The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cities Network and Colombia’s SINCHI Amazonian Scientific Research Institute held a technical-scientific meeting on the role of cities in the protection of the Amazonia and in the sustainable development of the region (60 million inhabitants in the Amazon region, 62% of them living in urban areas). Different civil society organizations, academics, local, subnational and national governments participated of the encounter.

The participants highlighted the need to work together in the elaboration of a strategic plan for the sustainability of Amazonian cities that includes, among others, institutional strengthening, social development, economic diversification and climate action.