• 29 de June de 2026

    Participatory monitoring: Amazon Basin Project strengthens community capacities to protect groundwater in the Amazon

    In April, communities and institutions from the transboundary region between Leticia (Colombia) and Tabatinga (Brazil) took another step toward strengthening the protection of the groundwater that supplies both Amazonian cities. [...]

  • 1 de August de 2024

    Brazil and Colombia to work on a joint and comprehensive action plan to contribute to water security in the border cities of Tabatinga and Leticia

      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 [...]

  • 6 de March de 2024

    Expert talks about the challenges of integrating national environmental monitoring systems for regional management of Amazonian waters

    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 [...]

  • 20 de December de 2023

    Bolivia establishes monitoring networks for the sustainable management of aquifers that supply water to over 1.5 million inhabitants in the Madera River basin

    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 [...]

  • 4 de October de 2023

    Brazil and Colombia conclude study that will serve as a basis for the construction of policies for the protection and use of groundwater on the Amazonian frontier

    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 [...]

  • 29 de June de 2023

    GEF Council approves OTCA project to work on the Amazon Aquifer System

    The Permanent Secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (PS/ACTO), together with UNEP and IDB, presented the PIF (Project Identification Form) proposal “Towards a better understanding of the Amazon Aquifer [...]

  • 6 de January de 2023

    Groundwater monitoring: installation of monitoring wells in educational areas

    As part of the implementation of the national interventions of the Project – Amazon Basin: “Implementation of the Strategic Action Program to Ensure the Integrated and Sustainable Management of Transboundary [...]