La cuenca alta del río Acre

The upper Acre River basin, shared by Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, faces increasing climate risks, including more frequent floods and severe droughts, alongside significant deforestation (over 12% loss in 25 years). While regional agreements like the Amazon Cooperation Treaty exist, there is a gap in local implementation. The report suggests that effective transboundary governance should not rely on creating new structures but on synchronizing existing local water governance platforms in each country through voluntary coordination and decentralized, multi-actor participation.

• The upper Acre River basin is experiencing an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme climate events. In the Brazilian Acre region, 202 extreme events were recorded between 1987 and 2023, with a notable increase since 2010. Floods are the most frequent phenomenon, and drought conditions (measured by SPEI) have become more frequent and intense since the early 2000s.
• Deforestation and forest degradation are significant threats in the basin, with over 12% of forest cover lost in the last 25 years. This loss is attributed to forest fires, which have increased since 2013, and the conversion of land for cattle ranching, particularly in the Brazilian municipalities of Brasileia and Epitaciolandia.

APA

García, C., Coleoni, C., Ayala, G., Gómez, M., Crouse, C., Harris, K., Villarroel, A., & Santos, T. F. S. (2026). La cuenca alta del río Acre. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/270525b-pr343-garcia-ayala-acre-seed-fund-2603c-1.pdf

Chicago

García, Camila, Claudia Coleoni, Gustavo Ayala, Miguel Gómez, Cynthia Crouse, Katy Harris, Alicia Villarroel, and Tania Fernanda Santos Santos. La cuenca alta del río Acre. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2026. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/270525b-pr343-garcia-ayala-acre-seed-fund-2603c-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{garca2026cuenca, author = {García, Camila and Coleoni, Claudia and Ayala, Gustavo and Gómez, Miguel and Crouse, Cynthia and Harris, Katy and Villarroel, Alicia and Santos, Tania Fernanda Santos}, title = {{La cuenca alta del río Acre}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2026}, month = jun, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/270525b-pr343-garcia-ayala-acre-seed-fund-2603c-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }