Happy Earth Day! Today is a reminder that protecting our planet is both a shared responsibility and a powerful opportunity to make a difference together. This Earth Month, we have been sharing stories that show what the Power of Collective Action looks like in practice. From technology to policy, from data to community action, these […]

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Learn more about the latest findings for Perú on the Amazon Mining Policy Scoreboard                         Executive Summary Peru ranks second among five Amazonian countries in the Amazon Mining Policy Scoreboard, scoring 11.7 out of 15, and achieves the highest regional score in investigation and […]

Put Science and Technology to Work

Driving Down Illegal Deforestation in the Amazon Illegal deforestation in the Amazon often moves faster than governments can respond, especially in remote Indigenous territories affected by illegal gold mining. Over the past five years, Amazon Conservation’s Technology Meets Policy initiative worked to close that gap by linking real-time monitoring with coordinated enforcement and stronger governance. […]

Protect Wild Places

How Amazon Conservation and the Pulitzer Center are using Amazon Mining Watch to track illegal gold mining and make data accessible for journalists Protecting the Amazon Rainforest at scale goes beyond compiling data. It requires collaboration across borders, organizations, policymakers, people, and diverse audiences, especially with those who help bring critical issues into the public […]

Mobilizing Conservation at Scale Across the Amazon Thank you for celebrating Earth Month with us this year! This April, Amazon Conservation and our supporters are celebrating the power we all hold to protect our planet: together. Inspired by Earth Day 2026’s theme, Our Power, Our Planet, we are reminded of a fundamental truth: lasting environmental progress […]

Empower People Press Releases

New publication highlights rapid expansion of mining-related deforestation across the Amazon countries and provides timely insights to support enforcement and accountability Washington, DC, March 11, 2026 — Amazon Mining Watch today released the inaugural edition of the Amazon Mining Watch Panorama, a new report series that will provide timely insights into the growing impacts of […]

Mining footprint doubles in four years, raising alarms over growing pressure on southern-Ecuadorian Amazon forests Article by Fundación EcoCiencia Quito, February 23, 2026 – A new report from the Amazon Conservation’s MAAP (Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Project) monitoring initiative documents for the first time in detail the expansion of gold mining in the southern-Ecuadorian […]

Illegal gold mining continues to grow exponentially across the Amazon Basin, crossing the borders of the nine countries it encompasses, and causing far-reaching environmental and social impacts everywhere it reaches.  “Gold mining has become a transnational activity that affects the Amazon at scale,” said Andrés Santana, Senior Manager for Combating Illegal Deforestation at Amazon Conservation. […]

Put Science and Technology to Work Press Releases MAAP Reports

Drawing on 24 years of satellite data, the analysis maps gold-mining deforestation across the country and shows recent incursions into protected areas. A new analysis by Amazon Conservation Association’s Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP), combining over two decades’ worth of satellite data with recent AI monitoring results from Amazon Mining Watch, reveals that […]

Empower People

In 2025, your support to Amazon Conservation made meaningful results possible across the Amazon Rainforest, strengthening local people’s ability to defend their forests, expanding protected areas, and elevating Indigenous leadership, while ensuring that science, partnerships, and action moved forward together. Here are some highlights of what we achieved together during our 25th anniversary year.  Through […]