ID: GEF-11108 Ongoing

Towards a better understanding of the Amazon Aquifer Systems for its protection and sustainable management

Timeline

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Objective

To get a common understanding of the Amazon Aquifer Systems (AAS) (TDA), the invisible giant, to strengthen existing regional governance, and to develop and endorse an integrated groundwater management approach (SAP) for its protection and sustainable use, thereby enhancing water security and ecosystem resilience in the Amazon region.

Co-financing:

$ 174,463,442

Project Grant:

$ 6,865,349

Total Value:

$ 181,328,791

Portfolio:

International Waters

Country:

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Partners:

Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)

Implementing Agencies:

UNEP; IADB

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Project Documents:

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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.