Project Amazonas

Working since 1994 to protect the Peruvian rainforest & provide medical care, education opportunities & sustainable development to the protectors of the forest.

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Well it is Friday the 13th, and the news isn't good for the world's largest wetlands - the Pantanal, right on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. Read more below.
https://t.co/W7q5g6LPzM

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New bridges at our Santa Cruz Forest Reserve! During the Covid-19 shutdown, our Peru crew has still been able to do some upgrades at the field sites, including replacing old bridges with new, sturdier and higher ones.

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A violent windstorm in the Peruvian Amazon downed hundreds or thousands of trees on 3 November, including ones that smashed our kitchen and one set of bathrooms at the Santa Cruz Forest Reserve. Time to rebuild! Happily no-one was injured, but SOOO ready for 2020 to be over!

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Project Amazonas & Wired International recently finished a 3-week training session for community health workers in the Amazon. See the blog post and much more @ https://t.co/SvmOPodhW8

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Covid-19 is having devastating effects on Amazon rainforest communities. Many isolated communities have no real access to medical care, so it is up to us to get that care to them. We'll be launching a campaign shortly to serve people like these: