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News on monitoring and consolidating data, information and scientific knowledge to support cooperation in the Amazon

Addressing forest degradation at the regional scale requires agreement on how to measure it

Advances in knowledge and monitoring reinforce the search for common criteria to measure forest degradation

September 28, 2026

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Amazon region records less rainfall and a sharp increase in hotspots in August

Second ACTO/ARO bulletin shows expanding dry conditions and above-average temperatures across the Amazon Basin

September 15, 2026

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Amazonian countries advance regional approach to monitoring forest health

Forest authorities, experts and partners share methodologies and integrate data to address forest degradation in the Amazon

August 31, 2026

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Amazonian countries advance integration of water resources data

ARO will play a strategic role in connecting national systems and building a shared understanding of Amazonian waters

August 28, 2026

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ACTO launches the Amazon Environmental Monitoring Bulletin

The trilingual publication brings together regional data on rainfall, temperature, fire hotspots and burned areas across the eight Member Countries

August 20, 2026

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Gonzalo Llosa assumes Technical Coordination of the ARO

An ecologist with more than three decades of experience in environmental management, scientific research and international cooperation, the Peruvian specialist begins a new chapter as Technical Coordinator of the ARO

July 15, 2026

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President Lula visits ARO and highlights ACTO’s role in cooperation

During the visit, ARO’s monitoring systems were presented, along with new data from Brazil showing a reduction in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and the Cerrado.

June 15, 2026

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Addressing forest degradation at the regional scale requires agreement on how to measure it

A forest can remain standing and still lose biodiversity, its capacity to store carbon, regulate...

September 28, 2026

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Amazon region records less rainfall and a sharp increase in hotspots in August

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) has released the second edition of the Amazon...

September 15, 2026

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Amazonian countries advance regional approach to monitoring forest health

Representatives of the eight Member Countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO),...

August 31, 2026

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Amazonian countries advance integration of water resources data

The Member Countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) are advancing the...

August 28, 2026

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ACTO launches the Amazon Environmental Monitoring Bulletin

The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) has launched the first edition of the Amazon...

August 20, 2026

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Gonzalo Llosa assumes Technical Coordination of the ARO

Gonzalo Llosa has assumed the position of Technical Coordinator of the Amazon Regional Observatory...

July 15, 2026

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President Lula visits ARO and highlights ACTO’s role in cooperation

The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, visited the Amazon...

June 15, 2026

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