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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · 2d

Estamos contrando!🍃
#AmazonFrontlines busca un/a defensor/a de derechos humanos y abogado/a proactivo/a y comprometido/a para unirse a nuestro equipo.
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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · 7d

#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

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · 10d

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

Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · 17d

🔴 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...

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · 21d

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.

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · 22d

"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.

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · 28d

🏺“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... 🔗

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Sep 9

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

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Sep 4

#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. 🛰️🌿

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Sep 3

🛢️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

Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Sep 2

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...

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Aug 28

🛢 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...

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Aug 26

🤝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.🍃

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Aug 21

📽 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

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌳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...

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Aug 17

🌿 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.

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Aug 15

🏫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...

Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Aug 13

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...

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Aug 13

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...

Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Jul 25

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...

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Jul 23

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...

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Jul 21

❗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...

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Amazon Frontlines @amazonfrontlines.bsky.social · Jul 17

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!

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