Since 2017, the Foundation for Amazon Sustainability and the University of Notre Dame’s Meyer Business on the Frontlines Program have collaborated to advance livelihood opportunities in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. A REASON TO PARTNER The Amazon rainforest is the largest and most biodiverse forest in the world. For millennia, humans have lived along the banks of the Amazon River and its tributaries. Today, there is a growing tension between a modern world with a rapidly growing population and the natural world. Both the forest itself and its inhabitants are threatened by deforestation, poaching, mining and pollution.