Learn about the culture, geography, and history of Amazonian rainforest communities — and the environmental and political threats which they face — through the following works of map-driven digital storytelling such as ESRI story maps, created by the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT).
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A participatory investigation of the collection of the Ethnographic Museum of Leticia from indigenous perspectives, with a focus on the Magütá (Tikuna), Yukuna, Makuna, and Gente del Centro (Murui-muina and related groups). Digital platform created by Amazon Conservation Team in collaboration with Banco de la República. (2023, Spanish)
25 Years of Biocultural Conservation: The Amazon Conservation Team's 25th Anniversary
For the last 25 years, ACT’s decisions have been guided by close consultation with our partner communities, particularly the elders, who have defined our priorities in the fight for ancestral land rights and protection. (2021, English and Spanish)
Violated Collective Rights: The multidimensional impact of extractive and infrastructure projects
Cartography of 102 cases of collective rights violations in six Latin American countries from 2017 to 2019, including an analysis of how communities have defended their territories. (2020, English, Spanish and Portuguese)
Amazon Deforestation Reports: Colombia & Ecuador, 2017-2018
The following reports were created between 2017-2018 and have two objectives: 1) to illustrate the main deforestation hotspots in the Colombian and Ecuadorian Amazon between 2001 and 2015; and 2) investigate critical cases of deforestation with satellite images.