Amazon Conservation

Happy 2025! 🎆 This year, we’re setting even bigger goals to protect more forests, empower communities, and trailblaze in the world of science, while also celebrating our 25-year anniversary! 🎉🌳✨ ⭐ Thank you for all you’ve done, let’s make it a thriving year for the Amazon!

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New from Amazon Conservation's MAAP initiative: Gold mining has led to 754 ha of deforestation in northern Ecuador’s Amazon since 2020 - most of it in 2024. See analyzes satellite data near Cofán Bermejo Reserve & Indigenous territories. Full report: maapprogram.org/gold-mining-ec…

🌳 Where is most of the Amazon’s carbon stored? A new article by Rhett Butler in @mongabay highlights #MAAP data showing that Indigenous territories and protected areas hold nearly all of it. Satellite science + forest stewardship. Read more: news.mongabay.com/short-article/…

This World Environment Day, remember: the Amazon matters - to all of us. Protecting the Amazon is a shared responsibility. Because what happens in the forest doesn't stay there. It shapes our future, everywhere. amazonconservation.org @amazonacca @AceaaAmazonica

Illegal gold mining in rivers of Colombian Amazon, on border with Brazil & Peru Our report in Spanish with @FcdsOrg Features satellite images & overflight photos of over 60 illegal mining barges maapprogram.org/es/mineria-ile… @FCDS_Peru @amazonacca @AmazonTeamOrg @ACA_DC

🌳 At the @GCFTaskForce 15th Annual Meeting in Brazil, we hosted a special side event with our sister organizations @amazonacca and @aceaamazonica to share how we're building a forest-based economy across the Amazon. 🌿 ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/4kG6TDi

Last week, our Peruvian sister organization @amazonacca joined Amazon Conservation Co-Founder Dr. Adrian Forsyth to officially unveil the Spanish edition of the iconic book Tropical Nature (Naturaleza Tropical)! 🌿 ⭐ Read more about this event: bit.ly/4kFJsdy

Excited to be here at the @GCFTaskForce meeting in Rio Branco, Brazil! 🌿✨ So far, we've made great connections with conservationists across the region and got to showcase our Bioeconomy work with local communities and Indigenous peoples! 🌳 @AceaaAmazonica @amazonacca

Next week, we're participating in the 15th Annual Meeting of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) in Brazil to share experiences, common challenges, and opportunities to help strengthen the forest economy in the Amazon!🌳 ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/4j8O62d

Join us TODAY for “An Afternoon for Conservation” with Amazon Conservation founder Dr. Adrian Forsyth! 🌿 ✨ 🔗 Don’t miss out! Register here: bit.ly/unatardeporlac… 📡 Live stream via Conservación Amazónica – ACCA's Facebook and Zoom (with simultaneous English translation).

MAAP #226 presents new 2024 data from our Amazon Mining Watch Dashboard: an AI-powered monitoring tool designed to provide actionable data for management and conservation purposes in near real-time at the national and regional levels. ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/3F2EN65

Don’t miss your chance — end this Earth Month with a lasting impact! 🌎 ✨ Your contributions are making a direct impact on the ground for people and wildlife in the Amazon.⭐Learn about all the smart ways you can give today! bit.ly/42YhMsZ

⭐ This video was taken in coordination with our sister organization @AceaaAmazonica

#CameraTrapTuesday 📸 | Check out these white-winged trumpeters (Psophia leucoptera)! Their trumpet-like calls are a distinct, almost musical sound that's hard to confuse with any other rainforest bird, which is what gives them their unique name! 🎺

❗ Amazon Conservation is #hiring! We're looking for a star candidate to fill our Director of Finance position! Candidates must be located in/near the Washington, DC area. Professional proficiency in Spanish is required. ⭐More info: amazonconservation.org/about/careers-…

A new study sheds light on a unique method of assessing mercury contamination levels in the Amazon using tree rings, offering insight into how trees are becoming a new biomonitoring tool for illegal mining. 🌳 ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/4ixTWKq

New from MAAP! ❗🛰️ Our latest report, MAAP #224, details recent deforestation taking place in two key areas of the Colombian Amazon: Chiribiquete National Park and the adjacent Llanos del Yarí–Yaguará II Indigenous Reserve. ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/44Bw7xQ @FcdsOrg

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌿 💚 All month long, we’ve been counting down to today's special surprise: a timeline of the biggest highlights from our 25-year journey at Amazon Conservation! Thank you for all you’ve helped us accomplish for the Amazon! ⭐ bit.ly/3YIYKFz

Just one more day until #EarthDay! 🌎 Are you as excited as we are? 🌿 To conclude our #EarthDayCountdown, we're sharing one more of our key accomplishments over the past 25 years: Our novel fire tracking app! 🔥 ⭐ Read more: amazonconservation.org/new-fire-monit…