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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]