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Expert talks about the challenges of integrating national environmental monitoring systems for regional management of Amazonian waters
The national and regional efforts of ACTO member countries to improve the state of Amazonian water resources and ecosystems and provide greater protection for aquatic resources and terrestrial habitats include the integration of national environmental monitoring systems. This process, which began in 2019 with the creation of the Water Quality [...]
6 de March de 2024
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) | Amazon Regional Observatory (ORA) | Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) | Plataforma Regional Integrada de Información sobre la GIRH | Red de Calidad del Agua (RCA) | Red Hidrológica Amazónica (RHA) | Sistema Integrado de Monitoreo de los Recursos Hídricos | Universidad Federal de Amazonas (UFAM)
Progress in Integrated Amazon Water Management: Brazil opens its National SAP Workshop
A Boost for Integrated Water Management in the Amazon Integrated water management in the Amazon gained momentum today with the opening of the National Workshop of the Strategic Actions Program (PAE) in the Amazon Basin, held at the headquarters of the OTCA in Brasília, organized in partnership with the National [...]
27 de February de 2024
Bolivia establishes monitoring networks for the sustainable management of aquifers that supply water to over 1.5 million inhabitants in the Madera River basin
The attentive gazes of 132 children filled the large hall of San Jacinto Educational Unit, a school in the city of Sacaba, located in the Bolivian Amazon. Before them, images depicting the water cycle and its importance for life paraded, inviting them to take care of this natural resource that [...]
20 de December de 2023
ACTO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) explore opportunities for cooperation to strengthen integrated monitoring of water resources in Amazonia
By invitation of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), through the Amazon Basin Project: Implementation of the Strategic Actions Program (PAE), participated in the annual meeting of the Working Group on Hydrology and Water Resources in South America, held in Asunción, Paraguay, from November 29 [...]
18 de December de 2023
National Coordinators of the Amazon Basin Project highlight progress and challenges at 4th Technical Meeting
On November 17, the 4th Technical Meeting of the Coordinators of the National Coordination Units of the Amazon Basin Project was held virtually. This project is executed by ACTO, with implementation by UNEP and financing from GEF. The project implements actions of the Strategic Actions Program (SAP), which constitutes the [...]
18 de December de 2023
Mangrove restoration project in Suriname will offer financial incentives for the socio-environmental contribution of the communities that depend on these ecosystems.
To the north of the capital Paramaribo, a portion of the 100,000 hectares of mangroves covering Suriname's coast suffers constant flooding caused by accelerated erosion, negatively affecting the provision of environmental, economic, and social goods and services provided by these coastal ecosystems. In this coastal area, the Surinamese government and [...]
17 de December de 2023
ACTO Member Countries bring together decision-makers, experts and civil society to promote strategic actions for integrated management of Amazonian waters
In the context of the Amazon Basin Project, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela held National Workshops for the implementation of the Strategic Action Program - SAP, marking the dynamics of the second semester of 2023. The SAP is a Regional Strategy endorsed in 2017 by the eight member [...]
15 de December de 2023
Bolivia, Brazil and Peru mobilize governmental and social actors to expand the Trinational Early Warning System in the MAP Region
The border region between Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, in the southwest of the Amazon, harbors an extensive area of preserved forests and immense ethnocultural diversity. Known as MAP for being formed by the departments of Madre de Dios (Peru) and Pando (Bolivia), in addition to the state of Acre (Brazil), [...]
14 de December de 2023
Venezuela holds this week the PAE National Implementation Workshop to address integrated and sustainable water management in the Amazon basin
This week, Venezuela will bring together relevant national stakeholders in a workshop to identify priority actions for the integrated management of the Amazon waters. The event, to be held on November 9 and 10 in Caracas, is part of the cycle of National Workshops for the Implementation of the Strategic [...]
6 de November de 2023
ACTO works to increase and make women’s participation in water management in the Amazon more effective
Since August, gender training has been underway in all Amazonian countries as part of the implementation project of the Strategic Actions Program (PAE) for the integrated and sustainable management of the Amazon Basin, executed by the ACTO. Considering the fundamental role of women in environmental management and the importance of [...]
3 de November de 2023
Amazon Basin Project | Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) | Gender | Gender Equity | German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) | Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) | Knowledge and technology information exchange | Strategic Actions Program (SAP)
