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Official name: Republic of Ecuador
National Day: August 10th (Independence Day)
Capital City:Quito
Form of government: Republican, presidential, elective, representative, responsible, alternative, participatory and decentralized administration. Branches: Legislative, judicial, transparency, and citizen control
Political Division: Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces, distributed into four natural regions: Amazonas, Sierra, Costa and Insular Region
Head of State: Daniel Noboa
Area: 256,370 km²
Population:13,782,329 million
Language: Spanish (official)
Currency: American Dollar
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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...
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Leaders Back Tropical Forests Fund at Bogotá Summit
The defense of the Amazon dominated the Summit of Amazonian Countries, held from August 18 to 22 in the Colombian capital. Brazil used the...
Amazon on Alert: Regional Leaders Call for Global Action and Unite front for the jungle Protection
Bogotá, August 22, 2025 (@OCTAnews) – Aware of the importance—and urgency—of protecting the vast Amazon Basin, the presidents of the...
Amazonian Presidents Approve the Bogotá Declaration, with Initiatives to Strengthen Forest preservation
Bogotá, August 22, 2025 (@OCTAnews) – Following the 5th Meeting of Presidents of the States Party to the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT),...
OTCA Gives Historic Green Light to Indigenous Rights in the Amazon
Bogotá, August 21, 2025 (@OCTAnews) – The eight member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA) approved by...
Amazon Nations’ Foreign Ministers Advance Bogotá Declaration for Forest Protection
Bogotá, August 21, 2025 (@OCTAnews) – On Thursday, ahead of the Fifth Summit of Amazonian Presidents, the Foreign Ministers of the eight...
ACTO leads regional agenda at Extraordinary Meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Council
Bogotá, August 21, 2025 (@OCTAnews) – Martín von Hildebrand, Secretary General of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO),...