Local Journalism & Research Empowerment
We support local leadership by providing funding for research and storytelling that advances conservation and cultural resilience. Through small grants and collaborative opportunities, we empower Indigenous researchers, journalists, and community members to investigate pressing issues, share powerful stories, and drive change from within their own territories.
2026 ARCC Fellows
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Elias Viteri-Basso
2026 ARCC Research Fellow
The role of private protected areas in safeguarding mammal and ground-dwelling bird communities in a montane-amazon transition forest
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Sebastián Mena
2026 ARCC Research Fellow
WaoMeñebai: Indigenous Guard
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Nicolás Schuldt Durán
2026 ARCC Research Fellow
Shuar Ajas as Biodiversity Refuges: Demonstrating Traditional Agroforestry as Habitat for Threatened Birds and Amphibians
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Daniel Hualpa Vega
2026 ARCC Research Fellow
Comprehensive Survey of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Cerro Plateado Biological Reserve
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Ariel Guerrero-Campoverde
2026 ARCC Research Fellow
The role of private protected areas in safeguarding mammal and ground-dwelling bird communities in a montane-amazon transition forest
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Karol Jaramillo Ayala
2026 ARCC Journalism Fellow
Body and Territory Shaped by Extractivism: Sexual Exploitation and Silences Surrounding the mirador Mining Project in the Ecuadorian Amazon
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Dunio Chiriap Jimbicti
2026 ARCC Journalism Fellow
Memories of the Territory: Shuar Narratives on Conservation and the Future in the Ecuadorian Amazon
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Natalia Jaramillo
2026 ARCC Journalism Fellow
The Challenge of Rehabilitating Primates in an Increasingly Fragmented Amazon
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Ángel Hernández
2026 ARCC Journalism Fellow
Josefina Tunki, Guardian of the Forest
2025 ARCC Fellows
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Andy Ruiz
2024 ARCC Research Grantee
Analyzing the impacts of illegal gold mining on bird populations in southeastern Ecuador using bioacoustic monitoring tools
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Daniela Beltran
2024 ARCC Journalism Grantee
"Territorial resistance strategies in Napo, Ecuador, facing the configuration of “sacrifice zones”
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