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The Amazon Conservation Team (www.amazonteam.org) (ACT) and the Skoll Foundation (www.skollfoundation.org) today announced the launch of an innovative approach to protecting and managing the Amazon rainforest. The initiative focuses on the creation of "biocultural conservation corridors" that link together indigenous lands, national parks, state forests and private landholdings in two enormous swaths of South American rainforest, one in the northeast Amazon and the other in the southwest.

Mar. 28, 2011 – Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) co-founder and President Dr. Mark Plotkin (’81 M.F.S.) was recently awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES).

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) and its indigenous partners mark 15 Years of Amazon Conservation in 2011. ACT, an NGO in the entrepreneurial mold, works in direct partnership with indigenous people to conserve biodiversity, improve human health, and fortify traditional culture in greater Amazonia.

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT), together with the Metareilá Association of Brazil's Surui indigenous people and in partnership with Forest Trends, the Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Amazon (IDESAM), the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO) and the Kanindé Association for Ethno-Environmental Protection, announced the launch of the Surui Carbon Fund during a panel at the United Nations COP16 climate conference in Cancún, Mexico. The initiative is part of the Surui Carbon Project, initiated in 2007 for organizations that wish to fund environmental protection and sustainable production activities and to improve the local capacity of indigenous peoples through the sale of carbon credits.

Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, President of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT), was recently named a recipient of a 2010 Jane Goodall Global Leadership Award by the Jane Goodall Institute. The award honors an individual who shares renowned primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall's values, vision, and commitment to making a positive difference for all living things.

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) today was named a Tech Awards Laureate; one of 15 global innovators recognized each year for applying technology to benefit humanity and spark global change. The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum, and presented by Applied Materials, Inc., selected the Amazon Conservation Team from hundreds of nominations representing more than 50 countries.

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT®), whose mission is to work in partnership with indigenous people to protect the rainforest, has announced it was named a recipient of Nature's Path Organic Foods' 2010 EnviroKidz Giving Back Award.  The Giving Back Program donates money to non-profit organizations, such as ACT, that support endangered species, habitat conservation and environmental education for kids.

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT^TM), whose mission is to work in partnership with indigenous people to protect the South American rainforest, is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Jane Goodall to our Advisory Committee.  For over fifty years, Dr. Goodall has been a pioneer in the fields of conservation, preservation and animal welfare, worldwide. 

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT^TM), whose mission is to work in partnership with indigenous people to protect the rainforest, has announced that it has been named a recipient of Nature's Path Organic Foods' 2009 EnviroKidz Giving Back Award.  The Giving Back Program donates money to nonprofit organizations such as ACT that support endangered species, habitat conservation and environmental education for children. Funds Will Support the Cultural and Environmental Education Of Indigenous Youth in the Northeast Amazon

Colombian government to create new rainforest preserve dedicated to protection of medical plants based on an initiative launched by local Indigenous communities.

Three-year Award to The Amazon Conservation Team to Expand Biocultural Conservation to 100 Million Acres of Ancestral Rainforest.