Amazon Conservation Team

Amazon Conservation Team

Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with indigenous people of tropical America in conserving the biodiversity of the Amazon rainforest as well as the culture and land of its indigenous people.ACT was formed in 1995 by Mark Plotkin and his wife Liliana Madrigal, and so far have mainly been active in Brazil, Suriname and Colombia.

Major accomplishments of the Amazon Conservation Team include the elaboration of cultural maps covering over 40 million acres (160,000 km²) defining territorial boundaries, resources, and spiritual sites in the northeast Amazon and Brazil's Xingu Indigenous Park, and the creation of the Alto Fragua Indi Wasi National Park, a unique 168,000 acre (680,000 km²) conservation area in Colombia designed to be co-managed by the local indigenous communities and the national environmental agency.

In 2002, ACT received the United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Award in recognition of their conservation achievements.

External links

Amazon Conservation Team (ACT)
* [http://www.amazonteam.org Amazon Conservation Team homepage]
* [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/9952.htm ACT rating on Charity Navigator]
* [http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1114-google_earth-act.html Mongabay article on the work of ACT]


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