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New StoryMap Shows the Fight for Survival of Isolated Indigenous Peoples in South America
The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) has launched a first-of-its-kind interactive StoryMap, A Fight for Survival, that shows the territorial areas of Isolated Indigenous Peoples…
Continue » about New StoryMap Shows the Fight for Survival of Isolated Indigenous Peoples in South AmericaColombian Court Upholds Landmark Ruling for Indigenous Rights
The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) welcomes the Constitutional Court’s decision last week to uphold Decree 1275 of 2024, a national framework that…
Continue » about Colombian Court Upholds Landmark Ruling for Indigenous RightsProtecting a Global Food Staple: Statement on Cassava Disease
The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is monitoring the potential spread of Witches’ Broom disease in cassava crops across the Guianas. The fungal pathogen Ceratobasidium causes broom-like shoots and can…
Continue » about Protecting a Global Food Staple: Statement on Cassava DiseaseOliver-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…
Continue » about Oliver-Ximon Mwiinga (Oli) Joins ACT as an AmbassadorFrom October 20 to October 22, 2025, ACT members from the USA, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and the Guianas gathered in…
Continue » about Costa Rica Gathering 2025: Honoring 30 Years and Building ACT’s FuturePeru 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…
Continue » about Peru Fails to Seize Critical Opportunity to Create World’s Largest Reserve for Isolated PeoplesThe Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is proud to announce that actress, model, and humanitarian Ariadna Gutiérrez has joined the organization…
Continue » about Ariadna Gutiérrez Becomes Ambassador for the Amazon Conservation TeamThe Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is proud to announce Afro-Cuban musician Cimafunk has joined the organization as an official ambassador.…
Continue » about Musician Cimafunk Teams Up With the Amazon Conservation TeamAncestral Tides Annual Report
Sea turtles are living ambassadors from a deep and distant past. For Indigenous cultures along the coast, these ancient, 100…
Continue » about Ancestral Tides Annual ReportLast month, in a historic act, Colombia’s national government formally adopted the Indigenous Intercultural Health System (SISPI) as national public…
Continue » about Colombia Embraces Indigenous Health as National Policy
