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Environmental Protection and Sustainable Integrated Management of the Guarani Aquifer

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GEF ID: 974
Project Description:

The main objective of the proposed initiative would be to support Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in jointly elaborating and implementing a common institutional framework for managing and preserving the Guarani Aquifer for current and future generations. The Guarani Aquifer, named in honor of the Guarani Indian Nation, is one of the largest groundwater reservoirs in the world, and was only recently recognized as one interconnected system, extending through the four MERCOSUR countries for a total of 1.2 million km2. Total reserves would be enough to supply the entire population of Brazil for 3,500 years.The project would be of a preventive nature and would include interventions regerding expansion and consolidation of the current knowledge base, creation of collaborative management framework, information for public participation, and monitoring and evaluation. Given the susceptibility of groundwater resources to pollution and the quasi irreversibility of polluted groundwater sources, a management mechanism that would prevent pollution would yield socio-economic and environemental benefits, both at a local and regional transboundary scale.

 
Project Website URL: http://www.sg-guarani.org/
Region: Americas
Sub-Region: South America
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Project Contacts:
  • Mr. Douglas Olson
    , International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB),
  • Ms. Karin Kemper
    Senior Water Resources Specialist, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB),
  • Mr. Luiz Amore
    General Secretary, Guarani Aquifer System Project,
  • Dr. Jorge Rucks
    Chief, Geographic Group II (Latin America), Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment in America, Organization of American States (OAS),
  • Gabriel Menini, C
    Information Officer, Guarani Aquifer System Project,
  • Mr. Abel Mejia
    Sector Manager, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB),
  • Diego Lupinacci
    IT Manager, Guarani Aquifer System Project,
  • Daniel García
    Technical coordinator, Guarani Aquifer System Project,
  • Roberto Montes
    communication coordinator, Guarani Aquifer System Project,
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Project Documents:
Guarani Cuenca Map
General Information:
Project Type Full Size Project
Project Status Project Closure
Start Date
Jun 13, 2002 12:00 AM
End Date
Jan 31, 2009 12:00 AM
 
GEF characteristic:
Operational Programme OP8 - Water based Program
Focal Area International Waters
GEF Allocation to project 13.94M US$
Total Cost of the project: 27.24M US$
 
Partners:
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Lead Implementing Agency International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)
Executing Agencies
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