Chile – Global Justice Ecology Project

Celebrating our 20th Anniversary

Issues we tackle

Solidarity with the Mapuche

We work to support Indigenous Mapuche communities in Chile fighting to recover their stolen ancestral lands while being subjected to extreme repression by the state.

Chile Groups Denounce Impacts of Mega-Fires

January 22, 2026

Chile Engulfed in Plantation & Climate-fueled Mega-Fires yet again

January 19, 2026

An Indigenous Mapuche man and two Mapuche elder women in colorful traditional dress sit and speak with a group

Chile deploys 500 officers in bogus arrest of children of disappeared Mapuche activist Julia Chuñil

January 15, 2026

Mapuche youth targeted under new anti-terrorism law in Chile

December 19, 2025

Mapuche communities denounce torture and application of Anti-Terrorism Law against young people detained in Arauco Province

November 26, 2025

Letter from Mapuche Lonko Juan Pichun Collonao of the Lof Temulemu (Translated from Spanish)

November 7, 2025

Chile bajo escrutinio: Organizaciones de la sociedad civil denuncian retroceso ambiental y de derechos humanos, ante Naciones Unidas

September 12, 2025

Chile’s ambitious forest expansion plan: 1 million more hectares of pine and eucalyptus

September 11, 2025

GJEP’s Fall 2025 Vermont Tour!

September 9, 2025

2024 Impact Report

December 2, 2024

BioBio Chile: US NGO visits CAM inmates held in Temuco prison

November 20, 2024

GJEP on the ground: taking action to defend Indigenous rights & forests in Chile

November 5, 2024

Via Radio Kurruf: International Human Rights Observers visit Mapuche political prisoners in Temuco prison

October 8, 2024

Indigenous Knowledge vs Genetic Engineering: Humans as part of the Earth or apart from the Earth

August 5, 2024

Vanguard S.O.S.: Conflict and controversy swirl around Vanguard investments in Chilean pulp giant Arauco

July 18, 2024

Featured Photo: Mapuche People Defeat Toxic Trash Incinerator!

December 21, 2023

Undisciplined Environments: Forest Sovereignty Against The Expansion Of Tree Monocultures

September 20, 2023

Chilean flag flies in a burned industrial pine plantation

Featured Photo: 11 September 1973 through 11 September 2023 – 50 Years later the legacy of the Pinochet dictatorship continues

September 11, 2023

Resumen: Mapuche prisoners have been on hunger strike for more than 100 days demanding restitution of rights

August 18, 2023

Virtual Film Screening & Panel Discussion: April 26, 2023

April 17, 2023

Orange and black photo of trees with a line of fire at their base, with text overlay saying, “Call to Action, Global Action Day, March 24th, #ChileIsOurStory.”

March 24, 2023: International Day Of Action: Hold the Forestry Industry in Chile to Account

March 24, 2023

A person dancing on the right, bent at the waist, wearing a shawl of navy and green. Several other people are gathered on the left, watching and smiling

Happy Solstice! Help us celebrate by protecting forests: NEW Deadline Jan 26th!

December 21, 2022

A revolutionary constitution for Chile and for all humanity

August 25, 2022

New Report on Stolen Land and Fading Forests in Chile

June 28, 2022

Electric Cars and Lithium Extraction Threaten to Drive Even More Climate Harm

June 3, 2022

IPCC Climate Impacts Report Must be a Rallying Cry Against False Solutions

March 2, 2022

US Forest Service uses blowtorch on activist at logging protest in the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois by Orin Langelle

Forest Defenders & Chile Activist: GJEP’s February Update

February 24, 2022

Chilean Leftist Wins Country’s Election

December 22, 2021

FSC Sign On Letter Against GE Trees: English, Spanish, Portuguese

December 15, 2021

GJEP’s December Update: Rejecting GE Trees & Threats to our Collective Future!

December 14, 2021

Chilean Anti-Dam Land Defender Murdered

December 3, 2021

Looking Back: “Thanksgiving Day” 2019 in Mapuche Territory, Chile

November 25, 2021

GJEP’s November Update: Rejecting Unjust Climate Mitigation Schemes

November 9, 2021

Happy Holidays from GJEP! — Looking forward to 2021

December 23, 2020

KPFA’s A Rude Awakening Interviews Gary Hughes on Chile’s Constitutional Reset

November 16, 2020

November 2020 Update From Global Justice Ecology Project

November 10, 2020

Chile Uprising for Land & Freedom

November 5, 2020

GJEP & Biofuelwatch Congratulate the Peoples of Chile

October 30, 2020

Overwhelming Majority Vote to Throw Out Pinochet-Era Constitution in Chile

October 27, 2020

A Discussion on the Realities of COP25

December 17, 2019

WBAI News Interviews Anne Petermann

December 16, 2019

Climate Change, Social Justice and Mobilizations in Chile-Wake Up Dreaming

December 16, 2019

Video: Mapuche Lonko Alberto Curamil Freed!

December 15, 2019

Full Moon Friday the 13th at the Chile Uprising in Santiago

December 14, 2019

WBAI Second Interview With Anne Petermann

December 14, 2019

Victory: UN Human Rights Council Adopting Peasant Rights Declaration in Geneva

October 1, 2018

GJEP Summer Update: News and Celebration

July 23, 2018

Mapuche Leader Machi Francisca Linconao Acquitted on Terrorism Charges

May 17, 2018

Take Action: Glyphosate, Roundup Must Be Removed from Market

April 23, 2018

Visual Stories of El Durazno: The Power of Community Conviction

April 13, 2018

Victory: UN Human Rights Council Adopting Peasant Rights Declaration in Geneva

October 1, 2018

GJEP Summer Update: News and Celebration

July 23, 2018

Mapuche Leader Machi Francisca Linconao Acquitted on Terrorism Charges

May 17, 2018

Take Action: Glyphosate, Roundup Must Be Removed from Market

April 23, 2018

Visual Stories of El Durazno: The Power of Community Conviction

April 13, 2018

Poplar Tree

Field Liberation Movement Gives Permit to Cut GE Tree Field Trial to Flemish Env Minister

November 21, 2016

Former Chilean Military Official Found Liable for Killing of Victor Jara

June 28, 2016

Save the habitat of 26,000 Humboldt penguins!

February 4, 2016

Asunción Declaration: A Resounding Global NO to GE Trees

March 10, 2015

Open letter to CTNBio to reject GE trees in Brazil

June 17, 2014

Social & Ecological Impacts of Using Wood for Liquid Fuels

April 25, 2014

World Rainforest Movement: Scientists Demand New Definition of Forests by United Nations

September 19, 2011

Fierce competition over global wood fibre supply set to take off

May 5, 2011

Cancun COP-16: Climate Justice Experts Available for Interviews

November 29, 2010

Groups condemn implied land-grab for biochar

August 30, 2010

The Dangers of Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees

May 24, 2010

Alert–Cochabamba Climate Conference

April 19, 2010

Playlist

5 Videos

Interview with Mapuche Lonko about political oppression and struggle for Indigenous land rights.

2:11

Concepcion Presser With Subtitles RAW

13:38

Statement from Lefkenche Territory, by nephew of Mapuche Political prisoners.

1:47

Interview with Mapuche Political Prisoner

2:29

Wallmapu Series Trailer

0:23

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