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.
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..."
"What happens in the Amazon will define not only the climatic future, but also the stability of the countries themselves."
Read this recent op-ed from our Colombia program director Carolina Gil
Our co-founder Dr. Mark Plotkin @tareno70.bsky.social speaks with Dr. Joe Watkins, a member of the Choctaw Nation, about preserving and passing on Indigenous knowledge and his perspective on the growing interest in psychedelics. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧:
youtu.be/muSn0RHJxco?...
We just opened a new field station in Suriname’s remote Sipalawini region. Indigenous rangers will use the station—built with support from the Amazon Conservation Team—to protect ecosystems and conduct vital research.
Read more on the blog:
Exciting news out of Colombia, where they have officially adopted the Indigenous Intercultural Health System (SISPI) as national public policy—a powerful step toward health justice.
Read more about how this idea to combine traditional knowledge with modern health care became a reality:
Honored to be highlighted in the @csmonitor.bsky.social Points of Progress column for our work helping to establish a protected area for Indigenous Peoples living in isolation in Colombia 🛡️🌿🌍 www.csmonitor.com/World/Points...
"Everything shifted as we entered Ulupuwene. The biodiverse tropical savanna returned. We heard birds, spotted tapirs, and were enveloped by the vibrant sounds of the forest." — Liliana, ACT co-founder.
Read more about Liliana's recent visit on our blog:
We visited the Waujá village of Ulupuwene last week and saw community-led projects like a native plant nursery, traditional house rebuilding, and fire brigade —initiatives rooted in 21+ years of partnership with Indigenous leaders.
#IndigenousLeadership #Xingu #Wauja #AmazonConservation
Yesterday, Suriname's president named ACT's Mark Plotkin @tareno70.bsky.social a Knight of the Honorary Order of the Palm for his work on biocultural conservation.
Mark shared:
"I wish to thank everyone who made this possible ... especially—my many Maroon and Indigenous friends and teachers."
Thanks to the Ecological Restoration project and ACT-Colombia, William expanded his meliponary to care for more than 35 hives with his family and has become a local leader in using native bees to support forest regeneration and produce honey for medicinal value 🍯
#Stinglessbees #AmazonianHoney
☕🌿Attention coffee lovers of New York, join ACT's Dr. Mark J. Plotkin @tareno70.bsky.social for his talk "Caffeine and Consciousness" at the @nybg.bsky.social May 1!
In the Colombian Amazon, the Resguardo Curare Los Ingleses community pushes for autonomy and protection of the Intangible Zone — a thriving territory inhabited by isolated Indigenous peoples — from the perils of the outside world.
🎬 Coming soon to YouTube after its film festival run.
From protecting 3.5 million acres of rainforest to empowering Indigenous-led sea turtle conservation, the Amazon Conservation Team is making real progress—because every act of conservation counts. Happy #EarthDay! 🌿🐢🐝
For the first time ever, the territory of the Yuri-Passé—Indigenous peoples living in isolation in the Colombian Amazon— has been formally recognized and protected. 🌿🛡️
About 3 million acres of their ancestral land, between the Caquetá and Putumayo Rivers, is now legally defined.
#AmazonRainforest