Deep in the Bolivian Amazon, environmental nonprofit Kay Pacha Initiative returns to the Aquicuana Reserve - home to the fully operational Motacu Research Station. For the first time, volunteers and researchers are working on-site, conducting conservation studies and projects in one of Earth’s most biodiverse regions. With the support of its donors and volunteers, Kay Pacha is working to expand the scope and size of the Aquicuana, and continuing to protect the rainforest while creating long-term benefits for the local communities who depend on it.

This return comes in the wake of the worst wildfire season in the region’s history, which devastated large areas of the Bolivian Amazon and deeply impacted nearby communities. The urgency to defend the Amazon has never been greater.