Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM (ACT) PARTNERS WITH INDIGENOUS AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT TROPICAL FORESTS AND STRENGTHEN TRADITIONAL CULTURE.
ACT WORKS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES OF TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION STRATEGIES.
LAND MANAGEMENT:- IN COLOMBIA, 16,728 HECTARES OF FOREST AND LAND WERE FORMALLY PROTECTED BY LAW.- IN COLOMBIA, 4,132 PEOPLE GAINED IMPROVED LAND-USE AND TENURE RIGHTS RESULTING FROM THE EXPANSION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF INDIGENOUS RESERVES.- IN COLOMBIA, 833,154 NEW HECTARES OF FOREST AND LAND WERE SAFEGUARDED AND MANAGED BY INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.- COLOMBIA'S CONFIRMED ISOLATED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BECAME PROTECTED BY A MULTICULTURAL PROTECTION SYSTEM DESIGNED TO PREVENT INCURSIONS INTO THEIR TERRITORIES.- IN SURINAME, FIVE NEW AMAZON CONSERVATION RANGERS WERE TRAINED IN LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.- A NEW AMAZON CONSERVATION RANGER FIELD STATION BECAME OPERATIONAL IN THE VILLAGE OF CURUNI IN SOUTHERN SURINAME.
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS:- IN COLOMBIA, 94 NEW INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL FAMILIES USED SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES TO RESTORE, PROTECT, AND MANAGE THEIR TERRITORIES.- IN COLOMBIA, 17 OF ACT'S PARTNER COMMUNITIES GAINED IMPROVED ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS, AND 446 PEOPLE NEWLY BENEFITTED FROM IMPROVED FAMILY ECONOMIES.- IN SURINAME, 38 NEW HOUSEHOLDS EARNED STEADY INCOME THROUGH THE SALE OF LOCAL SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS.- IN SURINAME, THE COMMUNITIES OF KWAMALASAMUTU AND SIPALIWIN GAINED ACCESS TO BOTH SUFFICIENT CLEAN WATER AND SOLAR-POWERED ELECTRICITY TO MEET THE RESIDENTS' BASIC NEEDS. THE VILLAGE OF CURUNI ALSO GAINED SOLAR-POWERED ELECTRICITY TO MEET ITS NEEDS.
GOVERNANCE AND CULTURE:- IN COLOMBIA, A NEW PROGRAM TRAINS INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL YOUTHS IN BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND THE INCORPORATION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR TERRITORIES.- IN COLOMBIA, FIVE NEW NATIONAL, REGIONAL, OR LOCAL-LEVEL LAND-USE PLANS INCORPORATED THE STEWARDSHIP VALUES AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES OF INDIGENOUS & LOCAL COMMUNITIES. - IN SURINAME, THREE VILLAGE COMMUNITIES (SIPALIWINI, CURUNI, AND TEPU) ADVANCED COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLANS.- IN SURINAME, THE SHAMANS & APPRENTICES PROGRAM OF THE VILLAGE OF APETINA GENERATED A LOCALIZED TEACHING MANUAL, ALONG WITH FORMAL METHODS FOR EVALUATING STUDENTS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Mark J Plotkin Phd | PRESIDENT | 40 | $175,000 |
| Liliana Madrigal | EXECUTIVE VP | 40 | $116,683 |
| Karla Lara-Otero | SR. DIRECTOR, FINANCE & OPERATIONS | 40 | $107,923 |
| Hector Torres | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Nora Pouillon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Murrell | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Juan Mayr Maldonado | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Lovejoy Phd | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ken Cook | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| William Cameron | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bernard Aronson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen Altschul Phd | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| David Stoup | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Laurie Benenson | CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
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