How can I help?
The basin is defended by people — forest communities, Indigenous federations, journalists, and scientists. The most effective thing you can do from anywhere is fund and amplify them.
Support frontline organizations
- Junglekeepers — rangers and land protection on the Las Piedras river, Peru
- Rainforest Foundation US — territorial monitoring tech in Indigenous hands
- Amazon Watch — campaigns with Indigenous federations against extractive projects
- Amazon Conservation — runs the MAAP deforestation-monitoring program
- Instituto Socioambiental — Brazil's leading socio-environmental defender
- Amazon Conservation Team — mapping and land titling with local communities
Use the data
Everything this tracker shows comes from open sources — cite them, build on them, keep them funded. Researchers and journalists can pull the same feeds from Global Forest Watch, INPE, and NASA FIRMS. Public attention measurably changes enforcement — deforestation spikes when nobody is watching.
Consume deliberately
The largest deforestation drivers are cattle, soy, gold, and timber. Favor certified or deforestation-free supply chains where they exist, and be loudest about gold — illegal mining is the fastest-growing pressure on Indigenous territories in this data.