Transboundary Cooperation and Science for Sustainable Management of Amazon waters

For the Plurinational State of Bolivia, South-South cooperation for the integral and sustainable management of systems of life is essential to move towards the restoration of harmony with Mother Earth. Such efforts are particularly relevant in the Amazon context.

The Amazon River Basin is the largest drainage basin on the planet, discharging about 20% of the liquid freshwater into the Atlantic Ocean, while covering close to 45% of the land area of the South America. Multi-level governance in the Amazon basin, including transboundary cooperation, among various actors and across sectors is essential to ensure adequate integrated water management in order to ensure water and sanitation as a human right.

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA, Brazil) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are organizing the side event Transboundary Cooperation and Science for Sustainable Management of Amazon waters in the context of UN 2023 Water Conference.

This side event will discuss significant advances, challenges and opportunities in the area of regional cooperation on data, information and knowledge generation and sharing in the Amazon basin, detailing the outlook and commitments of relevant partnerships.

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