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Amazon

Publications

Amazon snapshot (PDF, 2MB)

Amazon Headwaters Initiative factsheet (PDF, 328KB)

The Amazon's Vicious Cycles (PDF, 2.5MB)
WWF released a report that detailed the many ways climate change is speeding up the destruction of the Amazon, with predictions that 55 percent of the Amazon's forests could be gone by 2030. This could release billions of tons of CO₂ to the atmosphere, with major contributions to global warming.

The Amazon Region Protected Area Program
Safeguarding the Amazon: Making Conservation History (PDF, 387k)

Safeguarding the Amazon: A Sound Management and Finance Strategy (PDF, 763k)

Safeguarding the Amazon: Meeting an Urgent Need (PDF, 775k)

Safeguarding the Amazon: The First Milestone -- Tumucumaque (PDF, 2.22M)

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Camera Traps in the Amazon

View camera trap photos that highlight the spectacular and wide variety of wildlife that lives in Yasuní National Park in the Amazonian jungle.

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Expedition Diary

Go deep into the Amazon’s rain forests for a first-hand account of how WWF studies jaguars, pumas and other jungle wildlife.

Multimedia

WATCH how WWF studies the big cats of the Amazon.

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Amazon Photo Gallery

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WWF Experts

Dr. Margaret 'Meg' Symington

Managing Director
Amazon

"Seeking solutions that benefit all of nature -- animals, people and the places where they live -- is the hallmark of WWF's success in the Amazon."

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