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BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION. The Regional Project for the Management, Monitoring and Control of Wildlife Species Threatened by Trade is based on a commitment between the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and the German Government to fund a Regional Project in the area of biodiversity conservation, forest protection and climate change, with non- reimbursable financial cooperation funds channeled by KfW. The objective of the project is to contribute to the conservation of the Amazon Biodiversity and especially of the species included in CITES, by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the management, monitoring and control of wild fauna and flora species threatened by trade in ACTO's Member Countries. The project conception has 3 components: National and regional information and knowledge management systems; 2) Strengthening and regional harmonization of national mechanisms/systems/processes for issuing electronic permits; and 3) Strengthening of sustainable management initiatives and traceability mechanisms for Amazonian species. ACTO's Member Countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Peru and Venezuela), have been generating qualitative and quantitative information in different areas (Forestry, Water Resources, Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna, among others), which are visualized in their national computer systems corresponding to the Member Countries with the support of the PS/ACTO; however, such information is not yet articulated and visualized regionally. It is contemplated in component 1 of the Bioamazon Project to advance the interoperability of the referred national systems with the Amazon Regional Observatory (ARO). For this reason, the beginning of the ARO has been prioritized by PS/ACTO, as a space for articulation in different areas of information in the Amazonian countries, so it is necessary a qualitative advance with technological and operational results until mid-2021. In this sense, ACTO needs a permanent Data Science specialist, whose fundamental objective is the management and treatment of information from the Amazon within the ARO through the computational tools that are being implemented, that meet the demands of ACTO in its relationship with the Entities of the member countries with which the exchange of information will take place since the identification, collection, standardization, storage, processing and publication of information.

BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION. The Regional Project for the Management, Monitoring and Control of Wildlife Species Threatened by Trade is based on a commitment between the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) ), through its Permanent Secretariat (SP), has been executing the Regional Project for the management, monitoring and control of wild fauna and flora species threatened by trade (Bioamazon Project), the which is part of a commitment between ACTO and the German Government to fund a Regional Project in the area of biodiversity conservation, forest protection and climate changeGovernment, with non- non-reimbursable financial cooperation funds channeled by KfW. German Development Bank (KfW). The objective of the project Bioamazon Project is to contribute to the conservation of the Amazon Amazonian Biodiversity and especially of the species included in the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the management, monitoring and control of species of wild fauna and flora species threatened by trade in ACTO's ACTO Member Countries. The project conception has is implemented through 3 components: 1) National and regional information and knowledge management systems; 2) Strengthening and regional harmonization of national mechanisms/systems/mechanisms / systems / processes for issuing the issuance of electronic permits; permits and 3) Strengthening of initiatives for sustainable / sustainable management initiatives and traceability mechanisms for Amazonian species. ACTO's Member Countries (BoliviaOn the other hand, BrazilCITES, Ecuadorbased on the agreement reached between the governments of the parties, Colombiaensures that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not constitute a threat to the survival of the species1. The international wildlife trade is estimated to be in the billions of dollars annually and affects hundreds of millions of animal and plant specimens. The trade is very diverse, Guyanafrom live animals and plants to a wide range of wildlife products derived from them, Surinamesuch as food products, Peru leather goods from exotic animals, musical instruments made from wood, wood, souvenir items for tourists and Venezuela)medicines. The levels of exploitation of some animals and plants are high and their trade, have been generating qualitative together with other factors, such as habitat destruction, is capable of considerably reducing their populations and quantitative information even putting some species on the verge of extinction. Many of the species in different areas (Forestrytrade are not endangered, Water Resourcesbut the existence of an agreement to ensure the sustainability of trade is essential in order to preserve these resources for generations to come1. Concerned that the long-term survival of commercially valuable tree species may be threatened by overexploitation, Endangered Species the CITES Conference of Flora the Parties agreed to list more than 900 tree species in the CITES Appendices2. Of the species listed in Appendix II of CITES, around 108 trees are distributed in the Neotropics3, of these, in the Amazon region there are several genera of arboreal species, such as Swietenia, Cedrela, Aniba and Fauna, among others)Bulnesia, which are visualized in their national computer systems corresponding correspond to species of high commercial value and therefore of interest to the Member Countries with the support livelihoods of the PS/ACTO; howeverpopulation in ACTO Member Countries. Therefore, such information is not yet articulated and visualized regionally. It is contemplated in component 1 of the Bioamazon Project to advance requires hiring the interoperability consulting services of a CITES specialist for timber species, particularly with experience in the implementation of CITES procedures and provisions for tree species and knowledge of the referred national systems processes that are implemented at the regional level. in ACTO Member Countries, with the Amazon Regional Observatory purpose of 1 Taken from the CITES website (ARO▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/esp/disc/what.php). For this reason, 2 Taken from the beginning website of the ARO has been prioritized by PSCITES Tree Species Program (▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/esp/ACTO, as a space for articulation in different prog/flora/trees/trees_project). 3 Biogeographic region composed of tropical areas of information the Americas, from Mexico to Argentina (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2017). monitoring and supporting the implementation of the activities identified within the framework of the base proposal for the Regional Action Plan, which was designed within the framework of the consultancy also contracted by the Bioamazonía project, for training and support to ACTO Member Countries in the Amazonian countriesdevelopment of Non-Detriment Findings (NDF) and the inclusion of Cedrela spp. in Appendix II of CITES, so it is necessary a qualitative advance with technological and operational results until mid-2021. In this sense, ACTO needs a permanent Data Science specialist, whose fundamental objective is under the management and treatment of information from the Amazon within the ARO through the computational tools that are being implemented, that meet the demands regional cooperation process of ACTO in its relationship with the Entities of the member countries with which the exchange of information will take place since the identification, collection, standardization, storage, processing and publication of informationMember Countries.