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Scholarships & Funding for PD in the Amazon with Morpho! One Application – Three Funding Levels. Morpho’s NEW funding framework recognizes and supports formal and informal educators at different stages of their journey in conservation education. APPLY NOW!
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Happy Holidays Friends! Wishing you the best for the end of 2025 and a bright start to 2026!
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Project Drawdown Scientist Paul West, Ph.D., explores what the TFFF is, why it matters, where it goes from here, and how it could be improved.
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“We’re very happy that our lands advanced in the demarcation process, but there are so many lands that still need to be recognized and demarcated in Brazil.”
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COP30 promised a breakthrough for global forests but delivered no binding mandate. An analysis of why the Belém summit fell short and what must happen next.
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Dramatic underwater photos capture the elusive Amazonian pink dolphins red-handed.
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BIG NEWS!! The Morpho Institute is aligning its conservation education programs with the Global Biodiversity Framework to empower teachers as biodiversity leaders. Explore how we are building bridges to connect education to global action for nature. We were on the team that developed the NEW GUIDANCE - Learning for life! You can download it from our website!
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We met author Rachel Tidd at the Take Me Outside conference in Alberta Canada. Her Wild Learning curriculums use nature as a tool for learning. Wild Math and Wild Reading show you how to teach academic skills in the outdoors. Check them out!
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FROM OUR PARTNER, OUTDOOR LEARNING. Check out these FREE winter workshops and build your capacity as a nature-based educator! https://outdoorlearning.com/events/category/workshops/
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Donate today and help us reach our $35K goal for scholarships in 2026! https://givebutter.com/morpho_institute
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We are an official partner of the Canadian Outdoor Learning School and Store. They have amazing, land-based learning PD opportunities. Check them out today!
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In August, I traveled by bus, small plane, and canoe to the sacred headwaters of the Amazon, in Ecuador. It’s a place with very few roads, yet like many areas in the rainforest, foreign business interests have made contact with its peoples and in just the last decade have rapidly changed th
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In this workshop, Ashley Brailsford, Ph.D. will share strategies for culturally centered, nature-based programming.
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Deep in Brazil's Amazon, scientists have built a "time machine" pumping carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate atmospheric conditions predicted for the future to gauge how the biome adapts - an open question to be discussed at the COP30 United Nations climate summit hosted by the country next month.
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When YOU GIVE to Morpho you help: 🌿 Bring more educators into the rainforest to learn directly from local communities🌿 Strengthen conservation-education in the Amazon. 🌿 Expand access to our programs for teachers who need financial support 🌿 Align Morpho’s conservation education programs with the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and🌿provide resources like this newsletter! Whether this is your first gift or another step in your journey with us, thank you for supporting conservation education. Donate today with the QR code or via this link: https://morphoinstitute.org/donate/
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Dr. Magali Nehemy stood on the banks of the Tapajós River in the Amazon rainforest when the community's chief—a man in his seventies who had lived there his whole life—looked out over the bare shoreline and shook his head.
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As 2025 comes to a close, we’re working to raise $35K by December 31. Every gift strengthens the bridges we’re building—between classrooms and rainforests, between communities and conservation, between wonder and action. Join us as we launch the final week of giving. Donate today: https://givebutter.com/morpho_institute
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A women-led team of scientists save the Amazon rainforest from destruction as readers get a firsthand account of real-life fieldwork in action. A compelling, nonfiction, photo-illustrated STEM read for 8-12-year-olds who aspire to be future scientists, environmentalists, and conservationists!
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Discover what women in conservation need to succeed, from mentorship to safe spaces, and why equitable leadership strengthens environmental outcomes.
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We decided its high time we shared some of the outstanding photography of our alumni - along with some year-end inspiration. Follow the link to our website for this free download - while you're there, consider supporting Morpho and our conservation education mission!
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[ARIE 2025] Heliconia species are iconic in the Neotropics, but many remain surprisingly understudied in the Amazon rainforest. One of those is Heliconia juruana. Our research team studied populations in the Napo-Sucusari Biological Reserve near the ACTS Field Station, focusing on how leaf beetles from the Chrysomelidae family interact with these plants.
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Binghamton University researchers have documented arboreal mammals using a human-made canopy walkway in the Peruvian Amazon. Dr. Lindsey Swierk is a co-author of this new article and serves as Morpho's Director of Research!
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Scholarships & Funding for PD in the Amazon with Morpho! One Application – Three Funding Levels. Morpho’s NEW funding framework recognizes and supports formal and informal educators at different stages of their journey in conservation education. APPLY NOW!
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Thanks Madden Science for capturing the masterful storytelling of Percy Reyna during the 2025 Amazon Research Initiative for Educators (ARIE)! Enjoy the video and then check out the resources on the science behind the story. Links to scientific papers and general science article about Devil's Gardens.
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The Amazon faces deforestation threats. Bioeconomy offers a sustainable way to protect forests and empower communities.
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It's taking place in the Brazilian city of Belém from 10 - 21 November 2025, and is one of the biggest events in the calendar, especially for world leaders and environmental campaigners.
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Don't miss the boat - rosters are filling up - priority given to new participants!
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