Posts by Amazon Conservation Team
Traditional medicine clinics will be modernized
On Monday, the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) has given the start sign for modernizing the traditional medicine clinics in the indigenous villages of Apetina and Tepu in the District Sipaliwini in the South of Suriname.
Read MoreACT Pilots Open Data Kit (ODK) to Enable Indigenous Partners to Seamlessly Collect Field Data in Their Native Language
ACT is undertaking a significant upgrade to our field data collection efforts—and that of our community partners—by introducing Open Data Kit (ODK) smartphone and tablet data collection forms.
Read MoreAmazon Tribes Use Mapping Technologies to Empower Cultural Stewardship of Ancestral Lands
ACT is undertaking a significant upgrade to our field data collection efforts—and that of our community partners—by introducing Open Data Kit (ODK) smartphone and tablet data collection forms.
Read MoreMobile Learning Technology for Rainforest Students
ACT has launched a pilot project that provides older students with tablets so that they may gather and share audiovisual materials to expand their understanding of coursework. A special thanks to the students of Apetina for sharing the following festive video, the first produced with their new tools.
Read MoreNational Geographic Explorer-Correspondent Mireya Mayor Joins Amazon Conservation Team
National Geographic explorer, anthropologist, and conservationist, Mireya Mayor, is joining the Amazon Conservation Team to help communicate news of vital projects and expand global awareness about the plight of the Amazon region, the nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving South American rainforests said in a news statement today. “Dr. Mayor will be lending her expertise,…
Read MoreACT and the Matawai Maroon Community Formalize Partnership
On February 5, 2016, during a meeting at the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT)-Suriname Office, the granman (chieftain) of Suriname’s Matawai Maroon community, Leslie Valentijn, signed an official memorandum of understanding of collaboration with ACT
Read MoreOngoing ACT Support for Suriname’s Green Education Chest Initiative
From January 16 to 18, 2016, ACT contributed to a capacity building workshop for local teachers centering on the nation’s Green Education Chest initiative. ACT Suriname Education and Outreach Coordinator Katia Delvoye led a training exercise for 35 instructors from the Brokopondo primary schools, showcasing the potential use of the series of ACT-produced Junior Park…
Read MoreThe Amazon Conservation Team is proud to celebrate its 20th anniversary
Dear Friends of ACT, 20 years ago, the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) was founded with a novel and motivating mission, to work in close partnership with indigenous people to preserve their knowledge and protect their lands in perpetuity. As 2016 begins, we will contemplate 20 years of innovative work and achievements, and continue our steadfast…
Read MoreColombia Indigenous Community of Curare – Los Ingleses Partakes in Second Training Targeting Territorial Protection
With support from ACT, members of the Curare – Los Ingleses indigenous reserve participated in their second mapping/GPS training workshop, in order to strengthen the community’s conservation monitoring program that seeks to protect their territory and that of indigenous isolated peoples.
Read MorePeasant and Indigenous Communities Exchange Knowledge on Sustainable Native Tree Management in the Colombian Amazon
Representatives of indigenous and campesino communities from the Colombian Amazon, with support from ACT staff, participated last year in shared learning activities related to the sustainable management and use of native timber trees.
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