Hand-in-hand with indigenous and other local people, we apply the power of innovation and time-tested traditional practices to protect the forests and watersheds of tropical America.
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Legalization of Indigenous Territories in Colombia
Advances in the Consolidation of Biocultural Corridors.
Keeng Kumu: Indigenous Cartographer
The life and travels of an indigenous mapping expert
The Amazonian Travels of Richard Evans Schultes
Explore magical landscapes and indigenous cultures of the Amazon.
Amazon Gold Rush: Gold Mining in Suriname
Learn about impacts of Suriname's primary driver of deforestation.
From the Amazon to the Great Lakes: Sharing Knowledge and Mapping Oral Histories with First Nations Communities in Canada
For many communities across the world, like the indigenous communities of the Americas, oral history storytelling is a cultural tradition ...
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The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States and the Amazon Conservation Team Launch Partnership to Strengthen Indigenous Leaders in the Americas
(Washington, DC,) The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) and the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) announce a ...
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The Isolated Tribes
In the Amazon, for hundreds of years, two peoples have no contact with the rest of humanity: the Yuris and ...
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