Amazon Conservation Team Suriname is a Non-profit organization with a mission to preserve biodiversity, health and culture, by working in partnership with indigenous peoples and facilitating the process of making their traditional knowledge applicable and useful for future generations.

The organization’s history goes back to 1999, when activities started in Southwest Suriname. Growing engagement with the communities resulted in the proclamation on September 2nd, 2002 of the Stichting Amazon Conservation Team Suriname as an independent foundation under the Surinamese law.

ACT Suriname is well known for its revolutionary work on indigenous-led mapping of traditional indigenous lands across southern Suriname, to date totaling over 22 million acres. ACT Suriname’s major accomplishments in integration and promotion of traditional healthcare through transfer of knowledge from elder to youngsters has received international recognition and awards.

The organization has received project funding from prominent institutions including the Organization of American States, World Wildlife Fund, Rainforest concern, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the World Bank.