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Oliver-Ximon Mwiinga (Oli) Joins ACT as an Ambassador
The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is delighted to welcome Oliver-Ximon Mwiinga, an 11-year-old nature lover and emerging storyteller from The Hague, the Netherlands, as our newest Ambassador. Despite his young age, Oli has a remarkable sense of curiosity and deep empathy for the natural world. He loves football, animals, reading, and exploring — but above…
Read MoreTop ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin’s COP30 reflections on Amazon conservation (analysis)
As the world gathers for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Dr. Mark Plotkin, co-founder and president of the Amazon Conservation Team, offers perspective on what thirty years of protecting the Amazon alongside Indigenous communities has taught us. He recently shared his reflections in an article for Mongabay, an independent environmental news organization. Read the full analysis…
Read MoreCosta Rica Gathering 2025: Honoring 30 Years and Building ACT’s Future
From October 20 to October 22, 2025, ACT members from the USA, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and the Guianas gathered in Costa Rica for a transformative event. Joined by board members, donors, guests, and Indigenous partners — María del Rosario “Charito” Chicunque, Pablo Chindoy, and Marinete Tukano — the gathering focused on strategic conversations to align ACT around its next chapter while…
Read MoreRemembering Dr. Jane Goodall
Dr. Jane Goodall served as a beloved and trusted advisory board member to the organization for more than a decade. There are a few biologists of my generation – and subsequent generations – who were not inspired to pursue a career devoted to the tropics by either Indiana Jones or Jane Goodall, or both. The…
Read MorePeru Fails to Seize Critical Opportunity to Create World’s Largest Reserve for Isolated Peoples
As the General Secretariat of the International Working Group of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact (GTI-PIACI), the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) has worked alongside Indigenous partners to establish more than 7 million acres of reserves and buffer zones for isolated Indigenous peoples across the Amazon. Yesterday, however, Peru’s Multisectoral Commission voted against the…
Read MoreFinding Climate Optimism in the Amazon this Earth Day
Earth Day, celebrated this Tuesday, is a global reminder to reflect on the health of our planet. And right now, there’s no sugarcoating it—the biosphere’s vital signs are concerning. The past decade has been the hottest on record. Droughts, wildfires, and hurricanes are growing more intense. The climate crisis feels more real than ever. But…
Read MoreBeyond Borders: Uniting for Indigenous-Led Conservation in the Amazon
Amazon Conservation Team Collaboration in Colombia Earlier this month, ACT’s international staff gathered in Bogotá, Colombia, to reinforce our commitment to working across boundaries and cultures. Team members from the U.S., Brazil, Costa Rica, and the Guianas convened to advance our shared mission: partnering with indigenous and local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen…
Read MoreRichard Kahn: Sparking the Amazon Conservation Team
Richard Kahn was one of those quiet visionaries—a brilliant lawyer and activist with a profound sense of social and environmental justice and a believer in the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics in healing. Truly, a man ahead of his time. At the end of 1995, Richard, who at the time was a trustee of a family foundation, called to…
Read MoreBiocultural restoration at Jaba Tañiwashkaka
Understand how the Kogui people reclaimed access to the sea and restored nature at a coastal sacred site through our new blog about Jaba Tañiwashkaka.
Read MoreAmazon Conservation Team Guianas at the World Environment Day Expo
A field-based conservation organization that partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture. Visit our booth at the at the World Environment Day Expo, to learn about our unique model of Amazon rainforest management in Suriname. For over 25 years, ACT has co-created new methods of conservation with our…
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