ACTO News
Take part in a regional research to create an information platform that promotes scientific and technical development in the Amazon Region
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) invites knowledge, science, and technology actors in the Amazon Region to participate in...
The course for young indigenous people in the defense of Amazonian territories is launched
The Executive Director of ACTO, Ambassador Carlos Alfredo Lazary participated today, October 28, in the virtual launching ceremony of the...
ACTO’s contributions for the implementation of CITES in Amazonian countries will be presented at the 19th Conference of the Parties in November
Among the main topics are the Amazon Regional Observatory and the Technical Report on Illegal Trafficking of Emblematic Species to the...
Technique enables to evaluate rosewood oil purity, a product valued by the perfume and cosmetics industry
This oil is extracted from the Aniba rosiodora species, listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
The Bioamazon Project visits Bolivia to discuss a technical agenda
Bolivia presented the improvement of Bolivia's National Biodiversity Information System (SINB) and its interconnection with other systems,...
Guyana hosted a visit from the Bioamazon Project team
Two workshops were held with the Guyanese team From August 29 to September 2, the Project Bioamazon/ACTO team visited Guyana following a...
Scientific paper reports on laminated wood identification technique
A new technique allows for easier species identification and may help in the fight against illegal logging of tropical timbers...
Bolivian researchers describe a possible new tarantula species
The research will be submitted for publication in a specialized journal, and it is proposed that the species be named Hapalotremus otcai,...
The ACTO Secretary General, during the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC, draws attention to the fact that the Amazon region is not a middle-income region
The Secretary General of ACTO, Alexandra Moreira, in the context of her participation at the Thirty-ninth session of the Economic...