Organization Profile: Amazon Conservation Association

Organization Name:

Amazon Conservation Association

Located In:

Washington, DC, United States

Operates In:

Washington, DC, USA; Cuzco, Peru; and La Paz, Bolivia

Areas of Focus:

Environmental Conservation & Activism
Cultural Conservation & Understanding

Type of Org:

nonprofit 501(c)(3)

Email:

info@amazonconservation.org

Phone:

202-234-2356

Website:

http://www.amazonconservation.org/home/

Our Mission:

The mission of ACA is to protect and conserve biodiversity in the Amazon while supporting the livelihoods of local communities.

What We Do:

ACA has brought together an experienced staff of tropical ecologists and conservationists to protect the southwestern Amazon in Peru and Bolivia, working with all sectors of society to find solutions. We are creating models for others to follow - ACA created the world’s first conservation concession, manages some of the best research stations in South America, and is leading the charge to find ways for the voluntary carbon market to help make forest conservation financially sustainable. ACA programs are implemented through sister organizations on the ground in Peru and Bolivia.

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/organizations/amazon-conservation-association

How you can support Amazon Conservation Association

How You Can Help:

Your tax-deductible contribution will help us expand our conservation initiatives in the Southwestern Amazon, where leading research shows the highest concentrations of biological diversity. A donating of merely $3 can protect an entire acre of Amazonian Rainforest in the Los Amigos Conservation Concession.

Featured Project:

ACA's Brazil Nut Project:

Brazil nut trees produce popular commercial nuts which are the most profitable non-timber forest product in the southwestern Amazon. Harvested from natural stands in tropical rainforests, their market facilitates forest conservation as well as creating revenue for local peoples. ACA’s founding project, “Conservando Castañales” (Conserving Brazil Nut Forests) supports over 500 Brazil nut harvesters to ensure a sustainable livelihood while protecting their forest resource through technical support, training, and certification. Through this program, ACA has ensured the legal protection of more than 1.5 million acres of forest.

Conserving this forest through Brazil nut concessions is a key element in maintaining the biological connections among protected areas. ACA has been studying Brazil Nuts since 1997 and has been helping Brazil nut harvesters obtain international “green” certification from the Forest Stewardship Council for their product.

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Vote for us! Help save the cloud forest!

Location: United States | 01/04/10

Help us win $15,000 to protect the Peruvian cloud forest near Manu National Park. Click here and then vote for us in the "Save the Earth category: http://www.project7.com/voting/save-the-earth/

ACA's Latest Quarterly Newletter is out for Fall 2009

Location: United States | 11/03/09

http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=0b64d04f172e9a35116a17faf&id=64538dc347

Big REDD

Location: Peru | 07/15/09

Big REDD in the Washington Monthly.
Right now, there’s more money to be made cutting tropical forests down than leaving them standing. Environmental policymakers are trying to reverse that equation. By Rhett Butler

Fate of world's rainforests likely to be determined in next 2 years

Location: Peru | 06/23/09

Fate of world's rainforests likely to be determined in next 2 years mongabay.com June 19, 2009 The fate of millions of hectares of tropical forests will probably be sealed this year and next year, reports a new set of policy papers detailing an emerging climate change mitigation mechanism known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). REDD has been proposed by the U.N. and other entities as a form of carbon finance under which industrialized nations would pay tropical countries for conserving their forest cover. Deforestation and forest degradation currently account for roughly one fifth of carbon emissions, more than all the planet's cars, trucks, planes, ships, and trains combined.

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Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation!!!

By Amazon Conse... | Location: Peru | 09/28/09 | Pics: 0

Road building in the Amazon is posing a serious threat to conserving biodiversity in this globally important region. Read more about it here and learn what you can do to help ACA lessen the impacts!

http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0312-perz_amazon.html

Over The Rainbow: A Peruvian Travelogue by John Poole

By Amazon Conse... | Location: Peru | 08/10/09 | Pics: 0

John Poole and Lourdes Garcia-Navarro traveled with ACA through the Madre de Dios region. A piece on deforestation in the region will be featured on the NPR program "All things Considered" on August 24th. Follow the link to read the great blog they've posted!

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Check out the latest news from the Amazon Conservation Association!

By Amazon Conse... | Location: United States | 07/29/09 | Pics: 1

Click here to read the Amazon Conservation Association's summer 2009 newsletter!

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