On Thursday 18th, the Amazon Basin Project held a regional webinar on best practices in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), generating learning to strengthen the information systems of Suriname and Guyana and, in this way, produce positive effects on the sustainable and shared management of the Amazon Basin. Technical cooperation [...]

  On July 3, in celebration of the 46th anniversary of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty, ACTO launched the new website for the Amazon Basin Project - Implementation of the SAP, featuring an updated interface that makes it much more practical and responsive, in other words, adaptable to a wide variety [...]

In June, the Amazon Basin Project (OTCA/UNEP/GEF) took an important step towards implementing integrated and sustainable water resources management in the Amazon region. In partnership with the Hydrometeorological Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Guyana, it held a workshop and stakeholder consultation on the 27th and 28th to assess [...]

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 [...]