• 17 de September de 2024

    Implementation of the Early Warning System in the Bolivia-Brazil-Peru tri-border area begins with a field survey

      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 [...]

  • 19 de July de 2024

    Countries share IWRM best practices to strengthen integrated water resources management in Guyana and Suriname

    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 [...]

  • 3 de April de 2024

    Study will provide a regional overview of the mercury contamination situation in the Amazon Basin.

    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 [...]

  • 2 de April de 2024

    Peruvian Andean community authorities offer support for glacier monitoring in the Carabaya and Apolobamba mountain ranges

    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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 27 de February de 2024

    Progress in Integrated Amazon Water Management: Brazil opens its National SAP Workshop

    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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 18 de December de 2023

    ACTO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) explore opportunities for cooperation to strengthen integrated monitoring of water resources in Amazonia

    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 [...]