DEADLINE CORRECTED: GBIF Secretariat is hiring a communications specialist
Apr 04, 2023 | GBIF, Call for applications The GBIF Secretariat, located in Copenhagen, is looking for a Communications Specialist to join the Participation and Engagement group and expand the capacity of its Communications team. The incumbent’s primary responsibilities will encompass general communications support with special attention to: Create, edit, revise, and publish written materials, […]
Read more...Call opens for nominations to 2024 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award
Dic 14, 2023 | GBIF, Call opens Deadline for receiving nominations from GBIF member countries for graduate students whose innovative research relies on biodiversity data: 24 June 2024 On behalf of its network of national Participants, the GBIF Secretariat is pleased to invite nominations for the 2024 Graduate Researchers Award. This annual programme aims to […]
Read more...ACTO at CITES CoP 19
Nov 09, 2022 | AMAZON REGIONAL OBSERVATORY | ACTO | CoP 19 CITES In November, the Nineteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CoP 19/CITES) will be held from 14 to 25 November 2022, in Panama City, Panama. ACTO will […]
Read more...Mapping of stakeholders of knowledge and research initiatives in the Amazon region
Nov 04, 2022 | RedCIA | KAP | ARO | BIOAMAZON PROJECT The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) invites knowledge, science, and technology actors in the Amazon Region to participate in a regional survey that will contribute to the creation of the Network of Amazon Research Centers (RedCIA) for the Amazon Regional Observatory (ARO). The […]
Read more...The Bioamazon Project visits Bolivia to discuss a technical agenda
Oct 27, 2022 | AMAZON REGIONAL OBSERVATORY | BIOAMAZON PROJECT Bolivia presented the improvement of Bolivia’s National Biodiversity Information System (SINB) and its interconnection with other systems, including the CITES Electronic Permit System. Bolivia hosted the official mission of Bioamazon Project from September 19 to 24. It was the last of the eight ACTO Member […]
Read more...Guyana hosted a visit from the Bioamazon Project team
Oct 27, 2022 | AMAZON REGIONAL OBSERVATORY | BIOAMAZON PROJECT Two workshops were held with the Guyanese team. From August 29 to September 2, the Project Bioamazon/ACTO team visited Guyana following a work agenda including the holding of two workshops focused on the assessment of the execution of Project Bioamazon/ACTO and for the presentation of […]
Read more...ACTO’s contributions for the implementation of CITES in Amazonian countries will be presented at the 19th Conference of the Parties in November
Oct 27, 2022 | AMAZON REGIONAL OBSERVATORY | BIOAMAZON PROJECT Among the main topics are the Amazon Regional Observatory and the Technical Report on Illegal Trafficking of Emblematic Species to the Amazon. The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) will participate in the 19th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered […]
Read more...A delegation from the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador paid a technical visit to the headquarters of the ACTO
Oct 11, 2022 | AMAZON REGIONAL OBSERVATORY | BIOAMAZON PROJECT The purpose of this visit was to learn about the Amazon Regional Observatory and the Water Resources Situation Room. A team from the MAATE took part, today (10), in a technical visit to the headquarters of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) in Brasilia, in […]
Read more...ACTO meets with the Korea Water Resources Cooperation (K-Water)
Sep 26, 2022 | AMAZON REGIONAL OBSERVATORY | ACTO ACTO Secretary General, Alexandra Moreira, met in South Korea with the Vice President of the Korea Water Resources Cooperation (K-Water) and the Research Director of the K-Water Institute, Dr. Nohyuk Park, along with his management and technical team. In the context of an invitation from the […]
Read more...Biodiversity Data Management for Decision-Making
Aug 30, 2022 | BIOAMAZON PROJECT | TECHNICAL ARTICLES TECHNICAL PAPER SERIES The Bioamazon Newsletter n. 16 publish the technical article Biodiversity Data Management for Decision-Making. Information from Centers for Biodiversity of Documentation and Registration In Ecuador. This is a contribution from the biologist Miguel Angel Chinchero Lema, consultant of the Bioamazonía Project. Summary The Ministry […]
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