Brasilia, 20 June, 2017.- Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) today signed a letter of intent with the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) to develop activities that promote an integrated and sustainable management of forest resources in the Amazon Basin, in terms of forest degradation and restoration of productive forests; criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management and forest fires.
This agreement also anticipates the exchange of information to identify and expand cooperation opportunities; in the same way, to facilitate dialogue and collaboration in the promotion and dissemination of activities carried out by both organizations.
The letter of intent was signed by the ACTO Secretary General, María Jacqueline Mendoza and by the ITTO Executive Director, Gerhard Dieterle. The representative of ITTO, Gerhard Breulmann, the ACTO Executive Director, César De las Casas and the ACTO Administrative Director, Antonio Matamoros were also present. The ceremony was held at headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat of ACTO in Brasilia, Brazil.
ITTO has been giving its cooperation with ACTO, through projects:
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