Tourism
Ongoing Projects
Implemented Projects
Publications
According to the thematic approach, Tourism has the following subtopics::
- Systematize tourism information in the Amazon, by assessing the feasibility of creating a regional observatory.
- Creating integrated regional tourism circuits, specifically three integrated circuits as a pilot example of sustainable tourism in the Amazon Region.
- Developing environmentally sustainable community-based tourism, geared to maximizing the benefits for the local communities.
- Strengthen the image of the Amazon as a Geodestination for sustainable tourism
- Discuss the feasibility of creating funding mechanisms to implement the regional tourism agenda.
In the process of regional cooperation, the main challenges faced in the consolidation of this theme are associated with long-term financing and to the still insufficient interconnectivity infrastructure among Member Countries and its sustainability. According to the first issue, the ACTO Members Countries are developing a long-term financing strategy where the importance of funding from public budgets has been identified. These public funds can be supplemented by funding from the international cooperation requiring joint efforts for its implementation. Regarding the second item, the consolidation of local tourism products is a key issue, but it is associated with other variables that are outside of ACTO´s scope.
The products obtained in the implementation of the Strategic Agenda for Amazon Cooperation are:
- Draft Technical guidelines to implement the ACTO Tourism Observatory.
- Glossary of terms and touristic terms and concepts.
- Compilation of national experiences in sustainable community-based tourism in ACTO countries protected areas.
- Guidelines for strengthening the tourism image of the Amazon.
- Preliminary proposal for three tourist circuits for the Amazon: Waters Tourism Circuit, Amazon-Caribbean Tourist Circuit and Andes-Amazon Tourist Circuit.
Ongoing Projects
ACTO Biomaz: Support to the ACTO biodiversity program under the CBD Framework in Latin America
ACTO Biomaz: Support to the ACTO biodiversity program under the CBD Framework in Latin AmericaVideosPhotosMore informationsCollaborate with us! Invitation for External Experts to Comment on the Technical Document of the Rapid Assessment of Biological Diversity and...
Amazon Basin Project
Project Implementation of the Strategic Actions Program in the Amazon River Basin considering climate variability and change (Amazon Basin Project) VideosPhotosPublicationsLaunch of the Amazon Basin SAP Project and of the Atlas of Hydroclimatic Vulnerability...
Project to support the preparation and implementation of the Amazonian Strategic Cooperation Agenda
Project to support the preparation and implementation of the Amazonian Strategic Cooperation AgendaVideosPhotosMore informationsThe Project to Support the Preparation and Implementation of the Amazonian Strategic Cooperation Agenda (ASCA) being implemented through...
Implemented Projects
Environmental Health Surveillance System Program for the Amazon Region (EHSP)
Environmental Health Surveillance System Program for the Amazon Region (EHSP) More informations Publications Documents The Environmental Health Surveillance Program for the Amazon Region (EHSP) was a strategy that was born out of cooperation among Amazonian countries...
Project Support to the Amazonian Social Agenda of ACTO
Project Support to the Amazonian Social Agenda of ACTO More informations Publications Documents The Project emerged as a South-South Cooperation initiative between the Brazilian Government and ACTO with the objective of contributing to the incorporation of the social...
Program Strategic framework to develop a regional agenda for the protection of indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact
Program: Strategic Framework to develop a Regional Agenda for Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI)More information Publications Documents The Program was executed between 2011 and 2016 to contribute to the Regional Agenda...
Publications

Amazon Assessment Report 2021 – Conservation measures to counter the main threats to Amazonian biodiversity – Chapter 27
Sectoral Agenda Conservation,Protection and Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources Subtopic:
News
XIV Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty approves 29 resolutions
The foreign ministers and senior representatives of the eight Amazonian countries approved 29 resolutions during the XIV Meeting of...
Venezuela is holding the National Workshop for the Implementation of the PAE this week to address integrated and sustainable water management in the Amazon Basin
This week, Venezuela will bring together the relevant national stakeholders in a workshop to identify priority actions for...
ACTO is recruiting a Senior Institutional Consultant specialized in Water Resources Management
Within the framework of the Amazon Basin Project, ACTO is hiring a Senior Institutional Specialist to support the PS/ACTO in...
Bolivia installs glacier monitoring stations and makes progress in protecting the water that supplies 1.8 million people in La Paz and El Alto
This October, the Hydraulics and Hydrology Institute (IHH) of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés installed monitoring...
Monitoring tropical glaciers seeks greater water security in Peru
Peru's National Water Authority (ANA), responsible for the national coordination of the Amazon Basin Project/OTCA, carried out a...
Monitoring tropical glaciers in Bolivia contributes to water security in La Paz and El Alto, bringing benefits to the Amazon Basin
The Bolivian government and the University of San Andrés, together with the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), are...