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

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.

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Project approved
Project ID
11108
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 8
GEF Cofinancing
$174.463.442
GEF project grant
$13.461.468
Executing Agencies
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)