Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | Feb. 21, 2024 Deforestation footprint of Brazil’s three biggest meat companies five times larger in fragile Cerrado than in Amazon Brazil’s three largest meat companies have been linked to the destruction of an area of forest in Mato Grosso state bigger than Chicago, with the forest lost in the state’s Cerrado savannah nearly five times higher than in the Amazon. Press release | Sept. 19, 2023 Experts issue warning to investors as Brazil’s corrupt Batista family attempt to gain almost full control of world’s biggest meat company Civil society organisations from Brazil, the EU and US with expertise in anti-corruption, climate change, and human rights have issued a warning to more than 200 investors, urging them to steer clear of meat company JBS’s attempt to dual list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Press release | Aug. 8, 2023 Amazon Summit must put environmental defenders at the heart of commitments, as leaders convene in Brazil On 8th and 9th August, leaders of eight rainforest nations are convening in the city of Belém in Pará, Brazil, to discuss the future of the Amazon Rainforest. Press release | April 24, 2023 New tracking tool launched to monitor Amazon deforestation in meatpacker supply chain A new tool has been launched today by Global Witness that tracks Amazon deforestation linked to the indirect supply chain of the world’s biggest meatpacker, JBS. Statement | March 31, 2023 Open Letter to the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs on Escazú Agreement Global Witness has joined 144 other NGOs worldwide calling for Brazil to ratify the Escazú Agreement to protect the rights of land and environmental defenders via an open letter. Press release | Jan. 19, 2023 Facebook approves for publication ads with death threats and calls to violence following violent protests in Brazil Just days after violent anti-democratic attacks in Brazil, Facebook approved ads for publication that called on people to take up arms and storm government buildings, made explicit death threats against Lula supporters and their children, and described the election as stolen Press release | Jan. 10, 2023 Brazil insurrection: Social media platforms must act to stop spread of disinformation and calls to violence Social media firms must immediately implement emergency “break the glass” measures to protect Brazilian democracy Press release | Dec. 19, 2022 Brazilian palm oil firm, BBF, ramps up violence against Indigenous peoples in final days of Bolsonaro rule Cargill and others suspend trade with BBF in response, Global Witness calls on firms to permanently terminate purchases Press release | Dec. 16, 2022 Mark Carney firm offloaded farms linked to deforestation and human rights abuses in hypocrisy-ridden 'slash and sell' strategy Brookfield sells off deforestation linked lands instead of rectifying damage Statement | Nov. 10, 2022 Crimes against humanity committed in the Brazilian Amazon: criminal case filed at the International Criminal Court We're supporting the Climate Counsel, Greenpeace Brasil and Observatório do Clima, in calling for the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged crimes against humanity in Brazil Show Next 10
