Amazon Conservation Association

Our vision is simple: we work toward creating a thriving and resilient Amazon that sustains the full diversity of life. We apply a holistic approach to our work, based on three pillars: protect wild places, empower people, and put science and technology to work for conservation. Through this approach, we strengthen our conservation efforts through building partnerships that center people, nature, and innovation to create enduring climate-smart solutions that protect this vital place for all of humanity.

All of Amazon Conservation’s conservation solutions are centered around three interconnected strategic initiatives that together enable us to address the region’s complex problems and achieve a resilient, thriving Amazon:

𝟭. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻: More than half of the Amazon basin is made up of protected areas and Indigenous territories that help stabilize the climate, store carbon, and maintain biodiversity across the region. We work alongside Indigenous peoples, governments, and local partners to establish, strengthen, and connect these critical landscapes. This includes supporting protected areas, territorial governance, biodiversity monitoring, landscape connectivity, and science-based conservation efforts across Peru and Bolivia, while helping scale a broader Amazon-wide perspective on conservation and climate resilience.

𝟮. 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Illegal gold mining, logging, fires, and land conversion continue to advance deeper into the Amazon, often in remote areas where enforcement capacity is limited due to the forest's continental scale. Through initiatives such as the Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP), Amazon Mining Watch, and Amazon Mining Policy Score Board, we combine satellite imagery, AI-supported monitoring, drones, and geospatial analysis to detect illegal deforestation activities across the Amazon in real time. But our work goes beyond monitoring. We help governments, Indigenous organizations, journalists, and local partners transform data into rapid response, accountability, and enforcement action on the ground.

𝟯. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆: Long-term conservation depends on making standing forests more valuable than destroyed forests. Amazon Conservation supports sustainable forest economies across more than 42 million acres in Peru and Bolivia by strengthening climate-smart production of products such as Brazil nuts, açaí, aguaje, and wild cacao. By supporting community enterprises, improving market access, strengthening supply chains, and helping communities adapt to climate change, we help create long-term economic alternatives that keep forests standing while improving livelihoods.

Amazon Conservation turns science, field experience, and regional monitoring into advocacy that supports stronger environmental governance and more coordinated action across borders. Through collaboration with Indigenous organizations, governments, journalists, researchers, and civil society partners, we help elevate science-based solutions and strengthen accountability around the drivers of deforestation across the Amazon.