Created in 1989, the Rainforest Organization (AFV) is one of the first French associations dedicated to the cause of the indigenous populations of Amazonia.
AFV is at the origin of the demarcation of the Kayapo reserve, one of the largest indigenous reserves known today.

AFV's main objective is to participate in the protection of the biodiversity of the rainforests, the indigenous peoples who live there and the ancient cultures. It promotes the recognition of the rights of First Peoples to manage and defend their tropical forests.

For more than three decades, AFV has worked alongside the indigenous peoples of Xingu, helping them to conserve their ancestral lands and cultures. This region covers an area of more than 130,000 square kilometers.

AFV is now focusing its efforts on the Xingu Indigenous Territory, which covers an area of 26,420 km², almost as large as Belgium.

Within this territory are sixteen tribes, Aweti, Kalapalo, Kamaiura, Kuikuro, Matipu, Mehinako, Nafukua, Naruvotu, Waura and Yawalapiti, Kawaiwete, Ikpen, Yudjja, Trumai, Tapayuna, and Kisedje, with an estimated population of more than 6,000 people, who depend on forest conservation for their livelihood.

AFV's five programs are:

• monitoring and strengthening the boundaries of the Xingu Indigenous Territory,
• ecological restoration
• education and training,
• cultural transmission,
• health.

AFV has also initiated numerous one-time assistance actions in the Xingu Territory, in collaboration with local indigenous associations.