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 [...]

A group of 20 technical professionals from institutions responsible for hydrological monitoring in Amazonian countries participated in the Amazon Hydrology Course, organized by the Amazon Basin Project (ACTO/UNEP/GEF) from October 7 to 13 in Novo Airão, a city in the Brazilian Amazon. This initiative, in partnership with the French Research [...]

  Meeting virtually on October 4, the Amazonian Network of Water Authorities (ANWA) formally approved its Regulations. On this occasion, its Work Plan with four action fronts for the 2024 to 2026 period was also approved ad referendum. The fulfillment of the two points on the meeting's agenda was celebrated [...]

  The actions to strengthen the integrated and cooperative management of Amazonian waters, which are being implemented in the eight Member Countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), were highlighted at the 10th International Waters Biennial Conference of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, [...]

  The climate change adaptation actions of the Amazon Basin Project (ACTO/UNEP/GEF) include the implementation of an early warning system in the transboundary region between Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, where the occurrence of extreme weather events has become increasingly frequent, with significant impacts on populations and ecosystems. This year, due [...]

The National Coordination Units of the Amazon Basin Project (NPCUs) met on September 6 in a videoconference with over 40 participants to discuss regional capacity-building actions for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Amazon Basin and the development of the Integrated Regional Information Platform on IWRM in the region. [...]

  The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization brought to World Water Week in Stockholm the experience of cooperation and joint action by its eight Member Countries in the shared management of the Amazon Basin. Since 2010, ACTO has been executing and coordinating processes aimed at protecting and conserving the water resources [...]

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) will be present at World Water Week (WWW) 2024, the main global conference dedicated to water issues, which will take place from August 25 to 29 in Stockholm, Sweden. During the event, ACTO will highlight its initiatives aimed at the integrated management of transboundary [...]

  On July 23 and 24, Brazil and Colombia took a significant step towards ensuring the efficient and sustainable management of the aquifer responsible for supplying the populations of the sister cities of Leticia and Tabatinga, located in the Amazon region on either side of the border between the two [...]