ID: GEF-11108 Ongoing

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

Timeline

17% Complete

Start Date:

5 August 2025

End Date:

5 August 2030

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

Project Contact:

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Project Documents:

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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) includes several multilateral funds working together to address the planet's most pressing challenges in an integrated way. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $26 billion in financing, primarily as grants, and mobilized another $148 billion for country-driven priority projects.