Posts By: Christopher Herndon

July 2013 Field Update

Saving Traditional Medicine One Village at a Time Matsés traditional healing systems have been passed down through the generations for hundreds of years. The knowledge and techniques accumulated within this effective health care system are a product of their deep spiritual and physical ties to the natural environment. The health of the Matsés tribe has […] Continue reading »

How to Make a Difference Today!

tropical butterfly from amazon rainforest in Peru

Acaté needs your help to continue its important and unique collaboration with the Matsés tribe in the Peruvian Amazon. The Matsés or Jaguar People were contacted in the past half-century and live in some of most pristine rainforests in the world. What makes our projects so high impact—and your support so urgent—is that their forests […] Continue reading »

May 2013 Field Update

Thank you, again, for helping support our efforts in the Amazon! Since launching our website in March, the Acaté team has been hard at work on all fronts. Stateside, we have been intensively networking with like-minded individuals, companies, and foundations with shared interest in protecting the rainforest and the peoples that depend on it for […] Continue reading »

Welcome!

sunset over rio napo in mazan peru

Greetings and thank you for visiting Acaté Amazon Conservation. We are delighted to be going public with our non-profit organization, Acaté. More than 10 years ago, we first engaged with the Matsés people in the Galvez region of Perú, in the heart of one of the most biodiverse regions and cradles of life on our […] Continue reading »