Santa Cruz de la Sierra hosts the III Meeting of ANWA On April 25, the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra will host the III Meeting of the Amazonian Network of Water Authorities (ANWA), a key event in strengthening water governance in the Amazon Region. The meeting will bring [...]

On World Glacier Day, celebrated on March 21, the international community reinforces the urgency of protecting these natural reservoirs of fresh water, essential for billions of people and ecosystems around the world. The date was established by the United Nations (UN) as part of the International Year of Glacier Preservation [...]

The glaciers of the tropical Andes are among the most sensitive to rising global temperatures, as they respond rapidly to climatic variations over the decades, according to engineer Nelson Santillán from the Directorate of Water Resources Quality and Assessment at Peru’s National Water Authority (ANA). The country, which is home [...]

On April 25, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, the Amazonian Network of Water Authorities (ANWA/RADA) will meet to adopt the four Regional Monitoring Protocols of the Amazon Hydrological Network (AHN) and the Water Quality Network (WQN). The consolidation of these protocols, led by ANWA’s Specialized Technical Support Panel [...]

In partnership with Colombia’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Amazonian Institute of Scientific Research – SINCHI, the Amazon Basin Project (ACTO/UNEP/GEF) has launched a strategic intervention to promote the efficient management of fishery resources in the Putumayo River Basin, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon [...]

In February, with the workshops held in Suriname and Guyana, the Amazon Basin Project (OTCA/UNEP/GEF) concluded a series of training sessions focusing on water resource management tools, aimed at technical specialists and water resource managers from government institutions in the eight Amazonian countries. This initiative marks a significant step forward [...]

Water conservation and the protection of strategic Amazonian ecosystems are gaining new momentum with the establishment of a Payment for Environmental Services (PES) scheme in the Amazon-Orinoco Transition Zones (ZOTAO) in Colombia. Environmental degradation in the region has reduced the natural capacity of rivers to maintain their flow and quality, [...]

Promoting regional cooperation to ensure that Amazonian countries enhance and strengthen their policies and structures for water resource management is a key strategy of the Amazon Basin Project for implementing Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in the region. Within this framework, a delegation from Guyana, made up of Professor Paulette [...]

In October, the Amazon Basin Project launched a series of training workshops on water management tools for technicians and water resource managers from government institutions in Amazonian countries. The goal of these training sessions is to improve understanding of the principles and guidelines for the governance and management of water [...]

Mayors, environmental and water authorities, civil defense managers, technicians, and civil society representatives from Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru gathered in Rio Branco, Brazil, on October 29 and 30 to draft the Participatory Implementation Plan for the Trinational Early Warning System (EWS). This system aims to enhance the adaptation of municipalities [...]