Tourism
Ongoing Projects
Implemented Projects
Publications
According to the thematic approach, Tourism has the following subtopics::
- Systematize tourism information in the Amazon, by assessing the feasibility of creating a regional observatory.
- Creating integrated regional tourism circuits, specifically three integrated circuits as a pilot example of sustainable tourism in the Amazon Region.
- Developing environmentally sustainable community-based tourism, geared to maximizing the benefits for the local communities.
- Strengthen the image of the Amazon as a Geodestination for sustainable tourism
- Discuss the feasibility of creating funding mechanisms to implement the regional tourism agenda.
In the process of regional cooperation, the main challenges faced in the consolidation of this theme are associated with long-term financing and to the still insufficient interconnectivity infrastructure among Member Countries and its sustainability. According to the first issue, the ACTO Members Countries are developing a long-term financing strategy where the importance of funding from public budgets has been identified. These public funds can be supplemented by funding from the international cooperation requiring joint efforts for its implementation. Regarding the second item, the consolidation of local tourism products is a key issue, but it is associated with other variables that are outside of ACTO´s scope.
The products obtained in the implementation of the Strategic Agenda for Amazon Cooperation are:
- Draft Technical guidelines to implement the ACTO Tourism Observatory.
- Glossary of terms and touristic terms and concepts.
- Compilation of national experiences in sustainable community-based tourism in ACTO countries protected areas.
- Guidelines for strengthening the tourism image of the Amazon.
- Preliminary proposal for three tourist circuits for the Amazon: Waters Tourism Circuit, Amazon-Caribbean Tourist Circuit and Andes-Amazon Tourist Circuit.
Ongoing Projects
Project Contingency plans for health protection of highly vulnerable Indigenous Peoples and in Initial Contact
Project Contingency plans for health protection of highly vulnerable Indigenous Peoples and in Initial ContactVideosPhotosMore informationsThe project Contingency plans for health protection of highly vulnerable Indigenous Peoples and in Initial Contact seeks to...
Amazon Project: Regional action in the area of water resources
Amazon Project: Regional action in the area of water resourcesVideosPhotosMore informationsThe project is being implemented by the National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA/ Brazil) and by the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC/MRE...
Bioamazon Project
Regional Project for the Management, Monitoring and Control of Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Threatened by Trade Bioamazon Project Conservation of species threatened by unsustainable tradeVideosPhotosMore informationsComponent 1 National and regional information and...
Implemented Projects
Project Institutional strengthening of ACTO Member Countries in ecologically responsible forest management and conservation of biodiversity in the managed forests of the Amazon (ITTO/CBD/ACTO)
Project “Institutional Strengthening of the Member Countries of ACTO in forest management environmentally responsible and conservation of biodiversity in managed forests of the Amazon (ITTO / CBD / ACTO)More informationsPublicationsDocumentsThis project seeks to...
Monitoring Project of Forest Cover in the Amazon Region Monitoring of Deforestation, Forest Use and Changes in Land Use in the Pan Amazon Forest
Project Monitoring Forest Cover in the Amazon Region/ Monitoring Deforestation, Forest Use and Changes in Land Use in the Pan-Amazon ForestMore InformationsvideoDocuments The "Project Monitoring of Forest Cover in the Amazon Region”/“ Monitoring of Deforestation,...
ACTO/UNEP/GEF Project- Integrated and sustainable management of transboundary water resources of the Amazon river basin considering variability and climate change
ACTO/UNEP/GEF Project- Integrated and sustainable management of transboundary water resources of the Amazon river basin considering variability and climate changeMore Informations videos Documents ACTO / UNEP / GEF Project - Integrated and sustainable management of...
Publications
Amazon Assessment Report 2021 – Conservation measures to counter the main threats to Amazonian biodiversity – Chapter 27
Sectoral Agenda Conservation,Protection and Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources Subtopic:
News
Executive Director Participates in Technical Meeting to Promote Sustainable Development in the Amazon
Brasília, November 6, 2024 – Vanessa Grazziotin, Executive Director of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), took part today...
ACTO Promotes Regional Collaboration in the Launch of the Pan-Amazonian Bioeconomy Network
Cali, Colombia, October 30, 2024 — The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) participated today in the official launch of the...
Martin von Hildebrand, the new Secretary-General of ACTO, assumes office with a strong commitment to the conservation of the Amazon
Cali, Colombia.- On October 29, 2024, in the city of Cali, Colombia, Martin von Hildebrand officially assumed the role of...
The ACTO and the World Food Programme Formalize the Signing of a Letter of Intent during COP 16 of the CBD
Cali, Colombia, October 29 - The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) formalized their...
Foreign Ministers of ACTO Member Countries Approve the Cali Declaration for Amazon Protection
October 28, 2024 – The Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the Organization of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACTO) approved...
Geospatial Solutions for Improved Land Use Management in the Amazon: A Comprehensive Approach at COP 16
October 27, 2024 – Today, the event “Geospatial Solutions for Better Land Use Management in the Amazon” took place, bringing together...