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Amazon Watch

Amazon Watch is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996, and based in Oakland, California. It works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. It partners with indigenous and environmental organizations in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Brazil in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems.

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Article summary

Amazon Watch is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996, and based in Oakland, California. It works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. It partners with indigenous and environmental organizations in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Brazil in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems.

Key claims

  1. area: 80 percent — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the area is "80 percent". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348519544

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.