A Framework for Sustainable Water Resources Management in the La Plata Basin, with Respect to the Hydrological Effects of Climatic Variability and Change 4 TH BIENNIAL ROSENBERG INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON WATER POLICY LESSONS IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT Ankara, Turkey September 2004 LA PLATA BASIN Dra. Ing. Silvia Rafaelli International Technical Coordinator

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY A Framework for Sustainable Water Resources Management in the La Plata Basin, with Respect to the Hydrological Effects of Climatic Variability and Change

Strengthen the efforts of the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay to implement their shared vision for the environmentally and socially sustainable economic development of the la Plata Basin, specifically in the areas of the protection and integrated management of its water resources and adaptation to climatic change and variability, coordinated and locally executed by the CIC, within and through its comprehensive structure and with extensive and ongoing participation by stakeholders Harmonize and prepare a Programme of Strategic Actions for the Sustainable Management of the la Plata Basin. Project Objetive

Project Phases FP I 18 Meses5 years FP II FP III SAP Execution Financing Plan GEF us$ others us$ PDF-A Project Identification PDF-B Project Brief 18 months Elaboration of the Strategic Action Program (SAP) Financing Plan GEF us$ others us$

Components of PDF-B

FP I PDF-B : Project Brief Strengthening Institutional Arrangements for the Integrated Management of the Basin, and for the Conduct of Project Activities. Pilot Demonstration Projects for the Management of Critical Areas and Topics. Institutional Digital Map and Documentation Center Elaboration of the Strategic Action Program (SAP) 18 months 5 years Predicting the Impacts of Climatic Variability and Change on the Hydrology of the la Plata Basin. Framework Strategic Action Program (FSAT) Common Vision Mega-Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) Nov 2003Apr 2005

Common Vision of sustainable development of La Plata Basin, related with water resources Topics to analyze: –Actual and potential water uses; –Land Use; –Agriculture production, land and ecosystems degradation; –Sediment transport related to waterways and energy; –Aquatic biodiversity, fisheries and waterculture; –Management programs of critical events related with water resources.

Analyzed sub-basins

Problems in the basin Alto Parana

Problems in the basin Baixo Parana

Sub-Basin AP – Alto Paraguai MP – Baixo Paraguai BP – Baixo Paraguai AR – Alto Paraná MR – Médio Paraná BR – Baixo Paraná AU – Alto Uruguai BU – Baixo Uruguai Problems importance Problems in the basin 1.WATER USES 2.ENVIRONMETAL IMPACTS AND SOCIAL IMPACTS DUE TO WATER USES 3.IMPACT OVER THE SOCIETY 4.INSTITUTIONAL

Actions 1.INSTITUCIONAL ASPECTS 2.URBAN SANITATION (Wastewater and Stormwater management) 3.IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 4.NAVIGATION 5.CLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND CHANGES 6.FLOODS AND DROUGHTS

FP I PDF-B : Project Brief Strengthening Institutional Arrangements for the Integrated Management of the Basin, and for the Conduct of Project Activities. Pilot Demonstration Projects for the Management of Critical Areas and Topics. Institutional Digital Map and Documentation Center Elaboration of the Strategic Action Program (SAP) 18 months 5 years Predicting the Impacts of Climatic Variability and Change on the Hydrology of the la Plata Basin. Framework Strategic Action Program (FSAT) Common Vision Mega-Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) Nov 2003Apr 2005

Bermejo ( km 2 ): Integrated water management of a basin with different ecosystems (from the Andes region to the System of Parana-Paraguay- La Plata Rivers) Pantanal ( km 2 ): Wetland management FREPLATA ( km 2 ): Management of the La Plata Basin last section. Guarani ( km 2 ): Aquifer management Deltamérica Virtual library of learn lessons of GEF Project Inter-Project exchanges: GEF Project in La Plata Basin

Relationship Between La Plata Basin with Other Organizations Twinning Agreement with the Rhine Basin Cooperation Agreement with the Amazon Basin Participation as a Case Study within the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

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