Protest in Rio de Janeiro for 350.org

Indigenous leader Ninawá Huni Kui, of the Huni Kui people in the state of Acre, during the action against oil and gas in Rio de Janeiro. December 4, 2020. Lucas Landau/350.org

As Brazil opens tenders for new blocks of oil and gas in the Amazon, Indigenous communities, fishers and environmentalists demand an end to fossil fuels

On December 4th, in front of the Sheraton Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, instead of hotel guests and tourists, a different sight greeted the people. Indigenous leaders, fishermen and activists from 350.org called for an end to oil and gas extraction in the Amazon.

Inside the hotel, the Brazilian National Agency of Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) were promoting a public session announcing tenders for oil and gas blocks available in the 2nd Permanent Offer Cycle, including areas in the Amazon, the incredibly biodiverse, carbon-locking forest known as the “lungs of the Earth”.