The time to protect Amazonia is now
Amazonian Indigenous organizations representing 511 Indigenous groups including 185 uncontacted Indigenous groups and more than 1,300 organizations around the globe, call for a global pact to protect and restore 80% of Amazonia by 2025 to be implemented by 2030.
The Amazonia 80x2025 Initiative is supported by:
80+
Indigenous organizations1300+
organizations around the world250000+
EndorsersNovember 5: Launch of the Report Amazonia in Danger of Extinction
The image titled “Water Line” depicts a Ticuna man standing beside a 500-year-old ceiba tree in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The tree bears a water line that marks the high-water level during the rainy season, from April to May. The photograph was taken in May 2024, when the water level should have been at its peak; however, rainfall had been scarce. The 2024 drought broke historical records along the Amazon River, causing devastating consequences for wildlife and local communities. This photo won the Earth Photo 2025 Award.
Mateo Borrero
Colombian photographer and engineer, Master in Artistic Photography and winner of the Earth Photo 2025 – Forest Ecosystem Award from the Royal Geographical Society and Forestry England. His photographs have been featured in The Guardian, GEO Magazine, Vogue, and Frontiers Magazine, where he was named Photographer of the Year. His work has been exhibited in several galleries, including the Royal Geographical Society in London and the Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest in the United Kingdom.
Amazonia Against the Clock
Amazonia is in the midst of a tipping point crisis as deforestation and high degradation combined have already reached 26% of the region. The tipping point must be understood as the beginning of a metastasis or the irreversible destruction of the ecosystem. As a result, savannization is already taking place in both countries.
A Roadmap to Implement Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework
The inclusion of Indigenous Territories in Target 3 of the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework represents a historic milestone, as it is the first time that the role of Indigenous peoples and their knowledge and governance systems in maintaining balance has been recognized in the key priority areas of human, territorial, and planetary health.
We must act before it's too late
Amazonia is the largest and most bioculturally diverse tropical rainforest in the world.
Take action today.
Endorse the declaration.
Indigenous leaders from the nine Amazonian countries invite Indigenous communities, scientists, governments, cities, financial institutions, and all individuals ready to act for the planet to support this call. Signing this declaration is a first step toward protecting and restoring 80% of the Amazon by 2025–2030.
See the list of organizations supporting 80% protection of Amazonia by 2025
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5th Summit of ACTO Presidents – Center for Memory, Peace, and Reconciliation
The Amazon is in danger of extinction.
The future of humanity depends on protecting and restoring at least 80% of the Amazon to avoid the point of no return.
Fund and Project Facility for the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon
COP28, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dec 5, 16:00-17:00, joint event with the IDB and the Colombian Government: Fund and Project Facility for the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon, IDB Pavilion. Participants: Susana Muhamad, Ministry, Environment – Colombia, Fany Kuiru, COICA General Coordinator, Tatiana Schor, Amazon Unit, IDB., Tiffany Jodgson, GCF., Françoise Salamé Guex, Responsable de Climate Network WE, Swiss State Secretariat for economic affairs, (SECO)
Partners & Allies
A diverse group of hundreds of civil society organizations and a wide range of global cultural leaders are in support of averting this tipping point crisis and advancing bold solutions in the Amazonia region that future generations will be proud of. Endorsers include:
