Help us keep fighting for the Amazon!

It's hard to believe we're almost halfway through 2023, but what a year it's been so far! Thanks to your generous support, with you by our side we've been making great progress in our fight for the Amazon.

We've placed thousands of Brazil nut seeds in our germination beds at Finca Las Piedras and, after several months of patient waiting, they're starting to sprout! Once the trees have grown a bit they'll be ready to plant, and we will work with our local Brazil nut harvesters to train them on the best ways to plant them and ensure that they keep the Brazil nut population healthy in the decades to come. With a little TLC these trees will one day grow into impressive rainforest giants, some of the largest trees in the Amazon. By empowering local harvesters we are securing the long-term sustainability of the harvest of Brazil nuts from highly biodiverse natural rainforest, but also the protection of the thousands of species of other plants and animals that also call these forests home. This is an incredible and rare win-win for both people and nature, and it's make possible by your support.

We're also busy conducting research on Amazonian butterflies. Currently we know very little or even nothing about the basic biology of most species throughout the Amazon, which makes it essentially impossible to devise effective strategies for biodiversity conservation that maximize the species protected using limited resources. So far this year we've documented the diversity of butterflies in several remote, unstudied corners of the Peruvian Amazon, documented many previously unknown butterfly food plants, and are pioneering the study of butterfly adaptations to seasonality and how they are responding to climate change. The project also provides many opportunities for training the next generation of biologists, conservationists, and leaders from throughout Peru, Latin America, and beyond, and we're thrilled with how our current team of early-career research assistants is growing both professionally and personally. Empowerment is the theme here -- giving young people the tools they need to identify problems and science-based solutions, we're ensuring that our work continues far into the future, which is important as global environmental challenges both grow and change over time.

Again, we are so grateful for your support, without which none of our important work would be possible. Thank you for helping us fight for the Amazon.

Geoff Gallice, Johana Reyes, and the entire ASA Team