The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) is an
international organization
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aimed at the promotion of sustainable development of the
Amazon Basin. Its member states are:
Bolivia,
Brazil
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,
Colombia,
Ecuador
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,
Guyana,
Peru
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,
Suriname and
Venezuela
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.
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) was signed on 3 July 1978 and amended in 1998. ACTO was created in 1995 to strengthen the implementation of the Treaty. The Permanent Secretariat was later established in
Brasilia in 2002.
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International environmental organizations
International organizations based in the Americas
Amazon basin
Intergovernmental organizations established by treaty
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