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June 30, 2010: How an Amazonian Tribe Is Mastering the Modern World. In June 2010, the premier German newsmagazine Der Spiegel profiled the Surui people of the Brazilian rainforest, their leader Almir Surui, and their battle to stop the destruction of their homeland with the aid of modern technologies and new opportunities. Read the article.

June 30, 2010: So what does the protection of the Amazon have to do with climate change? Hear the answer by watching ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin share his thoughts on a panel about Biocultural Conservation for Harvard Extension School's Centennial Celebration.

June 29, 2010: Chief Almir recently spoke to the Portsmouth Chronicle about working with ACT to help stop climate change by preserving the Amazon rainforest and culture, read the story here.

June 23, 2010: More than 850 runners came out to support ACT's third annual Run for the Rainforest 5K on June 20. This 5K challenges individuals to think globally, while acting locally, to help stop climate change and global warming by preserving the Amazon rainforest and culture. View the pictures.

June 8, 2010: ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin was recently granted an honorary degree by nationally regarded Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Plotkin also delivered the Commencement address in which he highlighted ACT's partnership with 32 Amazonian tribes, which has resulted in the collaborative mapping of 75 million acres of rainforest.

June 4, 2010: ACT received Charity Navigator's coveted 4-star rating for the fifth year in a row for successfully executing our mission in a fiscally responsible way. Only 5 percent of the charities rated have received at least five consecutive 4-star ratings.

May 3, 2010: ACT was recently named a recipient of Nature's Path Organic Foods' 2010 EnviroKidz Giving Back Award.

April 19, 2010: Read about what ACT is doing to eradicate deforestation and how we're helping to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest in this month's GEOWORLD. 

March 29, 2010: Tune into PBS during the month of April to watch the new new film, Children of the Amazon. The film follows Brazilian filmmaker Denise Zmekhol as she travels a modern highway deep into the Amazon in search of the Indigenous Surui and Negarote children she photographed fifteen years ago.  Click here to view the airing schedule.  

March 25, 2010: ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin recently spoke about alternative health and the Amazon Rainforest in the Metro International Newspaper, click here to read the story!  

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