Amazon Conservation Association

Açaí berries, Brazil nuts, and the fruit of the palma real (royal palm) do more than nourish people worldwide. They sustain families and protect forests in the Amazon. These fruits appear in smoothies, supplement bottles, and skincare products powering healthy lifestyles around the world, but their greater significance lies in the rainforest. Harvesting and producing t...

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The water that sustains the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil begins its journey thousands of miles away, high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Rain that falls on the highest peaks, and glacier waters that melt and filter through fragile wetlands called bofedales, slowly make their way down into the rivers and streams that feed the entire Amazon Basin, sustaining its biodiver...

Imagine that the Amazon wrote us a letter. What would it say? Most likely, it would remind us of everything it quietly gives us, every single day, and ask what we’re willing to give back.

That’s the story we’re sharing as part of this year’s Rise for the Amazon Day: a letter from the Amazon itself, delivere...

A new analysis by Fundación EcoCiencia and Amazon Conservation shows a sustained expansion of mining activity across five areas in the cantons of Tena and Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola. Between 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, satellite monitoring identified 580 hectares of newly affected land.

Within the framework of the Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program ...