Amazon Conservation Team Article

Read Mark Plotkin’s (President of the Amazon Conservation Team) article on forbes.com

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) has chosen to help prevent this destructive process in a constructive way. For several years, we have been sponsoring the work of Colombian anthropologist Roberto Franco, a noted authority on the isolated tribes of the northwest Amazon. Roberto recently produced an extraordinary book—Cariba Malo— detailing the history and very likely current status of these remote Indian tribes. His efforts—supported by other ACT colleagues in Bogotá and in the Colombian government—have resulted in important new legislation protecting these remaining groups and the rainforests they inhabit.

~ Read Mark Plotkin’s (President of the Amazon Conservation Team) article on forbes.com