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    Empower People Press Releases
November 13, 2025

Amazon Mining Watch: AI-Powered Platform Detects Gold Mining Deforestation in All Amazonian Countries for the First Time

New platform reveals the expansion of mining fronts across protected areas and Indigenous territories as gold prices soar, but partnerships put science to work for enforcement and accountability.  Belém, Brazil, November 2025 — Amazon Mining Watch confirms widespread gold mining-related deforestation impacting 222 protected areas and Indigenous territories across all nine Amazonian countries, marking the […]

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November 4, 2025

Amazon Conservation Association joins 20 media outlets in a groundbreaking alliance for COP30 coverage

The Casa do Jornalismo Socioambiental (House of Environmental Journalism) brings together leading Brazilian journalists and media outlets to amplify local voices and share stories about the Amazon, climate, and the environment, aiming for broader national and international reach. Belém, Brazil, November 4 – Even before COP30 officially begins (it is set to be held from […]

    Put Science and Technology to Work Press Releases MAAP Reports
September 16, 2025

Flying Rivers Hold the Key to the Amazon’s Tipping Point, New Report Reveals

Groundbreaking analysis shows how the “rivers in the sky” connect the fate of  the entire rainforest and identify which regions are most at risk. Washington, DC, 16 Sept 2025 – The Amazon will not collapse everywhere at the same time. A new special report by Amazon Conservation’s Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP) reveals […]

    Put Science and Technology to Work Press Releases
August 26, 2025

Peru Faces Rising Threat as Illegal Gold Mining Expands into Nine Amazon Regions

A 2025 Status Report by Amazon Conservation’s sister organization, Conservación Amazónica–ACCA, warns that illicit activity is consolidating along Peru’s borders with Ecuador, Colombia, and Bolivia, while also expanding into the interior of Peru from Madre de Dios to Cajamarca and Pasco. Lima, August 25, 2025 – Illegal gold mining is emerging as one of the […]

    Press Releases
July 29, 2021

Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories Prove to be the Best Defense against Deforestation for the Western Amazon

Washington, DC, July 27, 2021. A new analysis by Amazon Conservation’s Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) shows that protected areas and indigenous territories offer the best defense against deforestation for the Amazon Rainforest. Through Amazon Conservation’s latest Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) analysis, the organization studied how land use designations in […]

    Protect Wild Places Press Releases
June 12, 2020

Amazon Conservation Develops Method to Accurately Predict Locations of Major 2020 Brazil Fires

WASHINGTON, DC, June 5 – Amazon Conservation revealed in a new report the ability to predict the exact location of major 2020 fires in the Brazilian Amazon, using deforestation data. The fires in the Brazilian Amazon made international headlines last year. Through analysis of satellite imagery archives, Amazon Conservation made the significant discovery that many fires […]

    Protect Wild Places Press Releases
June 10, 2020

New Fire Monitoring App Pinpoints Major Fires in Amazon in Real-time, Successfully Identifies First Major Fire in Brazil

WASHINGTON, DC, June 10 – Amazon Conservation today announced the launch of a new real-time fire monitoring app, hosted by Google Earth Engine, in anticipation of the 2020 fire season. The app specializes in providing real-time detection and prediction of large fires across the Amazon basin to help prioritize containment efforts by key actors on […]

    Press Releases
March 15, 2020

Amazon Conservation’s Message on COVID-19

Hello friends of the Amazon, We hope that you and your loved ones are healthy and safe during this unprecedented health crisis. As always, we are focused on the health, safety, and well-being of our staff, their families, and the communities where we live and work. Given the COVID-19 global pandemic, we are taking key […]

    Put Science and Technology to Work Press Releases
August 23, 2019

Real-Time Satellite Information and Images of What is Happening in the Amazon

Following up on the current fires in the Amazon forests of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru, we want to share with you our latest analysis of the situation. Please see today’s MAAP report, which provides real-time satellite data of the region and shows up-close satellite images of what the fires actually look like across all three countries, […]

    Stories from the Ground Press Releases
August 23, 2019

Statement on the fires in the Amazon forests of Bolivia and Brazil

The fires in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil and Bolivia have been burning for three weeks now. Thousands of acres of forests have been lost. Although Amazon Conservation cannot stop the current fires from happening – at this point, only national and local authorities can – we can help prevent them from happening.  We are doing […]

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