The 8 Member Countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, ACTO will launch the First Atlas of Hydroclimatic Vulnerability of the Amazon Region on November 30, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. (Brasília Time, BRT) from the ACTO platform, an international event that will be chaired by the ACTO Secretary-General, Alexandra Moreira and will have the participation of representatives and officials of the entities in charge of water resources and environment of the countries, UNEP and the GEF.
Understanding the Amazonian territory under threat of climate change is the first objective of the Atlas. One of the priority themes was to analyze the vulnerability of populations and ecosystems to extreme hydroclimatic events (droughts and floods), understanding that hydroclimatic vulnerability is the degree of fragility of a natural and/or human system in the presence of a threat caused by changes in the climate.
That way, we made a broad description of biophysical and socio-economic of the region, information that is captured in 60 thematic maps specialized show the wealth of his relief, his 21-types of soil, rich vegetation, the variety of its 14 climates, the educational infrastructure of health, education, and mobility, which includes a map of the road axis multimodal showing 24,000 kilometers of river routes, and land, among other elements, this home’s multicultural, more than 48 million people, including the contribution of 470 indigenous peoples.
Recognizing in time the water and climate vulnerability of the Amazon Region will allow timely decision-making to reduce the negative impact of climate changes that are taking place in the region and that affect the planet. In this sense, the Atlas is a tool that facilitates access to information for the general population, specialists, and those responsible for charting the path towards a sustainable and resilient future of the region.
Hence the commitment to disseminate in the countries the Atlas of Hydroclimatic Vulnerability of the Amazon Region, which can be consulted at: http://otca.org
The Atlas is the result of a joint effort of the 8 Member Countries executed by ACTO, developed by the International Center for Research on the El Niño Phenomenon (CIIFEN), which was supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as an implementing agency and the GEF, funding agency.
