V Seminar of the Venezuelan Amazon Basin installed in Caracas

Published at: 07/08/2025 04:33 PM

In the Yellow House “Antonio José de Sucre”, in Caracas, the Deputy Minister for Multilateral Issues of the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs, Rubén Darío Molina, installed this Thursday the V Seminar on the Venezuelan Amazon Basin, which seeks to promote sustainable development and conservation of this territory, conceived as the largest tropical jungle in the world. “We don't know what the Amazon is, we don't know what the Amazon Basin is, so how can we promote its conservation? How do we establish and deepen policies? For this reason, we decided to hold the first seminar in 2008, we set ourselves the challenge and here we are already at the fifth meeting”, contextualized the diplomat. He pointed out that the seminar consists of three important elements: “The greater identification and accompaniment to our people that we are Amazonians; the institutional strengthening of policies related to the Amazon, an important territory for the Republic; and the strengthening of the capacities of each of the Venezuelans so that, later, they can put themselves at the service of future generations. All of this will lead us to the creation of internal policies for the preservation and development of the Amazon.” The Deputy Minister detailed the topics to be addressed at the seminar: Evolution from the Amazon to the Amazon Basin, within the framework of the 48 years of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (TCA); Science, Technology and Education as a Cross-Sectional Axis of Development and Conservation; Responsibilities and Participation of Local and Indigenous Communities in Sustainable Development. Also, Integrated Management of the Ecosocialist Vision for the Conservation and Preservation of Biodiversity; Current Situation of the Venezuelan Amazon Basin: Integrated Management of Water Resources, considering Climate Variability from a Strategic Vision. The day also contemplates the Importance of a Mechanism for Dialogue of States that Exercise Sovereignty over the Three Basins of Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Tropical Forests: Amazonia - Congo - Borneo Mekong; Addressing Climate Change and its Impacts on Health; and General Guidelines of the Special Plan for Sustainable Development. During the seminar, these eight presentations will be held and then closed at the end of the afternoon with the presentation of the conclusions, by the director of Political Consultation and Integration Mechanisms of the Office of the Deputy Minister for Multilateral Issues, Ambassador Elvis Urbina Pérez. The Amazon Basin covers approximately 7.9 million square kilometers and extends across eight South American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, which make up the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (OTCA).

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