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November 16, 2010: Indigenous Culture Lessons for Surinamese Schoolchildren - read this blog postfrom ACT Suriname staffer Karin Lachmising on traditional architecture lessons in Suriname.

November 6, 2010: Highlight from the 2010 Tech Awards - watch as ACT Brazil Director Vasco van Roosmalen and Surui Chief Almir Surui talk about deforestation in Brazil.

The Amazon Conservation Team has been named a 2010 Tech Awards Laureate by the prestigious Tech Museum in Silicon Valley.

October 31, 2010: ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin spoke with The Chronicle of Philanthropy about ACT's partnership with indigenous peoples in the Amazon to promote technology use for land management.

October 25, 2010: ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin spoke with May Pang and Cynthia Neilson about his adventures as an ethnobotanist working with Shamans deep in the heart of the Amazon.Listen to the radio segment here.

October 18, 2010: "Jeff Skoll: Becoming Superman" ACT supporter Jeff Skoll is profiled in Fortune Magazine where he talks about his work producing cause-related films.

October 11, 2010: Dr. Mark Plotkin is honored to be a recipient of the Jane Goodall Institute Global Leadership Award. View his acceptance speech.

October 11, 2010: ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin spoke with KCLU's Lance Orozco about what we can learn from the people and land of the Amazon Rainforest prior to his speech at California Lutheran University. Listen here.

September 30, 2010: Read about how longtime friend and ACT colleague, Dr. Christopher Herndon and journalist Rhett Butler, teamed up to explore the link between biodiversity and health to pen a piece for the influential journal Biotropica.

September 29, 2010: ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin named 2010 Jane Goodall Institute Global Leadership Award Winner! The award honors an individual who shares Dr. Jane Goodall's values, vision, and commitment to making a positive difference for all the world's species.

September 1, 2010: Read about the likely highly negative impacts of the proposed Belo Monte Dam Complex on the Xingu’s people and ecology.

June 30, 2010: How an Amazonian Tribe Is Mastering the Modern World. In June 2010, the premier German newsmagazine Der Spiegel profiled the Surui people of the Brazilian rainforest, their leader Almir Surui, and their battle to stop the destruction of their homeland with the aid of modern technologies and new opportunities. Read the article.

June 30, 2010: So what does the protection of the Amazon have to do with climate change? Hear the answer by watching ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin share his thoughts on a panel about Biocultural Conservation for Harvard Extension School's Centennial Celebration.

June 29, 2010: Chief Almir recently spoke to the Portsmouth Chronicle about working with ACT to help stop climate change by preserving the Amazon rainforest and culture, read the story here.

June 4, 2010: ACT received Charity Navigator's coveted 4-star rating for the fifth year in a row for successfully executing our mission in a fiscally responsible way. Only 5 percent of the charities rated have received at least five consecutive 4-star ratings.

May 9, 2010: ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin was recently granted an honorary degree by Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Plotkin also delivered the Commencement Address in which he highlighted ACT's partnership with 32 Amazonian tribes, which has resulted in the collaborative mapping of 75 million acres of rainforest.

April 19, 2010: Read about what ACT is doing to halt deforestation and how we're helping to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest in this month's GEOWORLD.

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