Drone footage from historic Amazon fires taken in an Indigenous community of El Gran Chaco and Chiquitania in Bolivia.
As cattle ranchers and agricultural interests continue to burn thousands of acres of forest across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, I’m writing to you with an update on how your crucial support is helping frontline indigenous communities fight back against this crisis.
Since late August, when images of the fires gripped world headlines, our joint-campaign with Amazon Frontlines has raised $180,442 from 4,318 online donors. Together, we have sent 100% of these funds directly to Indigenous organizations and communities affected by the fires.
Your support is being used by Indigenous frontlines’ brigades to fight encroaching fires, while also rebuilding their communities, re-establishing crops, and re-constructing ceremonial houses.
We are committed to keeping you informed about how your funds are being deployed to best serve indigenous peoples, who are risking their lives to protect their lands and livelihoods from this global assault on our planet’s most important rainforest.
In the coming weeks, we will be organizing multiple trips for indigenous filmmakers from the Upper Amazon to document the perspectives and stories, and amplify the voices of indigenous peoples affected by these fires across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.
As the fires continue to rage across the Amazon rainforest during this dry season, urgent action and mobilization have never been so necessary. There’s still time to donate and show your support, if you haven’t already.
