Integrated and Sustainable Management of Transboundary Water Resources in the Amazon River Basin Considering Climate Variability and Change

Objective of the project is to o strengthen, in a coordinated and coherent manner, the institutional framework for planning and executing activities for the protection and sustainable management of the water resources of the Amazon River Basin, endeavoring to realize a shared vision of sustainable development in the region based upon the protection and integrated management of transboundary water resources and adaptation to climatic changes. Specific Objectives To this end, the Basin countries have agreed to:

• i.Make progress toward the integrated management of water resources, and adaptation to climatic variation and change, through more effective decision-making by the relevant national institutions, based upon the forecast impacts of climatic variations and changes on water resources.
• ii.Strengthen the shared strategic vision for the Basin as the basis for integrated water resource planning and management, adaptation to climatic change, and sustainable development.
• iii.Strengthen the technical-institutional structure for the identification of water resources at risk of environmental impairment (critical areas or “hot spots”) in order to recommend measures, plans, and projects to protect and/or rehabilitate them and, in association with in the responsible institutions in each country, initiate remedial measures.
• iv.Generate more knowledge about the types and sources of water pollution in the Basin, monitor them, and attack their root causes.
• v.Generate more knowledge about the effects of droughts, monitor them, and mitigate extreme events in vulnerable regions.
• vi.Make progress toward legal harmonization, and development of economic instruments, technical and institutional capacity, and public participation in the management of water resources in the Basin.
• vii.Strengthen the TCA Secretariat as an effective coordination agency for countries in the Basin in the short-, medium-, and long-terms

TDA/SAP
Regional Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis of the Amazon Basin Strategic Action Program - Regional Strategy for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Amazon Basin

Documents & Resources

newsletter Nesletter No. 1 GEF Amazon Project - Water Resources and Climate Change Nesletter No. 1 GEF Amazon Project - Water Resources and Climate Change report Soil and water resource uses-Peru Public Participation-Brazil Environmental educaction-Ecuador Biodiversity and water ecosystems-Peru Land use and environmental zoning mapping in critical ecosystems (hotspots)-Brazil Legal framework-Bolivia Water quality control-Bolivia Risks over human communities and vulnerable ecosystems-Brazil Analysis of the Enforcement Demands of the Institutions Responsible of the Management of the Water Resources of the Amazon River Basin: Final Report (English/Spanish) Hydroclimatological forecasting system-Brazil Decision Support System-Bolivia Institutional strengthening-Colombia Basin digital map and GIS-Brazil Peru Report-Spanish Guyana Report-English Ecuador Report-Spanish Colombia Report-Spanish Brazil Report-Spanish Proyecto Manejo Integrado y Sostenible de los Recursos Hidricos Transfronterizos en la Cuence del Rio Amazonas Considerando la Variablidad Climatica Y el Cambio Climatico: Informe Final Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization: Strategic Plan 2004 | 2012 RelatorioFinalAlbertoCrespoVisaoBolivia RelatorioFinalHGoncalves Relat final Luis Carrera RelatorioFinalYolandaGuzman project-document Project Brief for Amazon River Basin project-preparation PDF-B Project Document for Amazon river basin results-notes 2011 Results Notes - Integrated and Sustainable Management of Transboundary Water Resources in the Amazon River Basin Considering Climate Variability and Climate Change Image Developing a vision for the Amazon Basin image 4-Amazonas_with1000_tributaries_rivers 10_1-Adaptation_sea_level_rise_Maraj__ 9_2-Governance_transboundary_subbasin_Purus_River 10_2-Adaptation_sea_level_Maraj___deltaAmaz_river 6-Research_aquatic_ecosystems_ariranha 11-Inventoryof_WQuality_and_Pollution_Sources 6_1-Research_aquatic_ecosystems_Fish 2-Needs_andGoals_ofthe_Amazonian_Society 5_1-Understanding_Natural_Resource_base 5_3-Understanding_Natural_Resource_base 8-PilotP_Groundw_use_Manaus 1-Understanding_the_ Amazonian_Society maps_graphic Amazon River Basin maps-graphics [GEF IWC9 Poster] Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme to Ensure Integrated and Sustainable Management of the Transboundary Water Resources of the Amazon River Basin Considering Climate Variability and Change presentation [IWC9 Pecha Kucha] - Amazon Communities Adapting to Climate Change: Early Warning System in the MAP Region Photos Integrated and Sustainable Management of Transboundary Water Resources in the Amazon River Basin