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Uniting science, innovation, & community to protect the Amazon - the greatest wild forest on Earth. See our latest deforestation reports👉https://t.co/L07Kb8lIgq

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Amazon Conservation
7 months
Happy 2025! 🎆. This year, we’re setting even bigger goals to protect more forests, empower communities, and trailblaze in the world of science, while also celebrating our 25-year anniversary! 🎉🌳✨. ⭐ Thank you for all you’ve done, let’s make it a thriving year for the Amazon!
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Amazon Conservation
29 days
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:
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Amazon Conservation
1 month
🌳 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:
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Amazon Conservation
1 month
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. @amazonacca @AceaaAmazonica
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Amazon Conservation
2 months
RT @MattFiner: Illegal gold mining in rivers of Colombian Amazon, on border with Brazil & Peru. Our report in Spanish with @FcdsOrg. Featur….
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Amazon Conservation
2 months
🌳 At the @GCFTaskForce 15th Annual Meeting in Brazil, we hosted a special side event with our sister organizations @amazonacca and @aceaamazonica to share how we're building a forest-based economy across the Amazon. 🌿. ⭐ Read more:
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Amazon Conservation
2 months
Last week, our Peruvian sister organization @amazonacca 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:
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Amazon Conservation
2 months
Excited to be here at the @GCFTaskForce 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! 🌳 @AceaaAmazonica @amazonacca
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Amazon Conservation
2 months
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:
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Amazon Conservation
2 months
Join us TODAY for “An Afternoon for Conservation” with Amazon Conservation founder Dr. Adrian Forsyth! 🌿 ✨. 🔗 Don’t miss out! Register here: 📡 Live stream via Conservación Amazónica – ACCA's Facebook and Zoom (with simultaneous English translation).
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Conservación Amazónica - ACCA
2 months
#Evento | Acompáñanos a "Una tarde por la conservación" con el Dr. Adrian Forsyth, una de las voces más influyentes en la conservación de los bosques tropicales, quien presentará la edición en español de su icónico libro Tropical Nature. ☝Transmisión en vivo. ¡No te lo pierdas!
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Amazon Conservation
2 months
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:
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Amazon Conservation
3 months
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! .
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Amazon Conservation
3 months
⭐ This video was taken in coordination with our sister organization @AceaaAmazonica.
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Amazon Conservation
3 months
#CameraTrapTuesday 📸 | Check out these white-winged trumpeters (Psophia leucoptera)! Their trumpet-like calls are a distinct, almost musical sound that's hard to confuse with any other rainforest bird, which is what gives them their unique name! 🎺
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Amazon Conservation
3 months
❗ 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:
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Amazon Conservation
3 months
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:
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Amazon Conservation
3 months
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: @FcdsOrg
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Amazon Conservation
3 months
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! ⭐
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Amazon Conservation
3 months
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:
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Amazon Conservation
3 months
#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:
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