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Amazon Conservation

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Uniting science, innovation, & community to protect the Amazon - the greatest wild forest on Earth. See our latest deforestation reports👉maaproject.org

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#EarthdayCountdown 🌎 | In 2023, we unveiled the Thomas Lovejoy Molecular Biology, Biodiversity, and Climate Change Laboratory, a new advanced molecular biological research facility at the Manu Biological Station. 🧪 🔬 🌿 ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/3RXGuVa

#EarthdayCountdown 🌎 | In 2023, we unveiled the Thomas Lovejoy Molecular Biology, Biodiversity, and Climate Change Laboratory, a new advanced molecular biological research facility at the Manu Biological Station. 🧪 🔬 🌿

⭐ Read more: bit.ly/3RXGuVa
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Just one more day until #EarthDay! 🌎 Are you as excited as we are? 🌿 To conclude our #EarthDayCountdown, we're sharing one more of our key accomplishments over the past 25 years: Our novel fire tracking app! 🔥 ⭐ Read more: amazonconservation.org/new-fire-monit…

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Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌿 💚 All month long, we’ve been counting down to today's special surprise: a timeline of the biggest highlights from our 25-year journey at Amazon Conservation! Thank you for all you’ve helped us accomplish for the Amazon! ⭐ bit.ly/3YIYKFz

Happy Earth Day!  🌎 🌿 💚 All month long, we’ve been counting down to today's special surprise: a timeline of the biggest highlights from our 25-year journey at Amazon Conservation! Thank you for all you’ve helped us accomplish for the Amazon!   ⭐ bit.ly/3YIYKFz
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New from MAAP! ❗🛰️ Our latest report, MAAP #224, details recent deforestation taking place in two key areas of the Colombian Amazon: Chiribiquete National Park and the adjacent Llanos del Yarí–Yaguará II Indigenous Reserve. ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/44Bw7xQ Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo

New from MAAP! ❗🛰️

Our latest report, MAAP #224, details recent deforestation taking place in two key areas of the Colombian Amazon: Chiribiquete National Park and the adjacent Llanos del Yarí–Yaguará II Indigenous Reserve. 

⭐ Read more: bit.ly/44Bw7xQ <a href="/FcdsOrg/">Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo</a>
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A new study sheds light on a unique method of assessing mercury contamination levels in the Amazon using tree rings, offering insight into how trees are becoming a new biomonitoring tool for illegal mining. 🌳 ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/4ixTWKq

A new study sheds light on a unique method of assessing mercury contamination levels in the Amazon using tree rings, offering insight into how trees are becoming a new biomonitoring tool for illegal mining. 🌳

⭐ Read more: bit.ly/4ixTWKq
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❗ Amazon Conservation is #hiring! We're looking for a star candidate to fill our Director of Finance position! Candidates must be located in/near the Washington, DC area. Professional proficiency in Spanish is required. ⭐More info: amazonconservation.org/about/careers-…

❗ Amazon Conservation is #hiring! 

We're looking for a star candidate to fill our Director of Finance position! Candidates must be located in/near the Washington, DC area. Professional proficiency in Spanish is required. 

⭐More info: amazonconservation.org/about/careers-…
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Don’t miss your chance — end this Earth Month with a lasting impact! 🌎 ✨ Your contributions are making a direct impact on the ground for people and wildlife in the Amazon.⭐Learn about all the smart ways you can give today! bit.ly/42YhMsZ

Don’t miss your chance — end this Earth Month with a lasting impact! 🌎 ✨

Your contributions are making a direct impact on the ground for people and wildlife in the Amazon.⭐Learn about all the smart ways you can give today! 

bit.ly/42YhMsZ
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MAAP #226 presents new 2024 data from our Amazon Mining Watch Dashboard: an AI-powered monitoring tool designed to provide actionable data for management and conservation purposes in near real-time at the national and regional levels. ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/3F2EN65

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Join us TODAY for “An Afternoon for Conservation” with Amazon Conservation founder Dr. Adrian Forsyth! 🌿 ✨ 🔗 Don’t miss out! Register here: bit.ly/unatardeporlac… 📡 Live stream via Conservación Amazónica – ACCA's Facebook and Zoom (with simultaneous English translation).

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Next week, we're participating in the 15th Annual Meeting of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) in Brazil to share experiences, common challenges, and opportunities to help strengthen the forest economy in the Amazon!🌳 ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/4j8O62d

Next week, we're participating in the 15th Annual Meeting of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCFTF) in Brazil to share experiences, common challenges, and opportunities to help strengthen the forest economy in the Amazon!🌳

⭐ Read more: bit.ly/4j8O62d
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Excited to be here at the GCF Task Force meeting in Rio Branco, Brazil! 🌿✨ So far, we've made great connections with conservationists across the region and got to showcase our Bioeconomy work with local communities and Indigenous peoples! 🌳 Conservación Amazónica- ACEAA Conservación Amazónica - ACCA

Excited to be here at the <a href="/GCFTaskForce/">GCF Task Force</a> meeting in Rio Branco, Brazil! 🌿✨ So far, we've made great connections with conservationists across the region and got to showcase our Bioeconomy work with local communities and Indigenous peoples! 🌳 <a href="/AceaaAmazonica/">Conservación Amazónica- ACEAA</a> <a href="/amazonacca/">Conservación Amazónica - ACCA</a>
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Last week, our Peruvian sister organization Conservación Amazónica - ACCA joined Amazon Conservation Co-Founder Dr. Adrian Forsyth to officially unveil the Spanish edition of the iconic book Tropical Nature (Naturaleza Tropical)! 🌿 ⭐ Read more about this event: bit.ly/4kFJsdy

Last week, our Peruvian sister organization <a href="/amazonacca/">Conservación Amazónica - ACCA</a> joined Amazon Conservation Co-Founder Dr. Adrian Forsyth to officially unveil the Spanish edition of the iconic book Tropical Nature (Naturaleza Tropical)! 🌿

⭐ Read more about this event: bit.ly/4kFJsdy
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🌳 At the GCF Task Force 15th Annual Meeting in Brazil, we hosted a special side event with our sister organizations Conservación Amazónica - ACCA and @aceaamazonica to share how we're building a forest-based economy across the Amazon. 🌿 ⭐ Read more: bit.ly/4kG6TDi

🌳 At the <a href="/GCFTaskForce/">GCF Task Force</a> 15th Annual Meeting in Brazil, we hosted a special side event with our sister organizations <a href="/amazonacca/">Conservación Amazónica - ACCA</a> and @aceaamazonica to share how we're building a forest-based economy across the Amazon. 🌿

⭐ Read more: bit.ly/4kG6TDi
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This World Environment Day, remember: the Amazon matters - to all of us. Protecting the Amazon is a shared responsibility. Because what happens in the forest doesn't stay there. It shapes our future, everywhere. amazonconservation.org Conservación Amazónica - ACCA Conservación Amazónica- ACEAA

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🌳 Where is most of the Amazon’s carbon stored? A new article by Rhett Butler in Mongabay highlights #MAAP data showing that Indigenous territories and protected areas hold nearly all of it. Satellite science + forest stewardship. Read more: news.mongabay.com/short-article/…

🌳 Where is most of the Amazon’s carbon stored? A new article by Rhett Butler in <a href="/mongabay/">Mongabay</a> highlights #MAAP data showing that Indigenous territories and protected areas hold nearly all of it. Satellite science + forest stewardship.
Read more: news.mongabay.com/short-article/…
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New from Amazon Conservation's MAAP initiative: Gold mining has led to 754 ha of deforestation in northern Ecuador’s Amazon since 2020 - most of it in 2024. See analyzes satellite data near Cofán Bermejo Reserve & Indigenous territories. Full report: maapprogram.org/gold-mining-ec…

New from Amazon Conservation's MAAP initiative: Gold mining has led to 754 ha of deforestation in northern Ecuador’s Amazon since 2020 - most of it in 2024. See analyzes satellite data near Cofán Bermejo Reserve &amp; Indigenous territories. Full report: maapprogram.org/gold-mining-ec…