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The amazon rainforest is approaching an irreversible ecological tipping point.

We partner with indigenous peoples to protect the forest they call home and that we all depend on.

Our team fo human right activists, land defenders and community leaders work on the frontlines to strengthen Indigenous guardianship.

Who we are

Our mission is to power a movement to protect the Amazon and our climate

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"When a tree falls in the forest, it makes a sound that the entire world should hear."

Nemonte Nenquimo, Waorani leader and Amazon Frontlines co-founder.

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The right to education of indigenous boys and girls of the Amazon: The feeling from the struggle of the A’i Cofán de Sinangoe community

Indigenous nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon unite in the fight against the advance of oil companies

Community-led Education: Lessons Being Woven to Protect Indigenous Territories and the Largest Rainforest in the World

Amazonian Medicinal Plants: beings of healing and connection

Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him – again.

We Are a Weaving of Gazes

‘I want people to wake up’: Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it

A Tapestry of Biodiversity: Guarding the Relations of the Amazon

For Us, By Us: Indigenous-Powered Solar Energy in the Amazon

Our Voice is Ours: 7 Amazonian Indigenous women storytellers and the right to self-expression

The Amazon: A Forest of Rivers

Can Climate Democracy Defeat the Oil Curse in Ecuador?

Chronicles

/ April 4, 2024

Resilience in the midst of adversity: The struggle of Kichwa communities to deal with the consequences of the 2020 oil spill

“The Coca River used to give us sustenance,” says Mery Jipa, an Indigenous woman from San Pablo, a Kichwa Community on the banks of this…

The value of respect

Someone recently asked me why it was important to protect the Amazon rainforest from oil
drilling. The question made me angry. Can you imagine

Who are the “Water Spirits” living in the Amazon Basin?

On World Water Day, we’re writing from the Amazon, the biggest watershed in the world…

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Stand with indigenous peoples to protect the Amazon and our global climate

Stand with indigenous peoples to protect the Amazon and our global climate

The amazon rainforest is approaching an irreversible ecological tipping point.

We partner with indigenous peoples to protect the forest they call home and that we all depend on.

"When a tree falls in the forest, it makes a sound that the entire world should hear."

Every action matters
in our interconnected world.

Featured Stories

The right to education of indigenous boys and girls of the Amazon: The feeling from the struggle of the A’i Cofán de Sinangoe community

Indigenous nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon unite in the fight against the advance of oil companies

Community-led Education: Lessons Being Woven to Protect Indigenous Territories and the Largest Rainforest in the World

Amazonian Medicinal Plants: beings of healing and connection

Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him – again.

We Are a Weaving of Gazes

‘I want people to wake up’: Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it

A Tapestry of Biodiversity: Guarding the Relations of the Amazon

For Us, By Us: Indigenous-Powered Solar Energy in the Amazon

Our Voice is Ours: 7 Amazonian Indigenous women storytellers and the right to self-expression

The Amazon: A Forest of Rivers

Can Climate Democracy Defeat the Oil Curse in Ecuador?

Resilience in the midst of adversity: The struggle of Kichwa communities to deal with the consequences of the 2020 oil spill

The value of respect

Who are the “Water Spirits” living in the Amazon Basin?

Strengthen
our movement

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Whats Happens here matters everywhere

Stand with indigenous peoples to protect the Amazon and our global climate

Stand with indigenous peoples to protect the Amazon and our global climate

The amazon rainforest is approaching an irreversible ecological tipping point. We partner with indigenous peoples to protect the forest they call home and that we all depend on.

"When a tree falls in the forest, it makes a sound that the entire world should hear."

Every action matters in our interconnected world.

Featured Stories

The right to education of indigenous boys and girls of the Amazon: The feeling from the struggle of the A’i Cofán de Sinangoe community

Indigenous nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon unite in the fight against the advance of oil companies

Community-led Education: Lessons Being Woven to Protect Indigenous Territories and the Largest Rainforest in the World

Amazonian Medicinal Plants: beings of healing and connection

Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him – again.

We Are a Weaving of Gazes

‘I want people to wake up’: Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it

A Tapestry of Biodiversity: Guarding the Relations of the Amazon

For Us, By Us: Indigenous-Powered Solar Energy in the Amazon

Our Voice is Ours: 7 Amazonian Indigenous women storytellers and the right to self-expression

The Amazon: A Forest of Rivers

Can Climate Democracy Defeat the Oil Curse in Ecuador?

Resilience in the midst of adversity: The struggle of Kichwa communities to deal with the consequences of the 2020 oil spill

The value of respect

Who are the “Water Spirits” living in the Amazon Basin?

Strengthen our movement

The amazon rainforest is approaching an irreversible ecological tipping point.

We partner with indigenous peoples to protect the forest they call home and that we all depend on.

Every action matters
in our interconnected world.

Strengthen
our movement