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We are a non-profit organization working with Indigenous peoples to defend their rights to land, life and cultural survival in the Amazon.

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🌿 We are celebrating over a decade of resistance, resilience & victories for the #AmazonRainforest.
Across the upper Amazon, from the heart of Ecuador to Peru and Colombia, #AmazonFrontlines and @AlianzaCeibo partner with Indigenous communities to protect the rainforest, its defenders, and to ensure cultural survival. From bringing clean water to communities poisoned by oil extraction, to stopping destructive projects, we’ve won major victories for human rights, the forest & our climate. ✊🏽💚
We are guided by elders, ancestors, and stories from the forest,
& inspired by the courage of defenders, youth, storytellers, & land protectors.
We are dedicated to honoring those who have lost their lives for this cause,
& determined to carry our collective mission forward with resilience and hope.
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🌿 Celebramos más de una década de resistencia, resiliencia y victorias por la #SelvaAmazónica.
A lo largo del Alto Amazonas, desde el corazón de Ecuador hasta Perú y Colombia, #AmazonFrontlines y @AlianzaCeibo se unen con las comunidades indígenas para proteger la selva, a sus defensores y garantizar la supervivencia cultural. Desde llevar agua limpia a comunidades envenenadas por la extracción petrolera hasta detener proyectos destructivos, hemos logrado grandes victorias para los derechos humanos, la selva y nuestro clima. ✊🏽💚
Nos guían los mayores, los ancestros y las historias del bosque.
Nos inspira el coraje de defensores, jóvenes, narradores y guardianes de la tierra.
Estamos comprometidos a honrar a quienes han perdido la vida por esta causa,
y decididos a llevar nuestra misión colectiva hacia adelante con resiliencia y esperanza. by @amazonfrontlines

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There’s more to Until They Listen than what you see on screen 🌿

From meeting Nemonte and the Waorani to exploring the forest they’re fighting to protect, here’s the story behind the film.

Swipe through, then watch Until They Listen now on YouTube 🎬

#FableFund #NemonteNenquimo #UntilTheyListen #Amazon #AmazonFrontlines by @amazonfrontlines

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It’s here 👀

Until They Listen is OUT NOW

Watch the film on YouTube🎬🌿

CREDITS:
Filmed and Directed by: Martin Kingman

Produced by: Elliot Connor, Mark Davenport, Annie Moir, Tomás Nieto

Additional Photography: Santiago Oviedo, Elliot Connor

Featuring: Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson, Opi Nenquimo, Angie Nenquimo, Akash Mehta

Editing and Post-Production: Will Clothier

Production Support: Annie Moir, Carlotta Goodwin-Thorp, Tomás Nieto, Alex Goff, Santiago Novoa, Jerónimo Zu֘niga, Claudia Herrera, Josefina Paushi, Alejandra Alzate, Paolo Solis, Estelle Raison, Caitlin Green, Daniela Criollo

Special Thanks: Amazon Frontlines, Nemonpare Community, The Ceibo Alliance, Alas de Socorro del Ecuador

Executive Producers: Alex Bowmer, Akash Mehta

#FableFund #NemonteNenquimo #UntilTheyListen #Amazon #AmazonFrontlines by @amazonfrontlines

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Until They Listen🎬🌿

Coming to Youtube in 2 days…

Head to The Fable Fund YouTube channel (link in bio) to subscribe and set an alert so you’re the first to watch when it drops.

⏰ Set your alarms for Wednesday 7th October at 5PM BST | 8AM PDT | 12PM EDT | 9:30 IST

#FableFund #NemonteNenquimo #UntilTheyListen #Amazon #AmazonFrontlines by @amazonfrontlines

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When Nemonte Nenquimo invites you to visit her home in the Amazon, you just say yes🌿

Until They Listen, our next @fablefund film with @nemonte.nenquimo & @mehta_a, is coming to YouTube next Wednesday 7th October🎬

Head to The Fable Fund YouTube channel (link in bio) to subscribe and set an alert so you’re the first to watch when it drops.

#FableFund #NemonteNenquimo #UntilTheyListen #Amazon #Ecuador by @amazonfrontlines

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It fills us with profound hope & pride to share that our sister organization, @AlianzaCeibo, has been awarded one of the most prestigious prizes globally, the 2026 #Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity by @FCGulbenkian.

For more than a decade, we have worked alongside #AlianzaCeibo as a collective, growing as a community of activists working hand in hand for the future of the #amazonrainforest.

#AlianzaCeibo is a first-of-its-kind organization, led from the ground-up and directly from Indigenous territories. It unites four Indigenous nations—the A’i Cofán, Siekopai, Siona, and Waorani—who have chosen to stand together to protect millions of hectares of primary rainforest and ancestral ways of life in the Upper Amazon, the most biodiverse place on Earth.

This global award is a crystal clear acknowledgment that Indigenous leadership and frontline organizing is not just an ideal—it is an essential climate solution.

Rooted in the wisdom of elders and ancestors, and sustained by the strength, resilience and vision of these four nations, it shows what is possible when Indigenous peoples lead the defense of their territories, cultures and cosmovision.

This recognition honors the communities and leaders who have built this movement, whose work has earned the trust of communities, the solidarity of civil society, and the respect of allies and institutions across the region and around the world.

We are proud to share this path with you, to learn from you, and to keep building alongside you for the future of the Amazon.

Congratulations, compas! by @amazonfrontlines

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What does it take to cure the wounds colonialism left behind, so Indigenous educators can teach from a place of healing?

Amazon Frontlines and @alianzaceibo invited more than 20 future educators on a journey of healing and learning, part of the Community-Led Education Program, recovering ancestral memory to preserve cultural identity for future generations.

Their journals offer a window into healing through ancestral memory and plant medicine, confronting wounds left by colonialism, extractivism, and conventional education, and reclaiming the knowledge needed to teach future generations in the northern Ecuadorean Amazon.

At the @centro.takiwasi.tarapoto , master plants were used in therapeutic processes and ceremonies as participants worked through these struggles.

This journey is part of a bigger effort to reclaim Indigenous education. Just last week, after six years of work, the Ecuadorian government officially recognized autonomous, community-led Indigenous educational systems and curricula — a historic step toward Indigenous peoples’ right to shape education in their own territories.

Read their testimonies.

Link in bio.

🔗 https://amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/healing-to-educate-a-journey-through-memory-ancestral-plants-and-the-territory-to-renew-a-commitment-to-community-led-education/ by @amazonfrontlines

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Schoolchildren from Yonkers New York connected with Indigenous students from the A’i Cofán nation in the Ecuadorian Amazon to foster new relationships, learn about Indigenous knowledge, and nurture a collective responsibility to take care of our planet.

They made a short educational film to share their experience and help inspire positive change in the world.

This project was brought to life as part of the National Geographic Society’s Explorer-Educator Exchange programme. Storytellers, educators, Indigenous communities and NGOs came together to tell the story of what’s possible when we connect and collaborate across borders and cultures for the benefit of people and nature.

Find out how this project came together in our StoryMap and watch the final film via the links in the bio.

Huge thanks to @natgeosociety @amazonfrontlines and @alianzaceibo for working with us to make this a reality, and
to @openplanetorg for the extra footage in the final film. by @amazonfrontlines

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We are seeking a Finance Director for #AmazonFrontlines.

📍 Remote within the United States, with regular schedule overlap with Ecuador and Peru and occasional travel to country offices.
🕐 Full-time position
🗣️ English required. Working Spanish is a significant advantage.

The Finance Director is our senior technical finance professional and chief accountant, responsible for the books, financial statements, annual audit, US tax and regulatory compliance, treasury, and the quality of every figure we report to leadership, our Board, and our funders.

Scope includes:
• Accounting management, monthly close, and financial statement quality
• Internal controls, financial policy, and delegation of authority
• Annual external audit and audit readiness
• US tax and regulatory compliance, including Form 990 and state filings
• Treasury, banking, and payment platform administration
• Financial reporting to leadership and the Board Finance Committee
• Financial oversight of re-granting to partner organizations and of operations in Ecuador and Peru
• Supervision of the finance team and transition of accounting functions in-house

apply today -> link in bio 🔗 https://amazonfrontlines.org/jobs/finance-director/ by @amazonfrontlines

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Durante más de seis años, las nacionalidades A’i Cofán, Siekopaai y Waorani hemos trabajado para construir una educación que permita revitalizar nuestras culturas, recuperar nuestras prácticas y rescatar nuestro idioma, incorporando también conocimientos occidentales.
Este proceso da un paso histórico: la Educación Propia comienza a implementarse oficialmente en nuestros territorios.
Seguiremos luchando y exigiendo al Estado que garantice la infraestructura, las partidas docentes y los materiales necesarios para hacer realidad la Educación Propia en nuestros territorios.
Reconocemos el rol de la SEIBE en este proceso, por su apertura y voluntad política para registrar nuestros Proyectos Educativos Comunitarios (PEC) y tejidos curriculares.
Ahora debemos seguir trabajando para construir, desde nuestras propias realidades y nuestra autodeterminación, el presente y el futuro de nuestra niñez y juventud. by @amazonfrontlines

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✊🏼7 años después de nuestra Asamblea en Nemonpade, donde analizamos cómo garantizar la continuidad de nuestra defensa territorial y el futuro de nuestras generaciones, el día de ayer logramos que la Secretaría de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe y Etnoeducación SEIBE registre oficialmente nuestros Programas Educativos Comunitarios y Tejidos curriculares.

Gracias a esta lucha conjunta entre las nacionalidades A'i Cofán y Siekopaai, que contó con el apoyo y acompañamiento de @amazonfrontlines y @alianzaceibo, podremos implementar nuestra Educación Propia Waorani en las comunidades de Napo, Pastaza y Orellana, sin trabas por parte de las autoridades.

Un solo wao, un solo sueño

📷 @johis.alarcon para Amazon Frontlines

#WaoResistencia #Waorani by @amazonfrontlines

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Este es un día histórico para el futuro de nuestros hijos e hijas, de nuestras futuras generaciones y para la defensa de nuestros territorios.

Después de años de organización y lucha, avanzamos hacia una #educaciónpropia que nace de nuestro territorio, nuestra memoria y nuestros propios conocimientos.

Hoy, nuestro esfuerzo y nuestra sabiduría han sido reconocidos por el Estado ecuatoriano.

Marchamos y alzamos nuestra voz por el derecho a aprender de nuestros abuelos y abuelas, a practicar la medicina de la selva, a recuperar idiomas que estaban desapareciendo, a escuchar nuestras historias y a conectarnos con los seres espirituales que habitan nuestro territorio.

Una educación que revitaliza nuestra cultura en lugar de borrarla, incorporando otros conocimientos sin dejar de partir de los nuestros.

Celebramos una victoria colectiva porque educar desde nuestras comunidades es defender nuestra cultura, nuestra identidad y nuestra supervivencia.

📸 @johis.alarcon @lusitande_aneth taken in Quito,ecuador by @amazonfrontlines

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