Conserving the
Amazon rainforest

Through research, reforestation and education

Our mission

The Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon is a nonprofit working to conserve biodiversity and other natural resources in the Peruvian Amazon, for the benefit of all those who live in and depend on the rainforest.

What we do

Our strategy is holistic and aims to protect the Amazon while simultaneously addressing underlying threats to biodiversity, thus ensuring the long-term success of our efforts. We work in the following three focal areas:

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Why conserve the Amazon?

Home to thousands of species found nowhere else, a diverse cultural landscape, food, water, oxygen, regulation of the global climate. There are many reasons to keep the world's greatest rainforest standing.

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Impact

Measuring the success of our work

> 4,000

SPECIES DOCUMENTED AND STUDIED

Including many new to science

> 74,000

TREES PLANTED AND PROTECTED

Providing for both people & wildlife

> 4,000

K-12 CHILDREN REACHED

With quality environmental education

> 45,000

TONS OF CO2 KEPT OUT OF THE ATMOSHPERE

Helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change

Support our work in the Peruvian Amazon

Saving the Amazon is hard work, but we can't live without it. Join the many people who help keep our research, reforestation, and education projects in Peru going — become a Rainforest Champion today.

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The latest from our team in Peru

Partners

Saving the Amazon is a team effort, and our community includes thousands of people from around the world who are committed to the cause. In addition, we have a number of key partners that support our work in a variety of ways:

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