To this end, the secretary-general of the ACTO, Alexandra Moreira, and the General Director of the FAO, Jose Graziano da Silva, signed today, the 26th, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), in Roma.
In her speech, Alexandra Moreira mentioned that working in collaboration with the FAO is an opportunity to multiply positives effects in the Region: “ the signature of this memorandum allows us to strengthen even more the joint
efforts, focused on the sustainable development of the one most important regions on earth, the Amazon”, she added.
With the MoU signature, the two institutions agreed to develop a joint work to strengthen the capacities, implementation of the project and programmes, among other actions, in areas of mutual interest such as forests, protected areas, fishery and aquaculture, agriculture water resources management, soils, climate change and indigenous people.
Additionally, to implement the MoU, a joint workplan was developed, allowing the execution of immediate joint actions.
The signature of this agreement will expand the collaboration between the institutions and strengthen the ACTO’s current and future regional initiatives, to promote the sustainable development of the Amazon Region.
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