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ACTOAmazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
Flavio SottomayorSecretary General a.i.
South-South Exchange Conference on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forest
BiodiversityMontreal 8-10 July 2009
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization - ACTO
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ACTOAmazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
The Amazon CooperationTreaty (ACT): signed on3/July/1978.
Members: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Surinameand Venezuela.
Focus: to promote jointactions towards theharmonious developmentof the Amazon Basin.
ACTO was established in Brasilia in December ACTO was established in Brasilia in December 20022002, ,
to to cope with problems common to the 8 countries.cope with problems common to the 8 countries.
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Decision making instance: Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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ACTO’s sphere of intervention
1. Political dialogue (multi-thematic, multi-institutional).
2. Support to the preparation and implementation of strategies and regional programs/projects.
3. Implementation of initiatives and projects of supranational
character (strategic approach).
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StrategicStrategic PlanPlan::
Institutional
Strengthening
Regional Integration andCompetitiveness
KnowledgeManagement
andTechnologicalExchange
Conservationand
SustainableUse of Nat. Resources
SustainableSustainable DevelopmentDevelopment of of thethe AmazonAmazon RegionRegion
Strategic Axis
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Role of ACTO:
� To facilitate regional political dialogue. � To contribute for awareness raising of UN processes outcomes: ex.
workshops at the regional level.� To promote and facilitate exchange of information among Member
States.� To facilitate cross-sectorial discussion through its National Permanent
Commissions. � Its activities are based in South-South cooperation and triangular
arrangements.� ACTO’s Working Plan already includes issues from UN processes. � ACTO has already taken steps and made advances in integrating and
coordinating efforts aimed at achieving SFM.
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Actions undertaken by ACTO
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To slow down the loss of forest
� Sustainable forest management criteria and indicators
� Sustainable forest management mechanisms and instruments
� Regional forest cover monitoring system
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For forest and biodiversity conservation:
� Design a proposal for a Regional Plan for Biodiversity.
� Design a proposal for a Regional Protected Areas Program.
� Design of a science and technology strategy for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
� Design of a regional cooperation mechanism for the preservation of traditional knowledge
� Design of a regional cooperation mechanism for CITES enforcement.
� Preparing a risk analysis for Amazon biodiversity.
� Producing technical reports: GEOAMAZON
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Regarding means of implementation for SFM
� Financial mechanisms for SFM, including the institutional and legal frameworks
� Demonstration projects: community based sustainable forest management.
� Regional Biotrade Program proposal
� Action Plan for priority Value Chains (Biotrade)
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Supporting regional policy dialogue
� Support to informal dialogue initiatives (Puembo). Among Latin America Countries.
� Support to official dialogue initiatives (COFLAC, Meetings of Ministries)
� Support ACTO countries at UNFF and CDB in order to build up coordinated and common positions.
� Discussion of technical barriers on trade for Amazon biodiversity products.
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