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 our Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP), we produced 232 analyses last year to pinpoint the most urgent deforestation cases across the Amazon. 219 of those were confidential intelligence briefs sent directly to government agencies or local community leaders across 6 Amazonian countries to help them take swift action against illegal activities destroying the forest. These reports prompted 171 government responses and enforcement actions, including 18 on-the-ground operations targeting illegal mining activities.

We also expanded our regional reach, working alongside more than 20 local partners and Indigenous leaders to strengthen their ability to defend their forest homes with real-time satellite monitoring, legal support, and technical training, effectively monitoring 478 million acres of forest in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

At the same time, your support helped secure lasting protection on the ground. In 2025, four new conservation areas safeguarded over 3 million acres in Bolivia and Peru, while Indigenous communities in Bolivia’s Tacana II territory achieved a historic land title victory that now guarantees their legal right to steward their ancestral lands after two decades of advocacy.

 Our science also reached the global stage. Our analysis on the impact of “flying rivers” to generate rainfall and where conservation gaps threaten to accelerate the forest’s tipping point was heavily highlighted by the media and at COP30, which elevated the conservation needs of the Amazon to key decision makers.  

And in partnership with Earth Genome and the Pulitzer Center, we launched Amazon Mining Watch, an AI-powered platform offering the most comprehensive basin-wide picture of gold mining deforestation to date. This tool you enabled will be vital for policymakers and journalists to inform decisions and investigative reporting on the conservation impacts and the socio-environmental costs of illegal gold mining. 

Each analysis, each acre protected, and each territory secured represents more than a statistic. It reflects Indigenous leadership, stronger governance, and a more resilient Amazon, made possible because of you. As we look ahead, we invite you to continue walking alongside us. The Amazon’s future depends on sustained action, and your partnership ensures that progress continues in protecting forests, empowering Indigenous guardians, and securing a resilient future for us all.

Thank you for standing with us!

 

 

 

 

 

New Year. Renewed Commitment. Join Us.

The start of a new year always brings a quiet moment to take stock of what matters, what we want to stand for, and where we choose to put our energy. As someone who cares deeply about our planet, you already know the difference dedicated individuals can make. As we embrace this fresh chapter and reflect on our resolutions, now is the perfect time to renew your commitment to protecting the world’s most important ecosystem: the Amazon Rainforest.

The Amazon is vital in stabilizing the global climate and home to irreplaceable biodiversity. It influences weather patterns across continents, stores immense amounts of carbon, and holds cultural traditions that have long protected these forests. Your commitment to keeping the Amazon standing helps strengthen this vital work.

Here are a few meaningful ways to turn your resolutions into action this year:

1. Visit the Amazon: Experiencing the Amazon firsthand can be transformative. If you’re able to, visiting community‑run lodges, research stations, or conservation areas allows you to learn directly from the people who know the forest best. Your presence supports local economies, uplifts community‑led tourism, and deepens your understanding of what’s at stake. Thoughtful, responsible travel can be a powerful way to connect your values with real places and real people. Plan your 2026 visit to our eco-lodges.
2. Amplify Awareness: One of the most meaningful first steps is helping more people understand why the Amazon matters and why this work matters to you. Consider creating a personal fundraiser and sharing your own connection to Amazon Conservation. A clear goal, a short message, and a photo make your fundraiser feel personal and relevant to your community, and your voice can inspire others to get involved. You can also share credible information and stories from Amazon Conservation to spark conversations and broaden awareness of what’s at stake.
3. Strengthen Our Roots: Sustained giving is the backbone of long‑term conservation. A monthly gift helps protect forests, support sustainable livelihood opportunities, and advance the research that guides effective action. By joining our Wild Keepers monthly giving program, you become part of a community of nature advocates working together to create steady, reliable impact.
4. Make a plan for the future. Creating an estate plan is a powerful way to care for the people, pets, places, and causes that matter most. Through our partnership with FreeWill, you can access a trusted, easy‑to‑use platform to create your will at no cost to you today. It’s a simple step that brings peace of mind and ensures your values carry forward. Start your plan today.
5. Engage and Empower: Indigenous and local communities lead some of the most effective conservation efforts in the Amazon. Supporting programs that provide tools, training, and resources strengthens their ability to protect their forests, families, and livelihoods. Tax‑smart giving options, such as a stock donation, grant from your Donor-Advised Fund, or a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), are a great way to maximize your impact.

By embracing these resolutions and taking intentional steps, you can help make 2026 a year of meaningful progress for the Amazon. Your actions today contribute to a future where this extraordinary forest continues to thrive for generations to come.

Thank you for making conservation part of your year.

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Here’s to a year of action, hope, and lasting impact for the planet!