On August 12, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) held a webinar to present the “Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation and Assistance in Integrated Fire Management among ACTO Member Countries (MoU-MIF)”, approved on June 1 by the Working Group of ACTO Member Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, within the framework of the competencies and mandates of the PS/ACTO.
The implementation of integrated fire management is a permanent task and in some cases, in order to be effective, it requires coordination between more than one country, since fires do not recognize geopolitical borders and can affect more than one country in the same event. The increasing impacts that fires in the Amazon have been causing over the last few decades have attracted the attention of different initiatives and organizations specializing in the subject.
In this sense, the objective of the webinar was to present the MoU-MIF at national, regional and international level and provide a space for ACTO Member Countries to detail their needs and expectations regarding its implementation within the framework of ACTO. Also, to discuss the progress in the formation of the Amazon Network, foreseen within the MoU; and to provide a space for the various participating organizations to present their actions in the Amazon so that the possibilities for cooperation at the regional level are known.
Webinar available here: https://youtu.be/waclkCK2OVs
