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Indigenous Peoples and environmental defenders have been fighting to protect the Amazon for generations. Yet, they are met with violence by those who want to profit off the destruction of the rainforest. For decades, their safety has been ignored and in recent years the Amazon has become more dangerous than ever. The Amazon is vital for biodiversity, the lives of Indigenous Peoples, and to global climate regulation. To win the fight against the climate crisis, we must protect the Amazon and stand with environmental defenders. By strengthening advocacy, governance, and livelihood diversification capacities of indigenous and rural people the multi-partnership empowers them to defend their territories and enhance their sustainability and climate change resilience thus contributing to achieving the impact objective to protect the Amazon Rainforest and secure forest livelihood of indigenous communities along the Madre de Dios River Basin connecting Bolivia and Peru.