{"id":6689,"date":"2018-12-12T16:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=6689"},"modified":"2019-11-06T03:28:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:28:13","slug":"the-history-making-victory-of-the-amazon-reef-defenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/6689\/the-history-making-victory-of-the-amazon-reef-defenders\/","title":{"rendered":"The history-making victory of the Amazon Reef Defenders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Amazon Reef Defenders have made history.<\/strong> This young but massive global movement has won against one of the most powerful companies in the world: Total will not drill near the Amazon Reef in Brazil!<\/p>\n

The Brazilian environmental agency (Ibama) has finally denied the license to the company, and we\u2019ve had a crucial role in this historic decision.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s time to celebrate, and also to acknowledge and share all the achievements of this movement to inspire and create an even bigger movement to end the age of oil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Victory<\/p>\n

Less than two years ago, we started this adventure onboard the Esperanza vessel, capturing and sharing the first ever underwater images of the Amazon Reef. We were clear about our mission: to show to the world the amazingness of the Amazon Reef before it was too late, fully aware that an oil spill could damage it irreversibly.<\/span><\/p>\n

We knew that it wasn\u2019t going to be easy, that we needed to be many, that we needed to be strong, that we needed to be rigorous, that we needed to be diverse and that we needed to be united. And we did it.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been many: more than 2 million. We\u2019ve been strong, performing massive and brave demonstrations<\/b>, including crashing a meeting at Total\u2019s corporate headquarters. We\u2019ve been rigorous, putting science at the centre of our demands, revealing the existence of possible new species and proving the Amazon Reef is much bigger than previously thought. We\u2019ve been diverse, gathering in the same campaign people from around the globe, from scientists to local communities, from Malaysia to Paris, from actors and actresses to climbers and samba players. And we\u2019ve stayed united.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Amazon<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been fabulous to see how we\u2019ve been able to work together, how we\u2019ve been able to build a movement where all of us had a crucial role<\/b>: from the cyber activists who signed the petition to show their opposition to Total\u2019s plans, to the local communities from Amap\u00e1 who stood up against the threat drilling would represent to their region.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Amazon Reef Defenders have achieved this victory for the planet because we have been able to use our human potential and diversity to defend a natural treasure. Now we know that nothing is impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n

And this is only the beginning. We are not going to stop until the Amazon Reef is protected for <\/strong>good, until we end the age of oil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are super proud of you, Amazon Reef Defenders. We\u2019ve made history and now let\u2019s share it with the world!<\/span><\/p>\n

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