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January 11, 2012: Mark Plotkin reviews two fascinating books from 2011. Read more here.
December 23, 2011: Over the past year, several incredible strides have been made in the protection of the northwestern Amazon region. Using its proven model of working with and empowering indigenous peoples, ACT has helped guarantee a safer future for both the Amazon and its people. Read more here.
December 9, 2011: Dr. Mark Plotkin writes movingly about hallucinogenic frogs and hearing loss. Read more here.
September 17, 2011: ACT joins forces with the Wishtoyo Foundation to sponsor “A Summit of Indigenous Spiritual Leaders.” Read more here.
September 16, 2011: ACT Advisory Board Member and conservation hero Dr. Jane Goodall will appear LIVE in hundreds of select movie theaters throughout the country for an exciting and unique event on September 27, 2011. For more information and to find a theater in your city, click here.
September 14, 2011: ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin talks rainforest conservation and traditional medicine at a local Leader's Forum. Read more here.
August 7, 2011: How to Lead. When to Follow. ACT's 2010 Annual Report looks at the past 15 years of rainforest conservation and the changing landscape that has shaped the organization ACT is today. Take a look at ACT's past and get a glimpse into its future as an innovative rainforest conservation organization. Download the full report here.
July 12, 2011: The Amazon Conservation Team and the Skoll Foundation launch an innovative new approach to rainforest conservation in the northeast and southwest regions of the Amazon. Read more here.
June 15, 2011: Read this blog post by Jim Fruchterman about indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon facing accidental fumigation of their cacao plants.
May 23, 2011: Congratulations to Almir Surui, leader of the Surui tribe in Brazil, on his recognition as one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business 2011. ACT partners with the Surui to develop tools such as management plans and land use maps and in the groundbreaking Surui Carbon Project. Read the full article here.
May 14, 2011: Congratulations to longtime ACT friend and producer Denise Zmekhol, whose film "Children of the Amazon" (which highlights ACT's indigenous partners the Surui tribe in Brazil), received the Bronze Drum Award at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival. You can view the film here.
April 15, 2011: ACT Suriname staff participated in a historic Land Rights & Demarcation Conference in Suriname. Read more here.
March 28, 2011: ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin is the recipient of the 2011 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Distinguished Alumni Award. Read more here.
March 2011: ACT's Director of Program Operations Liliana Madrigal visited the ACT-supported Yachaicuri Ethnoeducation School. Watch this short clip to learn more about the importance of the School to Colombia's Inga people.
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