Environmental Protection and Sustainable Integrated Management of the Guarani Aquifer
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.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090207105239/http://www.sg-guarani.org/index/
Guaraní
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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| Documents & Resources |
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terminal-evaluation
Guarani Physical characterization and Well Inventory - FUNPAR
Presentation SG-SAG MGP 2006 for Guarani
mapageologico| General information | |
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| GEF ID | 974 |
| IBRD ID | 68121 |
| Project type | Full-Size Project |
| Status | closed (Project Closure) |
| Start Date | 13 Jun 2002 |
| End Date | 31 Jan 2009 |
| GEF characteristic: | |
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| Focal Area | International Waters |
| GEF Allocation to project | USD 13,400,000 |
| Total Cost of the project: | USD 26,700,000 |
| Results |
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| YES - See results data (974) |
| Partners |
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Argentina
, Brazil
, Paraguay
, Uruguay
, Regional
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB) |
| Project contacts |
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Luiz Amore
General Secretary
Jorge Rucks
Chief
Gabriel Menini, C
Information Officer
Diego Lupinacci
IT Manager
Daniel García
Technical coordinator
Roberto Montes
Communication Coordinator
Karin Kemper
Senior Water Resources Specialist
Abel Mejia
Sector Manager
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