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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join us during Climate Week NYC for a conversation on how participatory mapping can support Indigenous rights, conservation, climate resilience, and community leadership. 📅 Sept. 24 | 10 AM 📍 Esri Offices, NYC Register → ow.ly/jzvM50ZO3i5

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Participatory Mapping for Conservation, Rights, and Community Leadership

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Meet Keeng Kumu, a Waiwai cartographer from Guyana mapping more than places—he’s helping communities preserve knowledge, strengthen territories, and pass it forward 🌿🗺️ Link: youtu.be/WYZdM6Gm8NE

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Mapping Territory Through Indigenous Knowledge - YouTube

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sea turtles have connected ocean and land ecosystems for millions of years 🐢 Today, human activity threatens their survival. Together with local communities and support from Chantecaille, ACT helps protect nests and ensure thousands of hatchlings reach the sea, keeping this vital connection alive.

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Following the 7.4 earthquake in Colombia, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities continue to face the challenges of recovery. We’re listening to our partners and mobilizing support for urgent needs. Donate or share our campaign: giving.gofundme.com/campaign/831955…

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Donate to Colombia Earthquake Emergency Relief - Amazon Conservation Team

Support our cause by donating to Donate - Amazon Conservation Team.

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Leatherback sea turtles travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic to return to Braamspunt, Suriname 🐢 As coastal erosion and poaching threaten this ancient journey, ACT-Guianas, ACT-Costa Rica and partners are working to protect nests and hatchlings. Link: youtu.be/gJe78cM2ExM

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Meet Keeng Kumu, a Waiwai Indigenous cartographer from Guyana. Long before GPS, Keeng was already mapping the landscapes he knew. Today, he combines Indigenous knowledge with modern mapping technologies. Learn more: youtu.be/DEXVyL85vp8

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Meet Keeng Kumu: Indigenous Cartographer | Amazon Conservation Team

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Today, on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate Indigenous leadership and the knowledge that has cared for lands and waters for generations. A healthy future depends on listening to and supporting Indigenous Peoples 🌿

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What does restoring a territory really mean? Indiarrury Cãn Krahô, a Krahô (Mēhī) leader and ACT-Brasil team member, explains why restoration is about more than land—it's about protecting knowledge, seeds, food, culture, and memory.

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Women like Adriana are leading efforts to protect their territories in the Colombian Amazon. They travel by boat to collect data on activity, helping their communities document threats and conserve the forest for future generations. In Manacaro, this work is led almost entirely by Indigenous women!

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Sajino, majaz, açaí, copoazu, river fish—in the markets of the Amazon, products, languages, and trade routes coexist without borders. Here, trade is also a form of resistance: communities have decided to sell, with their own hands, what the land provides them. Watch now! 🎥@brightsebastian

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Mangroves protect coastlines, store carbon, and provide nurseries for countless marine species. They also sustain the food, livelihoods, and cultural traditions of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities who have cared for these ecosystems. Link: youtu.be/EdgjYRAEcdQ

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Why Mangroves Matter to People and the Ocean - YouTube

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

In the Santa María community in Bolivia, when the body grows weak, there is a remedy that comes from the forest: açaí milk. It’s a fruit that families know well and that, for generations, has restored the vigor, energy, and blood the body needs. Watch now! 🎥@brightsebastian

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

In Toka, a community of the Macushi people in Guyana, dairy farming is inconceivable without an understanding of the land. Knowing what grows, how the animals behave, and what to do when they get sick: this accumulated knowledge makes it unnecessary to seek help from outside. 🎥@brightsebastian

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Leticia is a crossroads where Colombia, Brazil, and Peru meet—and its market square reflects that. There, among stalls selling fish caught in nearby rivers, you can hear voices that evoke a time of abundance that is no longer the same. Watch now! 🎥@brightsebastian

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In the Tiriyó village of Kwamalasamutu, stingless beekeeping brings together forest stewardship, traditional knowledge, community well-being, and sustainable livelihoods. By working alongside Indigenous communities, these initiatives help strengthen both biodiversity and biocultural resilience 🐝🌿

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In Altagracia, a rural community in the Llanos de Moxos region of the Bolivian Amazon, the elders kept secrets for communicating with nature—secrets that their children and grandchildren still remember today. Watch now! 🎥@brightsebastian

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Have You Read the 2026 Issue of Wanaki Magazine? It features stories of Indigenous leadership, territorial protection, traditional knowledge, and biocultural conservation. Read now: www.flipsnack.com/amazonteam/wanaki…

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Wanaki - Celebrating 30 Years of Biocultural Conservation

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

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. Watch our new video: youtu.be/RE4vTagaOqQ

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Caring for the Land Means Caring for Its People - YouTube

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Where forest meets the sea. 🌿🌊 Nestled along Panama's Darién coast, our field station is surrounded by nature. In front of the station, you'll find our sea turtle nursery, where vulnerable hatchlings are protected during their earliest days before making their journey to the sea.

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Watch 24 years of forest change unfold. Since 2001, nearly 900,000 hectares of forest have been lost in and around the Xingu Indigenous Territory due to agricultural expansion and forest fires. This timelapse is a reminder of what's at stake, and why Indigenous-led conservation matters.

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

What does it take to strengthen the next generation of Indigenous leaders? Hear from Sara Daza Martínez about how ACT Colombia’s Fellowship Program supports Indigenous students and future leaders. Link: youtu.be/rGeHpBuQttg

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Investing in the Next Generation of Indigenous Leaders | YouTube

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Can industrial agriculture strengthen a country's future—or put its most valuable resources at risk? In a new commentary for Mongabay, Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, ACT's co-founder, examines the potential impacts of large-scale soy and cattle production in Suriname. news.mongabay.com/2026/06/suri...

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Suriname will not be saved by soybeans (commentary)

Suriname is being presented with a familiar proposition: foreign agribusiness, whether Brazilian, Mennonite, or otherwise, will modernize agriculture, create jobs, and bring prosperity. It is an appea...

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our new interactive StoryMap, created with the International Working Group Of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation and Initial Contact, explores the territories of Isolated Indigenous Peoples across South America, the growing threats they face, and strategies for their protection.

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A Fight for Survival - Isolated Indigenous Peoples

Interactive maps explore how Isolated Indigenous Peoples in South America are protected and threatened across the Amazon and Gran Chaco.

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

In the last 100 years, jaguars have lost roughly half of their historic range across South America. But on some coastal areas, the long-standing ecological relationship between jaguars and sea turtles is helping sustain healthy populations and maintain the balance of their shared ecosystem.

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How jaguars lost their connection to the coast, and why it’s critical to bring that back - Amazon Conservation Team

Discover how jaguars lost their ancient coastal habitats—and why restoring these connections with Indigenous communities is vital for ecosystem balance.

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Our co-founder Dr. Mark Plotkin @tareno70.bsky.social speaks with Dr. Joe Watkins, a member of the Choctaw Nation, about preserving and passing on Indigenous knowledge and his perspective on the growing interest in psychedelics. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧: youtu.be/muSn0RHJxco?...

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Plants of the Gods S7E4 | Dr. Joe Watkins: Indigenous Perspectives on the Psychedelic Renaissance

YouTube video by Dr. Mark J. Plotkin

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

We just opened a new field station in Suriname’s remote Sipalawini region. Indigenous rangers will use the station—built with support from the Amazon Conservation Team—to protect ecosystems and conduct vital research. Read more on the blog:

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Training Community Rangers to Protect the World’s Greenest Country - Amazon Conservation Team

The Amazon Conservation Teams supports and trains community rangers in Suriname's forests and Indigenous lands near the Brazilian border.

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Exciting news out of Colombia, where they have officially adopted the Indigenous Intercultural Health System (SISPI) as national public policy—a powerful step toward health justice. Read more about how this idea to combine traditional knowledge with modern health care became a reality:

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Colombia Embraces Indigenous Health as National Policy - Amazon Conservation Team

Since 2020, ACT has partnered with Indigenous communities in Colombia and Peru to strengthen intercultural healthcare. We support Indigenous-led health models, train health workers, and improve access...

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

"Everything shifted as we entered Ulupuwene. The biodiverse tropical savanna returned. We heard birds, spotted tapirs, and were enveloped by the vibrant sounds of the forest." — Liliana, ACT co-founder. Read more about Liliana's recent visit on our blog:

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A Return to Ulupuwene: Indigenous-Led Conservation in Brazil - Amazon Conservation Team

Visiting Ulupuwene: Amazon Conservation Team strengthens its partnership with the Waurá to support Indigenous-led conservation and protect sacred ancestral lands.

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

We visited the Waujá village of Ulupuwene last week and saw community-led projects like a native plant nursery, traditional house rebuilding, and fire brigade —initiatives rooted in 21+ years of partnership with Indigenous leaders. #IndigenousLeadership #Xingu #Wauja #AmazonConservation

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Yesterday, Suriname's president named ACT's Mark Plotkin @tareno70.bsky.social a Knight of the Honorary Order of the Palm for his work on biocultural conservation. Mark shared: "I wish to thank everyone who made this possible ... especially—my many Maroon and Indigenous friends and teachers."

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Thanks to the Ecological Restoration project and ACT-Colombia, William expanded his meliponary to care for more than 35 hives with his family and has become a local leader in using native bees to support forest regeneration and produce honey for medicinal value 🍯 #Stinglessbees #AmazonianHoney

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Stingless Bees | Amazon Conservation Team

YouTube video by Amazon Conservation Team

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

☕🌿Attention coffee lovers of New York, join ACT's Dr. Mark J. Plotkin @tareno70.bsky.social for his talk "Caffeine and Consciousness" at the @nybg.bsky.social May 1!

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

In the Colombian Amazon, the Resguardo Curare Los Ingleses community pushes for autonomy and protection of the Intangible Zone — a thriving territory inhabited by isolated Indigenous peoples — from the perils of the outside world. 🎬 Coming soon to YouTube after its film festival run.

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Trailer | Intangible Zone | #SolutionsInsideOut | Amazon Conservation Team

YouTube video by Skoll.org

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The Amazon Conservation Team @amazonteamorg.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

For the first time ever, the territory of the Yuri-Passé—Indigenous peoples living in isolation in the Colombian Amazon— has been formally recognized and protected. 🌿🛡️ About 3 million acres of their ancestral land, between the Caquetá and Putumayo Rivers, is now legally defined. #AmazonRainforest

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Legal Protection for Indigenous Peoples in Isolation

In a groundbreaking move, Colombia has taken an unprecedented step to protect Indigenous Peoples Living in Isolation by defining their territory.

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