Amazon Conservation Team

Every act of care protects more than we can see.

A seed planted. A story shared. A territory defended in silence.

For generations, Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities have cared for the land as they care for their own people. Their knowledge, cultures, and stewardship are inseparable from the ecosystems they help sustain.

That is the foundation of biocultural conservation.

At the Amazon Conservation Team, we work alongside communities to strengthen Indigenous governance, support traditional knowledge, map sacred places, and protect the lands that sustain both people and nature.

Because conservation isn't about saving nature from people. It's about standing beside those who have never stopped protecting it.

Caring for the land means caring for its caretakers.

Link: https://youtu.be/RE4vTagaOqQ

Where the river meets the sea 🌊🌿

The most recent chapter of our 30-year journey follows the paths where ancestral knowledge, territorial protection, and biocultural conservation continue to grow across the Amazon and beyond.

From Indigenous Life Plans in Suriname and the protection of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation in Colombia, to the launch of Ancestral Tides and the strengthening of Indigenous ranger programs, these years reflect the power of long-term partnerships rooted in community leadership.

As rivers flow toward the sea while maintaining their origins, this journey continues—guided by Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities who have cared for their territories for generations.

Explore the final chapter of our 30-year story.

🔗https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/710dea02c885420594f25ec52a84d729 -n-5ixVIB

The River That Weathers Storms 🌿🌊

Between 2017 and 2021, Indigenous Peoples, traditional communities, and partners continued building pathways of biocultural conservation across the Amazon—protecting forests, expanding Indigenous territories, documenting ancestral knowledge, and building connections between communities and landscapes.

These years also brought new challenges. From supporting the protection of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation to responding alongside communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, resilience became an essential part of the journey.

Like rivers that continue flowing through changing seasons, the work of protecting territories, cultures, and ways of life carried on—guided by memory, collective action, and a commitment to future generations.

Explore this chapter of ACT’s 30-year journey: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/710dea02c885420594f25ec52a84d729 -n-0TY6RB

What comes to mind when you hear tropical forest?

Trees? Wildlife? A distant green landscape?

Tropical forests cover less than 10% of Earth’s land surface, yet they are home to more than half of all known species. They help regulate water cycles, store carbon, and sustain life far beyond their borders.

But tropical forests are more than ecosystems.

They are living territories—home to millions of people whose cultures, knowledge, and ways of life have evolved alongside these landscapes for generations.

Forests and people are not separate stories.

When forests thrive, communities thrive. And when communities can care for their territories, forests thrive too.

🌿 On World Rainforest Day, we celebrate not only the biodiversity of tropical forests, but also the cultures, languages, knowledge, and communities that call them home.

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World Rainforest Day: Forests, People, and Life | Amazon Conservation Team What comes to mind when you hear tropical forest?Trees? Wildlife?...