New Report Sheds Light on Pressures Facing the Amazon Tri-Border Region
A fresh investigation maps the forces converging on the Colombia-Ecuador-Peru borderlands, offering communities and policymakers a clearer basis for action.
A new report has brought much-needed clarity to one of the Amazon's most complex regions, where the borders of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru meet.
The study is the work of Amazon Watch, an Ecoflix partner, produced together with Amazon Underworld.
It documents how U.S.-backed militarisation, expanding criminal economies and incoming right-wing governments are converging across this volatile part of the Amazon.
By setting out these overlapping pressures in one place, the report gives communities, researchers and decision-makers a firmer footing from which to respond.
Understanding how geopolitics and illicit economies interact in the tri-border area is a first step towards protecting both the people and the forests that call it home.
Reports like this matter because the Amazon's future depends on informed choices. Naming the risks openly makes it possible to address them, rather than allowing them to unfold unseen.
The tri-border region holds some of the richest and most biodiverse landscapes on Earth, and the communities living there are central to keeping it standing.
By pairing careful documentation with a call for greater scrutiny, Amazon Watch continues its long-running effort to defend the rainforest and the rights of those who depend on it.
You can watch the story of this work through Ecoflix and follow the findings as they emerge.