The unprecedented regional campaign "Destination Amazonia Year 2009" coordinated by ACTO highlights the regions tourism potential while establishing the grounds for the sectors sustainable development. The calendar of events includes over one hundred activities in the eight countries that share the biome - including fairs, exhibits, contests, culin Read more
The Andes-Amazon Room features in the International Sustainable Products Fair
- The Andes Amazon Room (AAR) caught the eye of thousands of visitors during the ExpoSustentat and Biofach fair that ended this weekend in São Paulo. This is the greatest Brazilian organics fair and the only one to showcase sustainable goods and services. Read more
ACTO publishes Management Report
ACTOs new Management Report was published in October. The document summarizes the activities of the Permanent Secretariat between July 2007 and July 2008 and is available in the Organizations website www.acto.info. Read more
ACT celebrates 30 years of existence
The 30th anniversary of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) was celebrated on 2 October 2008 in the Botanical Gardens of Brasilia in a ceremony loaded with symbolism. Accompanied by ACTO Secretary General a.i. Francisco Ruiz, the Ambassadors of the Member Countries planted native trees of the Amazonian biomes of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Read more
ACTO will begin environmental health surveillance project
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved the funding of 1 million dollars for the Environmental Health Surveillance System for the Amazon Region that will also count with resources to the order of 750 thousand dollars from ACTO and from the Member Countries. Read more
Meeting in Guyana discusses indigenous situation
The First Regional Meeting of Government Authorities of Indigenous Affairs of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization - ACTO, held on September 24-26 in Georgetown, capital of Guyana, offered an unprecedented opportunity to discuss the construction of the Regional Indigenous Agenda (RIA). Read more
ACTO conducts biodiversity management workshop
The city of Puerto Ayacucho, capital of the state of Amazonas Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, staged the Validation Workshop for the biodiversity management report of the Venezuelan Amazon organized by ACTO and by the Ministry of Popular Power for the Environment. The event took place on 11-12 November 2008 as a part of the project Strengthening Read more
