• 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 [...]

  • 6 de November de 2023

    Venezuela holds this week the PAE National Implementation Workshop to address integrated and sustainable water management in the Amazon basin

    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 [...]

  • 6 de October de 2023

    Project combines income generation in traditional communities with recovery of degraded areas in the Brazilian Amazon

    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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 2 de October de 2023

    The Cycle of National Workshops for the Implementation of the Strategic Actions Program (SAP) Reaches Suriname and Guyana

    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 [...]

  • 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 March de 2023

    The fundamental role of ACTO in the monitoring of water resources in the Amazon Basin

    ACTO will facilitate the articulation between the countries to obtain compatible information on the entire basin and thus inform decision making for IWRM and the conservation of aquatic ecosystems, through [...]

  • 27 de February de 2023

    Regional Workshop: Monitoring of Water Resources in the Amazon Basin

    Satellite for the Amazon The eight Member Countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) will participate in the Regional Workshop on Monitoring Water Resources of the Amazon Basin, where [...]