly to defenders on the ground.
What happens in the Amazon matters far beyond its borders, shaping the stability of the global climate and the rights of the people who call it home. Support helps sustain campaigns, research and the Indigenous-led defence of a forest the world cannot afford to lose.
End Amazon Crude
Working with Indigenous allies to keep oil drilling out of the rainforest.
Mining Out of the Amazon
Amplifying Indigenous calls to halt industrial mining on their territories.
Secure Indigenous Land Rights
Backing Indigenous demands for legal recognition and control of their lands.
Amazon Defenders Fund
Channelling fast, flexible support to Indigenous leaders facing threats and repression.
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