The Amazon Conservation Team
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We see a future where healthy tropical forests and thriving local communities exist in harmonious relationship with each other, contributing to the well-being of the planet
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Forests 🌿 Communities 🤝 Planet 🌎
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Forests 🌿 Communities 🤝 Planet 🌎
Join us during Climate Week NYC for a conversation on how participatory mapping can support Indigenous rights, conservation, climate resilience, and community leadership.
📅 Sept. 24 | 10 AM
📍 Esri Offices, NYC
Register → https://ow.ly/jzvM50ZO3i5
📅 Sept. 24 | 10 AM
📍 Esri Offices, NYC
Register → https://ow.ly/jzvM50ZO3i5
Participatory Mapping for Conservation, Rights, and Community Leadership
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September 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Join us during Climate Week NYC for a conversation on how participatory mapping can support Indigenous rights, conservation, climate resilience, and community leadership.
📅 Sept. 24 | 10 AM
📍 Esri Offices, NYC
Register → https://ow.ly/jzvM50ZO3i5
📅 Sept. 24 | 10 AM
📍 Esri Offices, NYC
Register → https://ow.ly/jzvM50ZO3i5
Meet Keeng Kumu, a Waiwai cartographer from Guyana mapping more than places—he’s helping communities preserve knowledge, strengthen territories, and pass it forward 🌿🗺️
Link: https://youtu.be/WYZdM6Gm8NE
Link: https://youtu.be/WYZdM6Gm8NE
Mapping Territory Through Indigenous Knowledge - YouTube
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September 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Meet Keeng Kumu, a Waiwai cartographer from Guyana mapping more than places—he’s helping communities preserve knowledge, strengthen territories, and pass it forward 🌿🗺️
Link: https://youtu.be/WYZdM6Gm8NE
Link: https://youtu.be/WYZdM6Gm8NE
Sea turtles have connected ocean and land ecosystems for millions of years 🐢
Today, human activity threatens their survival.
Together with local communities and support from Chantecaille, ACT helps protect nests and ensure thousands of hatchlings reach the sea, keeping this vital connection alive.
Today, human activity threatens their survival.
Together with local communities and support from Chantecaille, ACT helps protect nests and ensure thousands of hatchlings reach the sea, keeping this vital connection alive.
August 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Sea turtles have connected ocean and land ecosystems for millions of years 🐢
Today, human activity threatens their survival.
Together with local communities and support from Chantecaille, ACT helps protect nests and ensure thousands of hatchlings reach the sea, keeping this vital connection alive.
Today, human activity threatens their survival.
Together with local communities and support from Chantecaille, ACT helps protect nests and ensure thousands of hatchlings reach the sea, keeping this vital connection alive.
Following the 7.4 earthquake in Colombia, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities continue to face the challenges of recovery.
We’re listening to our partners and mobilizing support for urgent needs. Donate or share our campaign:
https://giving.gofundme.com/campaign/831955/donate
We’re listening to our partners and mobilizing support for urgent needs. Donate or share our campaign:
https://giving.gofundme.com/campaign/831955/donate
Donate to Colombia Earthquake Emergency Relief - Amazon Conservation Team
Support our cause by donating to Donate - Amazon Conservation Team.
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August 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Following the 7.4 earthquake in Colombia, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities continue to face the challenges of recovery.
We’re listening to our partners and mobilizing support for urgent needs. Donate or share our campaign:
https://giving.gofundme.com/campaign/831955/donate
We’re listening to our partners and mobilizing support for urgent needs. Donate or share our campaign:
https://giving.gofundme.com/campaign/831955/donate
Leatherback sea turtles travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic to return to Braamspunt, Suriname 🐢
As coastal erosion and poaching threaten this ancient journey, ACT-Guianas, ACT-Costa Rica and partners are working to protect nests and hatchlings.
Link: https://youtu.be/gJe78cM2ExM
As coastal erosion and poaching threaten this ancient journey, ACT-Guianas, ACT-Costa Rica and partners are working to protect nests and hatchlings.
Link: https://youtu.be/gJe78cM2ExM
August 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Leatherback sea turtles travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic to return to Braamspunt, Suriname 🐢
As coastal erosion and poaching threaten this ancient journey, ACT-Guianas, ACT-Costa Rica and partners are working to protect nests and hatchlings.
Link: https://youtu.be/gJe78cM2ExM
As coastal erosion and poaching threaten this ancient journey, ACT-Guianas, ACT-Costa Rica and partners are working to protect nests and hatchlings.
Link: https://youtu.be/gJe78cM2ExM
Meet Keeng Kumu, a Waiwai Indigenous cartographer from Guyana.
Long before GPS, Keeng was already mapping the landscapes he knew. Today, he combines Indigenous knowledge with modern mapping technologies.
Learn more: https://youtu.be/DEXVyL85vp8
Long before GPS, Keeng was already mapping the landscapes he knew. Today, he combines Indigenous knowledge with modern mapping technologies.
Learn more: https://youtu.be/DEXVyL85vp8
Meet Keeng Kumu: Indigenous Cartographer | Amazon Conservation Team
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August 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Meet Keeng Kumu, a Waiwai Indigenous cartographer from Guyana.
Long before GPS, Keeng was already mapping the landscapes he knew. Today, he combines Indigenous knowledge with modern mapping technologies.
Learn more: https://youtu.be/DEXVyL85vp8
Long before GPS, Keeng was already mapping the landscapes he knew. Today, he combines Indigenous knowledge with modern mapping technologies.
Learn more: https://youtu.be/DEXVyL85vp8
Today, on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate Indigenous leadership and the knowledge that has cared for lands and waters for generations.
A healthy future depends on listening to and supporting Indigenous Peoples 🌿
A healthy future depends on listening to and supporting Indigenous Peoples 🌿
August 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Today, on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate Indigenous leadership and the knowledge that has cared for lands and waters for generations.
A healthy future depends on listening to and supporting Indigenous Peoples 🌿
A healthy future depends on listening to and supporting Indigenous Peoples 🌿
What does restoring a territory really mean?
Indiarrury Cãn Krahô, a Krahô (Mēhī) leader and ACT-Brasil team member, explains why restoration is about more than land—it's about protecting knowledge, seeds, food, culture, and memory.
Indiarrury Cãn Krahô, a Krahô (Mēhī) leader and ACT-Brasil team member, explains why restoration is about more than land—it's about protecting knowledge, seeds, food, culture, and memory.
August 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
What does restoring a territory really mean?
Indiarrury Cãn Krahô, a Krahô (Mēhī) leader and ACT-Brasil team member, explains why restoration is about more than land—it's about protecting knowledge, seeds, food, culture, and memory.
Indiarrury Cãn Krahô, a Krahô (Mēhī) leader and ACT-Brasil team member, explains why restoration is about more than land—it's about protecting knowledge, seeds, food, culture, and memory.
Women like Adriana are leading efforts to protect their territories in the Colombian Amazon. They travel by boat to collect data on activity, helping their communities document threats and conserve the forest for future generations. In Manacaro, this work is led almost entirely by Indigenous women!
August 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Women like Adriana are leading efforts to protect their territories in the Colombian Amazon. They travel by boat to collect data on activity, helping their communities document threats and conserve the forest for future generations. In Manacaro, this work is led almost entirely by Indigenous women!
Sajino, majaz, açaí, copoazu, river fish—in the markets of the Amazon, products, languages, and trade routes coexist without borders. Here, trade is also a form of resistance: communities have decided to sell, with their own hands, what the land provides them.
Watch now!
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Watch now!
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July 28, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Sajino, majaz, açaí, copoazu, river fish—in the markets of the Amazon, products, languages, and trade routes coexist without borders. Here, trade is also a form of resistance: communities have decided to sell, with their own hands, what the land provides them.
Watch now!
🎥@brightsebastian
Watch now!
🎥@brightsebastian
Mangroves protect coastlines, store carbon, and provide nurseries for countless marine species. They also sustain the food, livelihoods, and cultural traditions of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities who have cared for these ecosystems.
Link: https://youtu.be/EdgjYRAEcdQ
Link: https://youtu.be/EdgjYRAEcdQ
Why Mangroves Matter to People and the Ocean - YouTube
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July 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Mangroves protect coastlines, store carbon, and provide nurseries for countless marine species. They also sustain the food, livelihoods, and cultural traditions of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities who have cared for these ecosystems.
Link: https://youtu.be/EdgjYRAEcdQ
Link: https://youtu.be/EdgjYRAEcdQ
In the Santa María community in Bolivia, when the body grows weak, there is a remedy that comes from the forest: açaí milk. It’s a fruit that families know well and that, for generations, has restored the vigor, energy, and blood the body needs.
Watch now!
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Watch now!
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July 25, 2026 at 4:31 PM
In the Santa María community in Bolivia, when the body grows weak, there is a remedy that comes from the forest: açaí milk. It’s a fruit that families know well and that, for generations, has restored the vigor, energy, and blood the body needs.
Watch now!
🎥@brightsebastian
Watch now!
🎥@brightsebastian
In Toka, a community of the Macushi people in Guyana, dairy farming is inconceivable without an understanding of the land. Knowing what grows, how the animals behave, and what to do when they get sick: this accumulated knowledge makes it unnecessary to seek help from outside.
🎥@brightsebastian
🎥@brightsebastian
July 21, 2026 at 10:31 PM
In Toka, a community of the Macushi people in Guyana, dairy farming is inconceivable without an understanding of the land. Knowing what grows, how the animals behave, and what to do when they get sick: this accumulated knowledge makes it unnecessary to seek help from outside.
🎥@brightsebastian
🎥@brightsebastian
Leticia is a crossroads where Colombia, Brazil, and Peru meet—and its market square reflects that. There, among stalls selling fish caught in nearby rivers, you can hear voices that evoke a time of abundance that is no longer the same.
Watch now!
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Watch now!
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July 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Leticia is a crossroads where Colombia, Brazil, and Peru meet—and its market square reflects that. There, among stalls selling fish caught in nearby rivers, you can hear voices that evoke a time of abundance that is no longer the same.
Watch now!
🎥@brightsebastian
Watch now!
🎥@brightsebastian
In the Tiriyó village of Kwamalasamutu, stingless beekeeping brings together forest stewardship, traditional knowledge, community well-being, and sustainable livelihoods.
By working alongside Indigenous communities, these initiatives help strengthen both biodiversity and biocultural resilience 🐝🌿
By working alongside Indigenous communities, these initiatives help strengthen both biodiversity and biocultural resilience 🐝🌿
July 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
In the Tiriyó village of Kwamalasamutu, stingless beekeeping brings together forest stewardship, traditional knowledge, community well-being, and sustainable livelihoods.
By working alongside Indigenous communities, these initiatives help strengthen both biodiversity and biocultural resilience 🐝🌿
By working alongside Indigenous communities, these initiatives help strengthen both biodiversity and biocultural resilience 🐝🌿
In Altagracia, a rural community in the Llanos de Moxos region of the Bolivian Amazon, the elders kept secrets for communicating with nature—secrets that their children and grandchildren still remember today.
Watch now!
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Watch now!
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July 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
In Altagracia, a rural community in the Llanos de Moxos region of the Bolivian Amazon, the elders kept secrets for communicating with nature—secrets that their children and grandchildren still remember today.
Watch now!
🎥@brightsebastian
Watch now!
🎥@brightsebastian
Have You Read the 2026 Issue of Wanaki Magazine?
It features stories of Indigenous leadership, territorial protection, traditional knowledge, and biocultural conservation.
Read now: https://www.flipsnack.com/amazonteam/wanaki-celebrating-30-years-of-biocultural-conservation
It features stories of Indigenous leadership, territorial protection, traditional knowledge, and biocultural conservation.
Read now: https://www.flipsnack.com/amazonteam/wanaki-celebrating-30-years-of-biocultural-conservation
Wanaki - Celebrating 30 Years of Biocultural Conservation
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July 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Have You Read the 2026 Issue of Wanaki Magazine?
It features stories of Indigenous leadership, territorial protection, traditional knowledge, and biocultural conservation.
Read now: https://www.flipsnack.com/amazonteam/wanaki-celebrating-30-years-of-biocultural-conservation
It features stories of Indigenous leadership, territorial protection, traditional knowledge, and biocultural conservation.
Read now: https://www.flipsnack.com/amazonteam/wanaki-celebrating-30-years-of-biocultural-conservation
For generations, Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities have cared for the land as they care for their own people. Their knowledge, cultures, and stewardship are inseparable from the ecosystems they help sustain.
Watch our new video: https://youtu.be/RE4vTagaOqQ
Watch our new video: https://youtu.be/RE4vTagaOqQ
Caring for the Land Means Caring for Its People - YouTube
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July 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
For generations, Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities have cared for the land as they care for their own people. Their knowledge, cultures, and stewardship are inseparable from the ecosystems they help sustain.
Watch our new video: https://youtu.be/RE4vTagaOqQ
Watch our new video: https://youtu.be/RE4vTagaOqQ
Where forest meets the sea. 🌿🌊
Nestled along Panama's Darién coast, our field station is surrounded by nature. In front of the station, you'll find our sea turtle nursery, where vulnerable hatchlings are protected during their earliest days before making their journey to the sea.
Nestled along Panama's Darién coast, our field station is surrounded by nature. In front of the station, you'll find our sea turtle nursery, where vulnerable hatchlings are protected during their earliest days before making their journey to the sea.
July 1, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Where forest meets the sea. 🌿🌊
Nestled along Panama's Darién coast, our field station is surrounded by nature. In front of the station, you'll find our sea turtle nursery, where vulnerable hatchlings are protected during their earliest days before making their journey to the sea.
Nestled along Panama's Darién coast, our field station is surrounded by nature. In front of the station, you'll find our sea turtle nursery, where vulnerable hatchlings are protected during their earliest days before making their journey to the sea.
Watch 24 years of forest change unfold.
Since 2001, nearly 900,000 hectares of forest have been lost in and around the Xingu Indigenous Territory due to agricultural expansion and forest fires.
This timelapse is a reminder of what's at stake, and why Indigenous-led conservation matters.
Since 2001, nearly 900,000 hectares of forest have been lost in and around the Xingu Indigenous Territory due to agricultural expansion and forest fires.
This timelapse is a reminder of what's at stake, and why Indigenous-led conservation matters.
June 30, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Watch 24 years of forest change unfold.
Since 2001, nearly 900,000 hectares of forest have been lost in and around the Xingu Indigenous Territory due to agricultural expansion and forest fires.
This timelapse is a reminder of what's at stake, and why Indigenous-led conservation matters.
Since 2001, nearly 900,000 hectares of forest have been lost in and around the Xingu Indigenous Territory due to agricultural expansion and forest fires.
This timelapse is a reminder of what's at stake, and why Indigenous-led conservation matters.
What does it take to strengthen the next generation of Indigenous leaders?
Hear from Sara Daza Martínez about how ACT Colombia’s Fellowship Program supports Indigenous students and future leaders.
Link: https://youtu.be/rGeHpBuQttg
Hear from Sara Daza Martínez about how ACT Colombia’s Fellowship Program supports Indigenous students and future leaders.
Link: https://youtu.be/rGeHpBuQttg
Investing in the Next Generation of Indigenous Leaders | YouTube
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June 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
What does it take to strengthen the next generation of Indigenous leaders?
Hear from Sara Daza Martínez about how ACT Colombia’s Fellowship Program supports Indigenous students and future leaders.
Link: https://youtu.be/rGeHpBuQttg
Hear from Sara Daza Martínez about how ACT Colombia’s Fellowship Program supports Indigenous students and future leaders.
Link: https://youtu.be/rGeHpBuQttg
Can industrial agriculture strengthen a country's future—or put its most valuable resources at risk?
In a new commentary for Mongabay, Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, ACT's co-founder, examines the potential impacts of large-scale soy and cattle production in Suriname.
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In a new commentary for Mongabay, Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, ACT's co-founder, examines the potential impacts of large-scale soy and cattle production in Suriname.
news.mongabay.com/2026/06/suri...
Suriname will not be saved by soybeans (commentary)
Suriname is being presented with a familiar proposition: foreign agribusiness, whether Brazilian, Mennonite, or otherwise, will modernize agriculture, create jobs, and bring prosperity. It is an appea...
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June 22, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Can industrial agriculture strengthen a country's future—or put its most valuable resources at risk?
In a new commentary for Mongabay, Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, ACT's co-founder, examines the potential impacts of large-scale soy and cattle production in Suriname.
news.mongabay.com/2026/06/suri...
In a new commentary for Mongabay, Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, ACT's co-founder, examines the potential impacts of large-scale soy and cattle production in Suriname.
news.mongabay.com/2026/06/suri...
Our new interactive StoryMap, created with the International Working Group Of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact, explores the territories of Isolated Indigenous Peoples across South America, the growing threats they face, and strategies for their protection.
A Fight for Survival - Isolated Indigenous Peoples
Interactive maps explore how Isolated Indigenous Peoples in South America are protected and threatened across the Amazon and Gran Chaco.
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February 17, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Our new interactive StoryMap, created with the International Working Group Of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact, explores the territories of Isolated Indigenous Peoples across South America, the growing threats they face, and strategies for their protection.
In the last 100 years, jaguars have lost roughly half of their historic range across South America.
But on some coastal areas, the long-standing ecological relationship between jaguars and sea turtles is helping sustain healthy populations and maintain the balance of their shared ecosystem.
But on some coastal areas, the long-standing ecological relationship between jaguars and sea turtles is helping sustain healthy populations and maintain the balance of their shared ecosystem.
How jaguars lost their connection to the coast, and why it’s critical to bring that back - Amazon Conservation Team
Discover how jaguars lost their ancient coastal habitats—and why restoring these connections with Indigenous communities is vital for ecosystem balance.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In the last 100 years, jaguars have lost roughly half of their historic range across South America.
But on some coastal areas, the long-standing ecological relationship between jaguars and sea turtles is helping sustain healthy populations and maintain the balance of their shared ecosystem.
But on some coastal areas, the long-standing ecological relationship between jaguars and sea turtles is helping sustain healthy populations and maintain the balance of their shared ecosystem.
As the world gathers for #COP30 in Belém, our co-founder @tareno70.bsky.social offers some perspective on 30 years of protecting the rainforest alongside Indigenous communities for @mongabay.com.
"The challenge now is to ensure that the forces of protection outpace the forces of destruction..."
"The challenge now is to ensure that the forces of protection outpace the forces of destruction..."
Top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin’s COP30 reflections on Amazon conservation (analysis)
Having studied the healing plants and peoples of tropical South America for well over four decades, I am often asked, “What is the conservation status of the Amazon Rainforest? Is the glass half-full ...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As the world gathers for #COP30 in Belém, our co-founder @tareno70.bsky.social offers some perspective on 30 years of protecting the rainforest alongside Indigenous communities for @mongabay.com.
"The challenge now is to ensure that the forces of protection outpace the forces of destruction..."
"The challenge now is to ensure that the forces of protection outpace the forces of destruction..."