AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
1012 14TH STREET NW NO 625, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 www.amazonconservation.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO PROTECT THE WORLD'S MOST DIVERSE LANDSCAPES, TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMAZONIAN CONSERVATIONISTS, AND PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT LIVELIHOODS THAT SUSTAIN BIODIVERSITY. WE CONSERVE THE AMAZON BY PROTECTING STATE, COMMUNITY, AND PRIVATE LANDS, BY WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS, BY SUPPORTING LOCAL PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND BY DEVELOPING CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GUIDES OUR APPROACH, AND IS ROOTED IN OUR BIOLOGICAL STATIONS AND FIELD PROGRAMS IN THE ANDES-AMAZON.

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION - AMAZON CONSERVATION EMPLOYS A SCIENCE-BASED APPROACH TO ALL OF ITS CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ESTABLISHED CONSERVATION HUBS IN PERU AND BOLIVIA, WHICH ARE LIVING LABORATORIES PROVIDING SOLUTIONS THROUGH SCIENCE, CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION. LOCATED WHERE THE ANDES MEET THE AMAZON IN AN ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT VITAL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, OUR THREE HUBS ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR WORK AND A VITAL ASSET TO FURTHER THE WORLD'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE AMAZON. EACH CONSERVATION HUB ADVANCES OUR MISSION BY SERVING AS BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH STATIONS, CONSERVATION OUTPOSTS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTERS, AND PREMIER ECOLODGES FOR ECOLOGICALLY-SAFE EXPLORATION OF THE AMAZON. IN 2000, AMAZON CONSERVATION ESTABLISHED ITS FIRST CONSERVATION HUB - LOS AMIGOS - AS PART OF ITS 360,000-ACRE CONSERVATION CONCESSION. A YEAR LATER THE ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED PERU'S ONLY PERMANENT RESEARCH STATION FOCUSED ON ANDEAN CLOUD FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, WAYQECHA CONSERVATION HUB. VILLA CARMEN, AMAZON CONSERVATION'S THIRD HUB IN PERU, WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANDES IN 2010 TO CREATE A PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE ANDES-TO-AMAZON ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT. IN BOLIVIA, THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTS THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY OF PANDO AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF SANTA ROSA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TWO GROWING RESEARCH STATIONS, TAHUAMANU AND SANTA ROSA DE ABUN, RESPECTIVELY. TO DATE, OVER 520 STUDIES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ON SCIENTIFIC STUDIES CONDUCTED AT OUR HUBS. ALL OF THESE CONSERVATION HUBS ARE EDUCATIONAL CENTERS NOT ONLY FOR INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS BUT ALSO FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLCHILDREN. FOR INSTANCE, IN THE HEAVILY DEFORESTED AREA OF MADRE DE DIOS, PERU, LOCAL CHILDREN AND TEENS AGES 10 TO 16 LEARN TO USE CAMERA TRAP TECHNOLOGY TO MONITOR, UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THEIR LOCAL BIODIVERSITY, THEREBY TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS TO PROTECT FORESTS.

PROTECTING HABITAT - AMAZON CONSERVATION PROTECTS VITAL ECOSYSTEMS IN PERU AND BOLIVIA BY CREATING AND SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF NEW CONSERVATION AREAS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENTS IN THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN EXISTING CONSERVATION AREAS AND THEIR BUFFER ZONES. AMAZON CONSERVATION ALSO PROMOTES FOREST-FRIENDLY LAND-USE PLANNING, AND DEVELOPS AND SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF CONSERVATION CORRIDORS THAT ENSURE THE CONNECTIVITY OF LANDS KEY FOR SPECIES' SURVIVAL. IN 2001, AMAZON CONSERVATION ESTABLISHED LOS AMIGOS, THE WORLD'S FIRST CONSERVATION CONCESSION, WHICH PROTECTS 360,000 ACRES OF OLD-GROWTH AMAZONIAN FOREST AT THE BASE OF THE ANDES IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU. IN 2008, AMAZON CONSERVATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HARAMBA QUEROS, ESTABLISHED THE FIRST CONSERVATION CONCESSION IN PERU RUN BY AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY. IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, AMAZON CONSERVATION SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF ALMOST 50 COMMUNITY-RUN PRIVATE CONSERVATION AREAS, MUNICIPAL AND REGIONAL CONSERVATION AREAS IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AMAZON CONSERVATION CURRENTLY PROTECTS A TOTAL OF 8.3 MILLION ACRES OF AMAZONIAN FORESTS, WETLANDS, TROPICAL GLACIERS, CLOUD FORESTS, AND OTHER KEY ECOSYSTEMS AND THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPECIES THAT INHABIT THEM.

THREATS AND SOLUTIONS - AMAZON CONSERVATION LAUNCHED THE MONITORING OF THE ANDEAN AMAZON PROJECT ("MAAP") IN 2015, WHICH MERGES A NUMBER OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES TO MONITOR DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON IN REAL TIME. THE IMAGES, DATA, AND TRENDS ARE ANALYZED AND FINDINGS ARE DISSEMINATED IN AN ACCESSIBLE, EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND FORMAT TO POLICY MAKERS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY, THE MEDIA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE ORGANIZATION'S SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE USING SATELLITE-IMAGERY FOR CONSERVATION AND ITS LONG-STANDING, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT RESULTED IN AMAZON CONSERVATION SUPPORTING THE CREATION AND TRAINING OF MUNICIPAL GIS OFFICES THROUGHOUT PERU THAT NOW USE AMAZON CONSERVATION'S METHODOLOGY TO FIND, UNDERSTAND, INTERVENE, AND PROSECUTE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AGAINST FORESTS. A MAJOR EXAMPLE OF SUCH SUCCESS WAS THE 2019 OPERATION MERCURY IN PERU, WHICH RESULTED IN A 92% DECREASE IN DEFORESTATION CAUSED BY ILLEGAL MINING IN THE MADRE DE DIOS REGION. IN 2017, AMAZON CONSERVATION LAUNCHED THE SOUTHWEST AMAZON DRONE CENTER, BASED OUT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S LOS AMIGOS CONSERVATION HUB, AS A CENTER FOR EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND CERTIFICATION FOR THE USE OF DRONES IN CONSERVATION AS A METHOD OF FINDING AND REPORTING ON ILLICIT DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO INNOVATE BY EMPLOYING NEW TECHNOLOGIES LIKE ACOUSTIC MONITORING, EDNA, MOBILE APPLICATIONS, AND WEB PLATFORMS INTO THE FIELD OF CONSERVATION.

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