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- Title
Establishment of a non-governmental regional approach to La Plata River Basin integrated watershed management promoted throughout three international workshops supported by UN and Japanese agencies, led by ILEC .
- Authors
Calcagno, Alberto; Yosuke Yamashiki; Mugetti, Ana
- Abstract
Reports that the La Plata River Basin is one of the largest international river basins in the world. Basin that spreads across five countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), and has water resources that are essential for their economic development; Reservoir development, extensive deforestation, intensive agriculture practices and large urban developments that took place in the Paran´, Paraguay and Uruguay basins, affecting environmental conditions and raising important issues concerning water resources use and conservation; Need to promote participatory and cooperative efforts among water resources stakeholders, as well as the systematic exchange of information and experiences on common regional problems among organizations and experts from throughout the basin who are devoted to water resources use and management, that was reported by researchers and managers; Efforts of a number of organizations from various countries within the basin, with the support of international and national governmental organizations, resulted in the foundation of La Plata River Basin Environmental Research and Management Network (RIGA); Presence of Japanese cooperation supporting the La Plata River Basin Workshops through a non-governmental international organization (ILEC) that played an important role in stimulating such an organization-based joint approach in the basin; Outcome, although not originally planned, that constituted a welcomed byproduct of its main specific interest in the region, which was the establishment of international sustainable management guidelines for lake and reservoir management.
- Subjects
RIO de la Plata (P.R.); PARAGUAY; URUGUAY; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; PUERTO Rico; WATERSHEDS; AGRICULTURE
- Publication
Hydrological Processes, 2002, Vol 16, Issue 11, p2099
- ISSN
0885-6087
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hyp.1144