Upcoming Events:
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Global Landscapes Forum Amazonia:
Building a Forest-Based Economy in the Amazon

(Webinar, Participating)
September 22, 12:30 pm EST

Join us for an open and meaningful dialogue on what it takes to build a profitable bioeconomy that keeps the Amazon standing for generations to come. Hear from local community members, Indigenous Peoples, and experts about the building blocks of sustainable forest-based businesses, how local efforts can be scaled up, and what local people are doing to build climate resilience and adaptation into their livelihoods.

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The Amazon & Climate Change: Carbon Sink vs Carbon Source

(Webinar, Hosting)
October 13 , 10:00 am EST
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Here, we will dig deeper and highlight the recent finding that the Brazilian Amazon has become a net carbon source over the past 20 years, whereas the total Amazon is still a net carbon sink. We also show that protected areas and indigenous territories are crucial carbon sinks, showing once again their importance and effectiveness for overall conservation across the Amazon.

AmazonTEC:
Helping Protect Indigenous Peoples’ Territories with Technology and Governance

(Webinar, Hosting)
October 28, 2:00 pm EST
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This webinar will be part of our annual AmazonTEC 5-part series. Learn how technology and governance unite to defend protected areas and indigenous territories.

Past Events

Fires in the Amazon: What You Need to Know in 2021

(Webinar, Hosted)
August 4, 2021

At Amazon Conservation's webinar, attendees learned what to expect for this year’s fire season in the Amazon and its implications for climate change, indigenous peoples, and protected areas, straight from real-time monitoring experts, scientists, and local organizations witnessing the impact of these growing fires.
(See pages in English, Spanish, Portuguese)

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Esri UC2021:
Technology meets vision to conserve Amazon forest

(Webinar, Participated)
July 14, 2021

On the second day of EsriUC 2021, our Director of Monitoring of the Amazon Project, Matt Finer, presented "Combating Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon with High-Frequency Satellite Data." In this presentation he shared how we use satellite images and ArcGIS to deal with issues such as illegal gold mining deforestation in the Amazon forest.

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AmazonTEC
Building a Sustainable Amazon Through Science, Technology, and Governance

(Webinar, Hosted)
November 12, 2020

Amazon Conservation and a host of technology, government, and science experts came together for an English-language live panel on the value and future of technology for fighting deforestation and how it can be used by governments and local people to protect forests and resources.

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