Waterbody

Guaraní

Area

1,211,119 km²

Perimeter

8,361 km

Region

South America

Countries

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Regional, Uruguay

Budget

26.00M US$

Total Cost of the Projects

15.00M US$

GEF Allocation to the Projects

Projects (2)

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Name	Ecosystem	GEF Agency	Focal Area	Status
Implementation of the Guarani Aquifer Strategic Action Program: Enabling Regional Actions	Aquifers	GEF	IW	active
Environmental Protection and Sustainable Integrated Management of the Guarani Aquifer	Aquifers	IBFRAD(B	IW	closed

Ecosystem

Aquifers

LME Number

acff935b8d1bfd8da9602423612a65b5

Projects

2 Projects

Last Update

08 Jul 2016

Name	Date
Proyecto para la Proteccion Ambiental y Desarrollo Sostenible del Sistema Acuifero Guarani: Analisis de Diagnostico Transfronterizo (ADT) Version valida para el inicio del proceso de Elaboración del Programa Estratégico de Acción	16 Jun 2014
Project for the environmental protection and sustainable development of Guarani Aquifer -Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis(TDA)	14 May 2014

Name	Date
Strategic Action Program(SAP) for Guarani Aquifer	13 Sep 2014

Name	Date
Implementation Completion and Result Report for the Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development of the Guarani Aquifer System Project	24 Jun 2014
Guarani Report for May 2003 / October 2003	02 Mar 2010
Guarani Report for June 2004 / December 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani Report for December 2004 / June 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani Report for June 2005 / December 2006 extended to March 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani Report for April 2006 / September 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani Report for November 2006 / April 2007	02 Mar 2010
Environmental Protection and Sustainable Integrated Management of the Guarani Aquifer: Proposal for Project Development Funds	23 Jun 2014
Guarani report for July 2008	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for June 2008	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for May 2008	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for April 2008	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for March 2008	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for February 2008	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for January 2008	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for December 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for November 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for October 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for September 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for August 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for July 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for June 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for May 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for April 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for March 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for February 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for January 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for December 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for November 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for October 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for September 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for August 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for July 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for June 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for May 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for March 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for February 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for November 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for October 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for September 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for August 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for July 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for June 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for May 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for April 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for March 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for February 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for January 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani plan of operation for 2003	08 Apr 2010
Guarani plan of operation for 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani plan of operation for 2005	02 Mar 2010
Guarani plan of operation for 2006	02 Mar 2010
Guarani plan of operation for 2007	02 Mar 2010
Guarani plan of operation for 2008	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for December 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for November 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for October 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for September 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for August 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for July 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for June 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for April 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for March 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for January-February 2004	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for December 2003	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for November 2003	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for October 2003	02 Mar 2010
Guarani report for September 2003	02 Mar 2010
Presentation SG-SAG MGP 2006 for Guarani	29 Feb 2012
Guarani World Bank presentation	29 Feb 2012
Presentation SNC Lavalin for Guarani	29 Feb 2012
Guarani Tecsult presentation	29 Feb 2012
Guarani Coord presentation. of Uruguay	29 Feb 2012
Guarani Coord presentation. of Paraguay	29 Feb 2012
Guarani Coord presentation. of Brazil	29 Feb 2012
Presentation Pilot Project Ribeirão Preto for Guarani	29 Feb 2012
Presentation Consultancy " Areas" for Guarani	29 Feb 2012
Presentation on Description and State of Situation of the Guarani Project	29 Feb 2012
Presentation Pilot Facilitator Concord-Jump for Guarani	29 Feb 2012
Presentation on State of Situation of the Guarani Project	29 Feb 2012
Presentation Guaraní Partnership: Thermal uses of the Water	29 Feb 2012
Presentation Guaraní Partnership	29 Feb 2012
Tecsult presentation: Client and Vestibule GIS for Guarani	29 Feb 2012
SNC-Lavalin presentation for Guarani	29 Feb 2012
Presentation SAG-PY BGR for Guarani	29 Feb 2012
Presentation Pilot Facilitator Itapúa for Guarani	29 Feb 2012
Report on Guarani Activities for the period May to November 2003	02 Mar 2010
Report on Guarani Activities for the period July to December 2004	02 Mar 2010
Report on Guarani Activities for the period December 2004 to June 2005	02 Mar 2010
Report on Guarani Activities for the period July 2005 to March 2006	02 Mar 2010
Report on Guarani Activities for the period April to September 2006	02 Mar 2010
Report on Guarani Activities for the period November 2006 to April 2007	02 Mar 2010
Development of Operative Regulations of Activities of Qualification and Institutional Reinforcement for Guarani	02 Mar 2010
Consultancy for Elaboration of the Plan of Social Communication and Environmental Education of Pilot project Guarani	02 Mar 2010
Terms of Reference for the Pilot Project Ribeirão Preto Guarani	02 Mar 2010
Plan of Action of the Pilot Project Creek for Guarani	02 Mar 2010
Plan of Action of the Pilot Project Concord for Guarani	02 Mar 2010
An Evaluation of Opportunities for the Use of Geotermal Energy for Guarani	02 Mar 2010
Economic analyses and of the Incrementales Costs of the Proposal of Guarani Project	02 Mar 2010
Evaluation of the Systems of Management and Institutional Development for Guarani	02 Mar 2010
Preparation of Bases To formulate the Plan of Public Participation of the Guarani Project	02 Mar 2010
Needs of education, pilot communication and projects for its involvement, in the geographic context of the Guarani	02 Mar 2010
Relief and Analysis of Legal Marco that Governs the Hydric Management with Particular Emphasis in Underground waters	02 Mar 2010
Design of the information system for water bearing system Guarani	02 Mar 2010
Present and Potential use of the Water-bearing Guaraní	02 Mar 2010
Guarani Definition of Excellent Information for the Network of Monitoring of Water-bearing - the Albert Mind	02 Mar 2010
Guarani Physical characterization and Well Inventory - FUNPAR	02 Mar 2010
December 2007 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
Preliminary map of the Gurani Aquifer System	02 Mar 2010
May-June 2003 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
September 2003 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
October 2003 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
July 2003 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
August 2003 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
November 2003 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
December 2003 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
January-February 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
March 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
April 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
May 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
June 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
July 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
August 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
September 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
October 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
November 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
December 2004 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
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August 2007 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
september 2007 newsletter for Guarani Aquifer	02 Mar 2010
Local Actions of the Guaraní Aquifer System Project - Elena Benitez - Guarani	29 Feb 2012
Guarani Aquifer - Project Implementation Plan	02 Mar 2010
Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development of the Guarani Aquifer System: Project Appraisal Document	23 Jun 2014
Project for the Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development of the Guarani Aquifer System: Project Brief	24 Jun 2014

Key Basin Project Results

1. One of the main outcomes of the Project is the establishment of the institutional mechanism to coordinate the activities of the four countries in the management of Guarani Aquifer System (GAS) that did not exist before the Project. The Project also extended this new culture of cooperation among specialists, universities and institutions in the four countries. 2. Technical and scientific studies conducted through the Project concluded that lateral movement of groundwater in the GAS is very slow and impacts from over pumping and pollution are highly localized. Therefore, management of the aquifer is essentially a local set of activities. The four countries now have a good understanding and feel much more confident to develop and manage the aquifer individually without worrying about wide-ranging regional/transboundary impacts. It would have been very difficult to get to this point and to have this shared understanding without having a regional project. 3. As a preventive project, the key performance indicators basically targeted the reduction of future risks: (i) pollution risks diminished or controlled; (ii) overdraft risks diminished or stabilized; (iii) future inter-country groundwater conflicts risk diminished; and (iv) future mitigation and stabilization costs reduced.

Results Indicators

Aquifer pumping reduction

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INDICATOR#3 – In the Concordia-Salto area, studies indicated that there is a potential for overexploiting geothermal water resources and measures were designed for limiting groundwater competitive extraction through well spacing and other relevant measures for new geothermal development.

Regional legal agreements and cooperation frameworks

Year: 2003

YES

May 2003. All four basin states signed the "Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development of the Guarani Aquifer System" agreement

Regional Management Institutions

INDICATOR#1 – Establishment of an institutional framework: The countries, through the Steering Committee (at multi-country level), the National Project Execution Units (one per country), and the Regional Coordination Unit, has established the institutional framework. The Project successfully defined the institutional framework necessary for the management of the GAS. With the support from the Project, different institutional frameworks at all levels (regional, national and local) remained operational and the countries have committed to continue with activities and institutional nucleus created through the Project beyond the project duration. The approval of the SAP that defines the future sustainable management framework of the GAS also testifies to the commitment by the governments and attests the success of the Project.

Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis: Agreement on transboundary priorities and root causes

YES

Development of Strategic Action Program (SAP)

YES

INDICATOR#2 – Existence of SAP: The SAP was finalized and approved by the SC. The SAP has now become a living document to lead the joint and individual actions of the countries

Information sources

IWC6 Results Note (2011)

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