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The last few years have seen incredible efforts by Brazil to protect the Amazon and other unique ecosystems, led by Indigenous Peoples, local NGOs and the government. I am proud to have visited some of the frontline defenders that my organization Re:wild supports.

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Brazil is key to the future of the planet, home to extraordinary ecosystems and to Indigenous Peoples and local communities who have protected them for generations.

This week, Leonardo DiCaprio, founder of @rewild, traveled through the Amazon, Pantanal and Cerrado, meeting Indigenous leaders, government officials, conservationists and local organizations working to protect some of Brazil’s most important and threatened ecosystems.

Among them were Chief Raoni Metuktire, a historic Kayapó leader in the defense of Indigenous rights and the Amazon, and Yawalapiti leaders from the Upper Xingu.

DiCaprio also met with President Lula and members of the Brazilian government to discuss the protection of biodiversity, Indigenous territories and ecosystems.

Protecting the Amazon, Pantanal and Cerrado means protecting Indigenous Peoples, and the future of the planet.

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O Brasil é fundamental para o futuro do planeta, com ecossistemas extraordinários e povos indígenas e comunidades locais que os protegem há gerações.

Nesta semana, Leonardo DiCaprio, fundador da @rewild, percorreu a Amazônia, o Pantanal e o Cerrado, encontrando lideranças indígenas, representantes do governo, ambientalistas e organizações locais que atuam na proteção de alguns dos ecossistemas mais importantes e ameaçados do Brasil.

Entre eles, o cacique Raoni Metuktire, da Terra Indígena Kapoto Jarina, liderança histórica Kayapó na defesa dos direitos indígenas e da Amazônia, Cacique Tapi Yawalapiti e Liderança Feminina Watatakalu Yawalapiti do Território Indígena do Xingu TIX.

DiCaprio também se reuniu com o presidente Lula e integrantes do governo brasileiro para dialogar sobre a proteção da biodiversidade, dos territórios indígenas e dos ecossistemas.

Proteger a Amazônia, o Pantanal e o Cerrado é proteger os povos indígenas, e o futuro do planeta.

Less than 1,000 Pehuenche Spiny-chest Frogs are left in the wild—and on Monday, August 10, the Chilean government may approve a catastrophic plan to destroy the heart of their only known habitat.

This Critically Endangered amphibian lives nowhere else on Earth except the Pehuenche Valley in the high Andes of Chile and Argentina. Now this species is faced with one of its greatest threats yet: a proposed binational power transmission project. This development would push the species to the brink of extinction.

Conservationists are not asking for the transmission project to be stopped. They are asking for it to be built where it does not put a Critically Endangered species at even greater risk. On Monday, Chile will decide the project’s fate. We are fighting the clock to protect this species…

The Pehuenche Spiny-chest Frog has evolved to survive in cold mountain streams and alpine meadows. Protecting this species means protecting an entire ecosystem that is vital for biodiversity, freshwater resources, and climate resilience.

#SaveThePehuencheFrog #Amphibians #Biodiversity #Chile #Conservation

Photography:
Photos 1 & 3: Vicente Valdés
Photos 2 & 4: Natalia Morata

This is the @phoenixspeciesproject. A $200 million commitment to bring 100 of the world’s most threatened species back from the brink. The largest single philanthropic initiative ever dedicated to the recovery of Critically Endangered species, across 30 countries.

My organization @rewild, along with @bezosearthfund, have launched the Phoenix Species Project with support from @ageofunion and the @toddgraves Family Foundation.

The species span mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates, and plants. This includes the Sumatran Rhino from Indonesia, the Indri from Madagascar, and the world’s heaviest parrot, the Kākāpō, from New Zealand.

Over 100 local and international partners around the world — including Indigenous Peoples, local communities, conservationists, and governments — will lead the work, tailoring recovery efforts to each species and place.

I could not be prouder to announce this. Save these species, and we protect everything around them. The forests, the rivers, and the climate itself.

Thank you @bezosearthfund, @ageofunion and @toddgraves Family Foundation.

BIG NEWS: Over 1.6 million acres (676,000 hectares) of Brazilian ecosystems are now protected. 🇧🇷

On September 8, the President of Brazil @lulaoficial announced four new Sustainable Development Reserves in the Amazon and expanded Sete Cidades National Park in the Caatinga biome in Piauí. We congratulate the government on these important efforts to protect critical ecosystems while supporting the communities who live in and depend on them.

The four new reserves, all located in the region surrounding the BR-319 highway, are designated to help safeguard biodiversity and protect the ancestral territories of Indigenous Peoples.

In Piauí, the Sete Cidades National Park was expanded by over 17,000 acres (6,900 hectares), strengthening protection for threatened species like the endemic Cerrado Little Brown Bat.

This news builds on the creation of the Rio Tanaru Indigenous Peoples National Park, established in June 2026. The new investments will also support sustainable forest management, restoration, community-led initiatives, and territorial protection — including over $47 million in investments tied to sustainable forest management and over $46 million for restoration and territorial initiatives.

Thanks to support from Re:wild, @artintoacres, @bezosearthfund, @moorefound, and Wyss Foundation via @andesamazonfund for helping make these designations possible.

📸: Divulgacao ICMBio
#Amazon #AmazonDay #Brazil #conservation #BrazilianAmazon

This Amazon Day, experience the extraordinary story of Indigenous leader @jumaxipaia in the award-winning documentary YANUNI (@yanunifilm), now streaming exclusively on YouTube.

Juma has been fighting to protect the Amazon Rainforest since she was a child. Directed by @richardladkani, YANUNI follows Juma’s unyielding defense of the forest alongside her husband Hugo Loss, a ranger leading high-risk operations against illegal gold mining.

The Amazon’s fate is tied to all life on Earth: It regulates the global climate, safeguards more biodiversity than any place on Earth, and helps stabilize planetary systems like rainfall patterns. Yet it survives only because of people like Juma who refuse to let it disappear.

Watch the full film now using the link in bio.

Destruction by illegal gold mining in the Amazon doesn’t stop at the trees. The operations release mercury into the rivers, contaminating the fish people eat and the water they drink, and causing lasting damage to human health. Downstream, fish stocks keep falling and the dry seasons keep getting longer.

For @juma_xipaia’s home and the communities of Brazil’s Middle Xingu, this is an assault on food, medicine and survival all at once.

@yanunifilm - a true story of love and resistance - is now streaming on YouTube.
 
Watch it using the link in bio.