Lake Titicaca: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (569 KB)
Drought and floods are the natural hazards that have the greatest environmental, social and economic impact on the Bolivian-Peruvian high plateau (altiplano) which includes the hydrological basin of Lake Titicaca, the Desaguadero River, Lake Poopo and the Salt Lake of Coipasa, collectively designated by the acronym TDPS (Figure 1). Through good management, the system can be regulated for the benefit of the people who live in the region. Main_LBMI_report--http://www.iwlearn.net/publications/ll/lbmi_main_report_2005.pdf/view Original_LBMI_website--http://www.ilec.or.jp/eg/lbmi/index.htm