The impact of our changing climate is having real effects on real people and we must act now to stop it.
Intact forests like the Amazon can absorb enough carbon to offset many countries’ total carbon emission.
The Amazon itself stores 90-120 billion tons of carbon, helping stabilize the entire planet’s climate. When forests are damaged or fragmented due to human activity, not only is carbon released from the outright deforestation, but edge effects (forest damage at created edges), drying, and fire cause over 150 million tons of annual emissions.
The United Nations Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 emphasizes the critical importance of conserving forests, reforesting degraded land, and sustainably managing forests as a critical way to fight climate change.
By promoting sustainable livelihoods, we help turn people away from destructive practices that contribute to worsening our global climate, such as illegal logging and gold mining.
Through supporting communities in turning to forest-friendly practices like ecotourism, sustainable use of forest products, and harvesting of Brazil nut, cacao, and Açaí, we help them gain an income that protects forests, not harms them.
Intact forests are one of the best ways to fight climate change.
Keeping large swaths of forests whole stops carbon from being released into the atmosphere, and increases oxygen production. We protect over 4 million acres of forests through our holistic conservation approach.
As the only organization supported by the European Union’s Euroclima+ program in South America, we are using our multi-country, boots-on-the-ground approach to develop models of forest management in Peru and Bolivia that facilitate climate change adaptation and mitigation for communities.
This innovative model will gather the science, research, and best practices in climate change and mitigation done to date and pilot adaptable sustainable livelihoods experiences that can be replicated around the world.
As part of our approach to employ science and technology for conservation, we provide satellite training to the next generation of conservation heroes so they can use this cutting-edge technology to patrol their forest homes quickly, safely, and cheaply. After 7 months of training in satellite monitoring, 23 indigenous youth in the Bolivian Amazon […]
We’re helping protect the forest homes of Indigenous groups in voluntary isolation against incursions and unwanted contact with the modern world. Keeping their forests safe and intact is essential for their survival. The Madre de Dios Territorial Reserve in Peru, where our Los Amigos Conservation Concession is located, is home to various communities […]
We believe empowering people starts with the youngest generations of future forest friends. Our innovative programs allow people like Rosa Quete to establish protected areas where education, conservation, and play come together to make a lasting impact on young learners. In the community of Motacusal, Rosa Quete leads the Bosque de Niños (Children’s Forest), which […]
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