A THE CONVERSION OF THE AMAZON COOPERATION TREATY INTO AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

This article analyzed the conversion of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) into the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), as well as its current role. The research has a bibliographic character and is classified as longitudinal. Among the main circumstances that led to the conversion: the need for regional integration as a way to neutralize international pressures for the internationalization of the Amazon; the Cold War context, technological advances, the deepening of globalization, military dictatorships and the redemocratization process, led to the strengthening of supranational arrangements; the holding of the Rio 92 Conference held in Brazil strengthened the commitment to sustainable development and meeting the needs of future generations; moving the headquarters to Brazil, creating a permanent secretariat endowed with more autonomy, leading to the reengineering of the Institution, whose role is to protect the assets of transnational nature, conglomerates of nations, peoples and diversities integrated in the Amazon.