Peru
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Official name: Republic of Peru
National day: July 28th (Independence Day)
Capital city: Lima
Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic, independent and sovereign social. Branches: executive, legislative and judicial
Political division: the country is divided politically into 24 departments and geographically into three regions of Costa (coast), Sierra (highlands) and Selva (jungle).
Head of state: Dina Boluarte
Population:31 488 625 (2016)
Language: Spanish (official), Quechua, Aimara and other dialects spoken in native forest communities
Currency: Nuevo Sol
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ACTO Biomaz: Support to the ACTO biodiversity program under the CBD Framework in Latin America
ACTO Biomaz: Support to the ACTO biodiversity program under the CBD Framework in Latin AmericaVideosPhotosMore informationsCollaborate with us! Invitation for External Experts to Comment on the Technical Document of the Rapid Assessment of Biological Diversity and...
Amazon Basin Project
Project Implementation of the Strategic Actions Program in the Amazon River Basin considering climate variability and change (Amazon Basin Project) VideosPhotosPublicationsLaunch of the Amazon Basin SAP Project and of the Atlas of Hydroclimatic Vulnerability...
Project to support the preparation and implementation of the Amazonian Strategic Cooperation Agenda
Project to support the preparation and implementation of the Amazonian Strategic Cooperation AgendaVideosPhotosMore informationsThe Project to Support the Preparation and Implementation of the Amazonian Strategic Cooperation Agenda (ASCA) being implemented through...
News
To celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty, ACTO launches the new Amazon Basin Project website
On July 3, in celebration of the 46th anniversary of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty, ACTO launched the new website for the Amazon...
ACTO Participates in the 2024 ICLEI World Congress in São Paulo
Vanessa Grazziotin, Executive Director of ACTO, is participating in the 2024 World Congress of Local Governments for Sustainability...
Integrated management of the Amazon Basin highlighted at 10th World Water Forum events
During the week of May 20-24, when the 10th World Water Forum (WWF) was held in Bali-Indonesia with the theme Water for Peace and...
The Executive Director of ACTO meets with senior Bolivian government officials
La Paz, Bolivia. As part of her visit to the city of La Paz, the Executive Director of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO),...
Attorney General of Colombia Visits ACTO Headquarters
The Attorney General of the Nation of Colombia, Mrs. Margarita Cabello Blanco, paid an official visit to the headquarters of the Amazon...
Ecuador brings together experts in Integrated Water Resources Management and representatives of Amazonian indigenous communities to formulate recommendations for the implementation of the SAP
Carlota Toca and Cawo Boya, two indigenous women leaders of the Waorani people, arrived in Quito a day before the start of the...