ATOSSA SOLTANI
Amazon Watch
Upstream Impacts of LNG in South America
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Saturday Afternoon, September 14. 2007

Atossa Soltani is the founder and executive director of Amazon Watch, the non-profit organization dedicated to defending the rainforests and the rights of indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin. For the past 15 years, Atossa has been closely tracking threats to indigenous peoples and pristine frontiers of the Amazon Basin in South America and leading campaigns resulting in groundbreaking victories for indigenous peoples rights and the environment. She has documented human rights abuses and environmental disasters caused by transnational oil companies in the headwaters of the Amazon River. Together with indigenous peoples’ movements in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador, Amazon Watch is effectively holding corporations and governments accountable for environmental and human rights abuses. Atossa serves on the board of directors of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, on the Steering Council of the Amazon Alliance and on the Advisory Board of International Funders for Indigenous Peoples. Prior to founding Amazon Watch, Atossa worked for the Rainforest Action Network and the City of Santa Monica's environmental programs.