Frontline communities of Amazonia are fighting to protect their homelands and ways of life. In solidarity with partner communities, our rights-based approach expands indigenous territories, improves collective well-being, and promotes indigenous leadership.
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Learn more about the areas we work in, how we partner with local communities, and what we do to protect the rainforest.
Keeng Kumu: Indigenous Cartographer
Explore the unique life and travels of Keeng Kumu, an indigenous Waiwai mapping expert from the northeast Amazon, through maps, photos, and biographical narrative. (2026, English and Dutch)
A Fight for Survival - Isolated Indigenous Peoples of South America
Isolated Indigenous Peoples are groups of Indigenous Peoples who choose not to maintain regular contact or have never had contact with non-indigenous peoples. Their isolation is an intentional resistance to colonization and an act of self-determination.
Celebrating 30 Years of Biocultural Conservation
For the last 30 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.
The Guiana Shield: One of the Last Wild Places on Earth
Learn about the importance of advancing the consolidation of a 30-million-hectare biocultural corridor across the eastern Guiana Shield, jointly managed by local communities and national governments.
How maps reveal a changing Amazon
Supporting Our Partner Communities Affected by the Earthquake in Colombia
Every Restoration Begins with a Seed
The Amazon Rainforest
Learn why protecting the Amazon matters to us all.
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ACT's news and stories that bring you closer to the Amazon.
