The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) held, this Friday (4), the thematic activity on forest fires in the Amazon Dialogues, in Belém (PA). The real-time monitoring of fires and hotspots is information that the Amazon Regional Observatory (ORA) makes available on the platform that integrates data from public and scientific institutions in the eight ACTO member countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela).
The activity was attended by Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, who highlighted the importance of joining efforts for the conservation of the three largest basins in the world – the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia, which represent 80% of the planet’s biodiversity and are the largest carbon reserves in the world. Arlette emphasized that strengthening ACTO is a key part of sustainable development.
The Administrative Director of ACTO, Carlos Salinas, together with the coordinator of the Bioamazon Project, Mauro Ruffino, presented the Organization’s actions highlighting the agreements already signed in the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance for Integrated Fire Management among ACTO Member Countries. Salinas emphasized that mutual assistance between countries for actions to tackle drought and fire phenomena is fundamental for the integral preservation of flora, fauna, communities and people living in the Amazon region.
The activity entitled “Dialogues on comprehensive fire management in the member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty and regional cooperation” was attended by representatives of government institutions such as the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) and the Management and Operational Center of the Amazon Protection System (CENSIPAM).
