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We've been working with Indigenous communities in the Bolivian Amazon to tackle the growing wildfire crisis since 2025.

Indigenous people are using local languages, stronger community leadership and information passed down from generations to improve how they prepare for disasters.

Food and agriculture are responsible for roughly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and are the leading drivers of biodiversity loss. Yet, hundreds of millions of people are going hungry, and many of the farmers who feed us live in poverty.

Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon today presented a new mechanism designed to create direct channel of funds to Amazonian territories.

Practical Action’s CEO Sarah Roberts underlines why climate change remains her number one priority and what the organisation will do to help the world address the challenge.

Practical Action has officially opened its new office in Ecuador, focused on helping build sustainable livelihoods and increasing biodiversity.

Latin America is home to around 800 Indigenous Peoples, with an estimated population of nearly 58 million people. Today, many of them are facing the direct consequences of deforestation and climate change, which threaten their territories and livelihoods.

Practical Action has made a commitment to support millions of people living in Ecuador’s Amazon region, along with their Government’s efforts to protecting biodiversity.

Community based early warning systems are widely used to extend the coverage provided at a national level. However, in low to middle income countries, budgets are often limited, which has led to the search for low-cost alternatives employing some of the latest technologies.