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Uruguay to implement their shared vision for the environmentally and socially sustainable economic
development of the la Plata Basin.
Participating countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Date: 2001-2003
Level/Type of Collaboration: Non-official/International initiative, social/health program
Principal Issue: Joint management, other: research and education
Source: http://www.gefonline.org/projectDetails.cfm?projID=2095, http://www.greencrossinternational.net/
GreenCrossPrograms/WATERRES/wwf_03/gci_laplata1.pdf and for the report: http://webworld.unesco.org/
water/wwap/pccp/cd/plata.html
Intergovernmental Committee on the Paraguay
araguay-P
-Parana Hidrovia or Comite Intergubernamental de la Hidrovia
Paraguay Parana (CIH)
The Parana River Basin forms an international sub-basin within the La Plata River Basin. An international
network has been formed to help defend the ecosystems of the Paraguay and Parana Basin, including the
Pantanal and Chaco wetlands, as well as the rights of the region’s human populations. CIH was created
by the five governments to promote and oversee the development in the Pantanal, ultimately creating a
commercial waterway known as the Paraguay-Paraná Hidrovia.
Participating countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Date: December 1, 1994
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Economic program
Principal Issue: Water quality, economic development, joint management, technical cooperation/assistance
Source: http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9412/0157.html
Entidad Binacional Yacyreta or Yacyreta Binational Entity (EBY)
Dating back to the Argentine-Paraguayan protocol signed in 1926 on the use of the Apipé rapids, the EBY
was created through a 1973 agreement between Argentina and Paraguay. The main objectives of the EBY is
to harness hydroelectric power for distribution in surrounding areas of both countries, improve navigability in
that particular zone, regulate flooding and water volume in general and to mitigate negative environmental
effects.
Participating countries: Argentina, Paraguay Date: 1973
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Economic program
Principal Issue: Hydro-power/hydro-electricity, navigation, flood control/relief, joint management,
technical cooperation/assistance
Source: http://www.eby.org.ar
Agualtiplano
Agualtiplano is a virtual center of information about water resources of the area, create to compile, organize,
analyze and spread the information that identifies problem areas, to identify knowledge caveats, to promote
applied investigation, to solve conflicts that involve the indigenous populations and as a reference for
drafting up proposals and policies for the altiplánicas zones of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.
Participating countries: Argentina, Bolivia Date: 2001
Level/Type of Collaboration: Non-official/International initiative
Principal Issue: Other: research and training
Source: http://www.agualtiplano.net/
EU project: Proyecto de Gestión Integrada y Plan Maestro de la Cuenca del Río Pilcomayo
The Pilcomayo River Basin forms an international sub-basin within the La Plata River Basin.The Trinational
Commission for the Development of the River basin of the Pilcomayo wants to develop and implement a
Project of Integrated Management and Masterplan for the River basin.
Participating countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay Date: July 2003 - July 2008
Level/Type of Collaboration: Official/Environmental program
Principal Issue: Joint management
Source: http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu
GEF IW project: Strategic Action Programme for the Binational Basin of the Bermejo River
The Bermejo River Basin forms an international sub-basin within the La Plata River Basin.The project is
designed to identify priority transboundary concerns and needs within the Basin and to assist in developing a
watershed-based approach for integrating environmental and development concerns into the planning
programs of the two Governments, with a view toward protecting and maintaining the essential ecological
structure and functioning of the entire system, including its downstream components.
Appendix 3. Riparian Country Collaborations — 121