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), [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This October, the Institute of Hydraulics and Hydrology (IHH) of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés installed monitoring equipment on the glaciers that supply water to the cities of La Paz and El Alto. The activity is an essential part of the intervention aimed at ensuring the water security of [...]

In April and May, the National Water Authority (ANA) of Peru, responsible for the national coordination of the Amazon Basin Project/OTCA, conducted a field expedition with the aim of evaluating and identifying glacier areas in the snowy mountain ranges of Carabaya and Apolobamba for the installation of two glaciological meteorological [...]

In the region known as Terra do Meio, located between two important rivers of the Brazilian Amazon, the Xingu and the Iriri, which stands out for concentrating a great biological and cultural diversity but also for registering some of the highest rates of deforestation and degradation in the Brazilian Amazon, [...]

The government of Bolivia, together with the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and the Organization of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (OTCA), is developing, within the framework of the Amazon Basin Project (OTCA/PNUMA/GEF), the intervention Water Security in the cities of La Paz and El Alto, through the efficient use of [...]

The most dynamic urban agglomeration of all the Amazonian borders, formed by the twin cities of Leticia and Tabatinga, is located on the border between Brazil and Colombia. The local population moves freely between the two cities and the two countries, sharing economic and kinship ties, as well as common [...]

The cycle of National Workshops for the Implementation of the Strategic Actions Program (SAP), being held in all member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA) since August, arrives this week in Suriname and Guyana. On October 2 and 3, Suriname will hold its workshop in Paramaribo, while Guyana [...]

The government of Peru, through the National Water Authority (ANA), and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization inaugurated today in the capital Lima the National Workshop for the Implementation of the Strategic Actions Program (SAP). At the opening of the event, the General Manager of the National Water Authority (ANA - [...]