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Flying Rivers Could Help the Amazon Regain Its Role as the “Planet’s Lungs”
Bogotá, August 19, 2025 (@OCTAnews) – While the Amazon Dialogues have provided a space for civil society organizations to reflect on pressing issues facing the world’s largest tropical rainforest, finding comprehensive solutions requires listening to experts on the...
Civil Societies Movements Strengthen the Summit of Amazonian Countries
Bogotá, August 19, 2025 (@OCTAnews) – Nancy Guzmán Marín, an Afro-Indigenous “Amazonian mother” from Venezuela, has dedicated her life to defending biodiversity, combining her deep connection to the rainforest with her personal journey. For Guzmán, participation of...
ACTO Secretary-General Opens Historic Summit of Amazon Countries
Bogotá, August 18, 2025 (@OCTAnews) – On Monday, with a spiritual ceremony led by the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin, the Summit of Amazonian Countries began, a meeting where strategies for the protection of the Amazon’s indigenous peoples and, consequently,...