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RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS Binational Autonomous Authority of the Lake Titicaca (ALT). The ALT is an entity of international public right with autonomy in its decisions and administrations in technical and economic fields; ALT’s political functioning is associated with the Peruvian and Bolivian State Secretaries. ALT’s General Objective is to promote and conduct actions, programs and projects, to dictate norms of management control and protection of the water resources in the Hydrologic System of the Lake Titicaca, the Desaguadero river, lake Poopo and The Coipasa Salt Lake (TDPS); under the framework of the Master Plan of the TDPS system. Treaty basin: Lake Titicaca-Poopo System Date: May 29, 1996 Signatories: Bolivia, Peru, Chile The Autonomous Binational TDPS System Authority for the TDPS Treaty basin: Lake Titicaca-Poopo System Date: July 1, 1993 Signatories: Bolivia, Peru Joint Subcommittee for the Development of the Lake Titicaca Integration Zone (SUBCOMILAGO). Treaty basin: Lake Titicaca-Poopo System Date: 1987 Signatories: Bolivia, Peru 102 — Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience along International Waters: Latin America and the Caribbean
LA PLATA * Total area: 2,954,500 km 2 Area of Basin in Country Countries km 2 % Brazil 1,379,300 46.69 Argentina 817,900 27.68 Paraguay 400,100 13.54 Bolivia 245,100 8.30 Uruguay 111,600 3.78 TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS Tratado entre el gobierno de la Republica Argentina y el gobierno de la Republica Federativea del Brasil para el aprovechamiento de los recursos hidricos compartidos de los tramos limitrofes del Rio Uruguay y de su afluente el Rio Pepiriepiri-Guazu. Treaty basin: Uruguay, Pepiri-Guazu Date: May 17, 1980 Signatories: Argentina; Brazil, Federal Republic of Agreement on Paraná River projects Treaty basin: Paraná Date: October 19, 1979 Signatories: Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay Treaty between Uruguay and Argentina concerning the Rio de la Plata and the Corresponding Maritime Boundary Treaty basin: La Plata (Del Plata) Date: November 19, 1973 Signatories: Argentina, Uruguay Treaty between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Paraguay concerning the hydroelec- tric utilization of the water resources of the Parana River owned in condominium by the two countries, from and including the Salto Grande de Sete Quedas or Salto del Guaira, to the mouth of the Iguassu River Treaty basin: Paraná, Iguassu Date: April 26, 1973 Signatories: Brazil; Paraguay Treaty of the River Plata Basin Treaty basin: La Plata (Del Plata) Date: April 23, 1969 Signatories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Treaty between the Argentine Republic and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on the boundary constituted by the Uruguay River Treaty basin: Uruguay Date: April 7, 1961 Signatories: Argentina; Uruguay Appendix 1. International Freshwater Agreements, Organizations, Commissions — 103
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CHAPTER 3. HYDROPOLITICAL VULNERABI
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MAPS Map 1 (A) Climate regions ....
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PREFACE Wherever a major river, lak
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FOREWORD During the 2002 World Summ
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project, exem
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Figure 1.2 International river basi
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a more accurate gauge of hydropolit
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Scientist conducting ecological res
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The great waterfall of Iguazú, on
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Canal of Artibonite River, Haiti. T
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Jaribu storks, Pantanal (Brazil), P
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Ricefield with water buffalo and eg
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TABLE 2.2 INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASIN
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Haitian people who live in the hill
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Río Goascorán en el puesto fronte
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El lago cerce de Tehscall, El Salva
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Verrettes waterfall, Haiti. Photo c
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Landslide damage in the aftermath o
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The Cimarron project has provoked s
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Damage along Choluteca River in the
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2.6 GOVERNANCE IN INTERNATIONAL RIV
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TABLE 2.9 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE W
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Figure 2.2 Lempa River Basin. trans
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Lining up for water in the aftermat
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In the aftermath of tropical storm
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Paraná River beach in Empedrado, C
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Boat houses, Amazon. Photo credit:
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Page 71 and 72: Sawmill on Amazon, photo credit: Gr
Page 73 and 74: Confluence of Iguazu and Paraná Ri
Page 75 and 76: Sudden storm sends tourists running
Page 77 and 78: In the semi-arid “backlands” of
Page 79 and 80: “Fish sold here, 24 hours.” Fis
Page 81 and 82: Woman earns income by selling craft
Page 83 and 84: Public infrastructure project (road
Page 85 and 86: high population residing within the
Page 87 and 88: Uruguay River merging into Rio de l
Page 89 and 90: issues and not in others. The const
Page 91 and 92: Urubamba River, Peru. Photo credit:
Page 93 and 94: Seaplane lands near shipping docks,
Page 95 and 96: Uruguay River seen from Argentina c
Page 97 and 98: ATLAS OF HYDROPOLITICAL VULNERABILI
Page 99 and 100: A B Map 2 (A) Groundwater Aquifers.
Page 101 and 102: SOCIOECONOMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL PARA
Page 103 and 104: INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY A B Map 6 (A
Page 105 and 106: A B Map 8 (A) Institutional Capacit
Page 107 and 108: APPENDICES Appendices — 89
Page 109 and 110: APPENDIX 1. INTERNATIONAL FRESHWATE
Page 111 and 112: AMAZON * Total area: 5,866,100 km 2
Page 113 and 114: CANDELARIA Total area: 12,800 km 2
Page 115 and 116: COATAN ACHUTE Total area: 2000 km 2
Page 117 and 118: HONDO Total area 14,600.00 km 2 Are
Page 119: LAKE TITICACA-POOPO SYSTEM Total ar
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Page 125 and 126: MARONI * Total area: 65,000 km 2 Ar
Page 127 and 128: PEDERNALES Total area: 400 km 2 Are
Page 129 and 130: SIXAOLA Total area: 2,900 km 2 Area
Page 131 and 132: USUMACINTA- GRIJALVA Total area: 12
Page 133 and 134: LA PLATA A short section of the bou
Page 135 and 136: Participating countries: Dominican
Page 137 and 138: Participating countries: Argentina,
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Page 141 and 142: Plan Trifinio The Plan Trifinio con
Page 143 and 144: Participating countries: Costa Rica
Page 145 and 146: USUMACINTA-GRIJALVA Red de Investig
Page 147 and 148: LA PLATA Power Plant Dona Francisca
Page 149 and 150: REFERENCES Agencia Gráfica del Sur
Page 151 and 152: egional Environmental Profile. Inte
Page 153 and 154: INDEX OF BASIN NAMES Amazon .......
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