In the city of Puerto Ayacucho, capital of the state of Amazonas, where the Venezuelan government and the Amazon Basin Project (ACTO/UNEP/GEF) are promoting community adaptation and resilience to climate change through nature-based measures, the Ministry of Popular Power for Ecosocialism (MINEC) held in June a Participatory Rapid Assessment (PRA) [...]

Carlota Toca and Cawo Boya, two indigenous women leaders of the Waorani people, arrived in Quito a day before the start of the National Workshop for the Implementation of the SAP, an event held on May 30 and 31 with the aim of promoting collective participation in the formulation of [...]

The integrated management of Amazonian water resources, promoted by the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) through the Amazon Basin - SAP Implementation Project (ACTO/UNEP/GEF), was the central theme of the 10th World Water Forum (WWF), held May 20-24 in Bali, Indonesia, under the theme Water for Peace and Prosperity. ACTO [...]

Created in 2023 by the presidents of the eight Amazonian countries during the Belém Summit, the Amazon Network of Water Authorities (ANWA) was officially installed on April 17 with the commitment to advance in the shared management of water resources, guaranteeing the human right to water and the revitalization, conservation [...]

The Steering Committee of the Amazon Basin Project (SCP) met this Tuesday, 16, at ACTO headquarters in Brasilia for its third annual meeting. The SCP is the main authority of the Project and is formed by its Focal Points in the eight Amazonian countries and representatives of the UNEP Implementing [...]

Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Amazon Basin Project (SCP) From April 16th to 19th, directors and water authorities from the Amazonian countries are gathered at the headquarters of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) in Brasilia to participate in three events held within the framework of the implementation [...]

The world's largest river basin is threatened by mercury pollution. Among the nine transboundary problems prioritized by the eight Amazonian countries, water pollution is considered the most serious. According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), mercury from artisanal and small-scale mining (ASGM) is one of the main pollutants in [...]

On March 14 and 15, Peru's National Water Authority (ANA), responsible for the national coordination of the Amazon Basin Project, met with community authorities from Pacaje-Huanutuyo and Untuca, in the Puno region, to strengthen the alliance for the installation and operation of hydrometric and glaciological stations in the Carabaya and [...]

Marinês Lopes de Sousa, 58, is a seed collector, extractivist and political leader of the Rio Xingu Extractive Reserve, a protected area located in one of the most biodiverse regions of the Amazon. Living in the interior of the forest since she was a teenager, in remote territory and without [...]

United by a shared vision of the integrated and sustainable management of Amazonian water resources, the eight countries that make up the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), acting in concert and in an articulated and cooperative manner and aiming to establish a common agenda for promoting the sustainable development of [...]