Chris Fagan
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Upper Amazon Conservancy Joins 1% For The Planet
July 1, 2020: 1% For The Planet was founded in 2002 by Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, founder of Blue Ribbon Flies, to help connect its more than 3,000 individual and corporate members with approved, high-impact nonprofit partners that align with their values.
Food and Supplies Delivered to 118 Indigenous Families
June 5, 2020: Update: Thanks to the generosity of donors to our GoFundMe campaign, over the past few weeks UAC staff and volunteers have provided emergency food and supplies to 118 indigenous families, close to 500 people, stranded in the city of Pucallpa, Peru due to the quarantine.
Emergency Food Supplies Needed by Tribes in Pucallpa
May 2020: Approximately 50 families from the remote Yurua and Purús watersheds have been living in the city of Pucallpa since the COVID 19 pandemic started and desperately need food. Please help us provide emergency food supplies!
Indigenous – Mestizo Conservation Alliance Completes Fifth Year
February 2020: The La Novia Conservation Alliance recently completed its fifth year working to prevent illegal activities and protect threatened species along the La Novia River, a tributary of the Alto Purús River
Invasions of Coca Farmers Threaten Protected Areas and Isolated Tribes
December 2019: An article by UAC’s Chris Fagan discusses a massive invasion of coca farmers in the Urubamba watershed that threatens indigenous lands, protected areas and the isolated tribes who live there.
Yurua Conservation Concession Protects 112,850 acres for Local Tribes
June 2019: After a decades long effort, indigenous tribes of the Yurua region have finally been granted a conservation concession protecting 112,850 acres (45,699 hectares) of intact lowland jungle near Brazil.
Isolated Tribes featured in National Geographic
October 2018: National Geographic’s October cover story explores threats to isolated indigenous tribes in the Peruvian Amazon. The Peru part was written by UAC’s director Chris Fagan.
