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APPENDIX 3. RIPARIAN COUNTRY
COLLABORATIONS
AMAZON
BID Inter American Bank project
Plan modelo para el desarrollo de las comunidades vecinas entre el eje Taba Tinga Apaporis or Tabatinga
Apaporis Plan or TabatingaApaporis Plan.In agreement with the directives, policies and programs defined for
the development of the Amazonía of Colombia and Brazil, the objectives defined by the Plan, for the region
in study, can be synthesized in the following way: (1) Improvement of the standard of life of the population,
generating productive activities and sources of work, as well as the physical infrastructure installation and
basic, compatible economic partner with the aspirations of the natural inhabitants, resources and the
ecological conditions of the zone. (2) Identification of the potential use of the natural resources of the zone
with intentions of maintained development, to consolidate the present occupation and to orient the future
establishments, avoiding the degradation of environment and (3) Provision of the social services and adjustment
of the basic infrastructure to guarantee the improvement of the quality of life of the population located
in the area of the Plan.
Participating countries: Brazil, Columbia Date: July 1, 1987
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Economic, social and environmental program
Principal Issue: Water quality, economic development, joint management, technical cooperation/assistance
Source: http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu
OAS project
Programa de acción integrado peruanoboliviano or PeruBolivia Integrated Action Program (PAIPB). In
accordance with the objectives, policies, and programs in the development plans of both countries, the
regional objectives for the study area can be summarized as follows: (1) Full incorporation of the area into
the economic and productive activity of Bolivia and Peru (2) Improvement of the standard of living through
the creation of productive activities and sources of employment and the installation of appropriate physical
and socioeconomic infrastructure. (3) Effective occupation of the territory based on sustained long-term
models of production that take the local ecology into account and have the active participation of the
residents in the development process (4) Identification of natural resources potentially useful for development
purposes (5) Substantial improvement of the territorial, social, legal, economic and ecological aspects of
indigenous communities and the preservation of areas they have traditionally inhabited.
Participating countries: Bolivia, Peru
Date: Data not available
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/ Economic program
Principal Issue: Water quality, economic development, joint management, technical cooperation/
assistance
Source: http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/Unit/oea81s/oea81s.pdf
ARTIBONITE
UNDP Small Grant Project
Reforestation, Agroforestry and Environmental Education on Half the Watershed of the Macasias River. The
project has increased the forest cover on the higher and section of the Macasías river watershed, through
reforestation of native species and establishment of agroforestry practices. The participants have implemented
an environmental education program.
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