Have you heard the news? Last week, Brazil’s Environmental Ministry cancelled the Tapajós mega-dam, handing the Munduruku people a monumental victory in their struggle to preserve their territory and culture.
Amazon Watch is proud to have been a partner to the Munduruku in defending their rights from brazen industry and government collusion, and you played a critical role in forging this victory. Thank you for taking action, writing letters, sharing the news, and providing the financial support we needed to do our job well.
It is important to honor and celebrate such victories, as this renews our spirit to face the next challenge. But environmental and human rights victories endure only with continued vigilance. This is especially true in modern Brazil, which is embroiled in a regressive rightward political shift.
Right now, a bill in the Brazilian Congress is dangerously close to becoming law. If passed, it would completely cancel the environmental review process that made the Tapajós victory possible. The mega-dam could then be revived and approved with no environmental or public review process whatsoever.
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