Media Coverage

Integrated Healthcare

January 2, 2015

Traditional medicine clinics in Suriname. In the rainforests of southern Suriname, ACT has a longstanding program – carried out by…

Sustainable Development

January 2, 2015

Supporting food security within indigenous communities. Because indigenous groups are unable to conduct much if any conservation work if their…

Indigenous Land Protection

January 2, 2015

Launching of the first indigenous park guard training course in the northeast Amazon. ACT has instituted the first indigenous park…

Indigenous Land Management

January 2, 2015

Comprehensive, long-term sustainable management plans for the Suruí people. In the western Brazilian Amazon, ACT helped the Suruí people develop…

Women's Programs

January 2, 2015

Supporting and empowering women healers. In Colombia, ACT supported the creation and continues to sponsor the operations of the first…

Health

January 2, 2015

ACT designs programs specifically to support the health of our indigenous partners because the degree to which our partners enjoy…

Biodiversity

January 2, 2015

The survival of the Amazon has great ramifications for life across the planet. A healthy and intact Amazon forest will…

Culture

January 2, 2015

Modernity has brought with it swift and abrupt changes to the cultures of traditional indigenous communities, and has historically left…

Our Success

January 2, 2015

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) protects the rainforest by working in close partnership with indigenous peoples. Our approach combines idealism,…

Our Strategy

January 2, 2015

The mapping of indigenous lands has been one of ACT’s most powerful tools in conserving the Amazon rainforest in partnership…