Acaté is a non-profit conservation organization based in the United States and Perú that operates in close partnership with the Matsés indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest. The Matsés live along remote tributaries of the Javari river in the frontier divide of northeastern Perú and Brazil. The Matsés safeguard a critical conservation corridor comprising over 1.5 million hectacres of intact primary rainforest and shield some of the last remaining uncontacted tribal groups in isolation from unwanted encroachment from the outside world.

Our on-the-ground initiatives with the Matsés in the domains of cultural preservation, sustainable economic development, health, native language education, governance, territorial and ecologic protection are capacity-building and designed to support their self-sufficiency and independence as they adapt to the outside world. All of our initiatives are developed with, led, and implemented by the Matsés indigenous people.

www.acateamazon.org