ACA is partnering with schools to develop environmental awareness both nationally and internationally. With ACA’s support, students at these schools have learned about biodiversity conservation and have sponsored fundraising events to help support ACA’s work. Through the efforts of Roger’s Park Montessori School of Chicago, IL, Davies County High School Spanish Club of Owensboro, KY, Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy of West […]
On June 5, 2008, ACA’s Peruvian sister organization, ACCA, was awarded the Public Recognition for Environmental Stewardship by the Regional Government of Cusco. This prize is awarded annually in celebration of World Environment Day through Cusco’s Agency of Natural Resources and Environmental Management. ACCA won for its work creating the first conservation concession for an […]
Since early 2007, ACA has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) “D-Lab” to send engineering students interested in sustainable development issues to work in Peru. Jesse Austin-Brenemen, the first D-Lab volunteer to work with ACCA, helped to develop a simple and inexpensive machine to remove the shell of Sacha Inchi, or Incan Peanut, which can […]
July 2, 2008 marked the establishment of the world’s first conservation concession managed by an indigenous group. The Haramba Queros Wachiperi Ecological Reserve protects 6,976 hectares (17,238 acres) of highly biodiverse forest located in the Amazon rainforest of southeastern Peru. The signing ceremony took place in Lima with Haramba Queros leaders, representatives of Peru’s Natural […]
These kids are separated by 6,097 km, but they’re pulling together. This spring in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy’s annual education fair, three 6th grade students raised money for ACA with a display on Amazon conservation. At the same time, schoolchildren from the small town of Boca Amigos were visiting ACA’s field station in […]
On 15 April 2007 the University of California, Davis Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology and the UC-Davis Graduate School hosted a blues concert to benefit ACA. All proceeds will go to our Pampas del Heath Project, which aims to conserve Bolivia’s Amazonian savanna ecosystem in partnership with Tacana indigenous communities. At the concert […]
ACA’s four year-old grant program for students and researchers working at Los Amigos recently gave its 100th grant. ACA has now given a total of 108 grants at Los Amigos: 36 to Peruvian undergraduates, 36 to graduate students, and the same number again to established researchers. Fully 60% of ACA grant winners to date have […]
Five extraordinary new books on Amazonia’s sprawling river system were recently published with the support of ACA. Authored by an international team of aquatic conservation ecologists, the books distill research results from across the Amazon basin into volumes packed with photos and written for a broad audience. To further increase the books’ usefulness, they have […]
Last October a consortium of leading conservation organizations comprised of ACA, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, Fundación Puma, and the Fondo de las Americas, was awarded nearly eight million dollars by USAID as part of the Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative. The funds will support an ambitious binational initiative across the […]
ACA’s Peruvian counterpart, ACCA, recently joined the Red de Conservacion Privada, a private conservation network with representatives from various civil groups, native communities, and private companies that work together for the conservation of Peruvian forests. The network’s mission is to promote initiatives for private conservation. Its members have protected lands in Huiquilla, Chaparri, and Canioncillo. […]
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