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“Environmental issues in Bolivia can be classified under two broad categories: Those
involving long-term management of natural resources and those directly affecting the
daily livelihoods of significant portions of the urban population. Limited access to safe
drinking water and adequate sewage systems, in addition to malnutrition, are the primary
causes of the country’s high morbidity and mortality rates. Bolivia is known to
have forests that cover, approximately, half of its land surface area. Indeed, UNDP should
look for projects where it could introduce incentives that not only increase income of the
people but also sustainably conserve the forest.”
CHEMICALS BIODIVERSITY ENERGY
PORTFOLIO
Antonio Molpeceres, Resident Representative
To assist Bolivia in adaptation to Climate Change, UNDP is supporting a rural area project, where high rates of poverty coexist with environmental
risks, to evaluate the vulnerability and adaptation processes towards climate change with funding provided by the
Government of the Netherlands. A second project to support the adoption of renewable energy technology to reduce GHG emissions
is highlighted in the Spotlight. Finally, GEF funding to assist the Government in complying with the provisions of the UNFCCC, supporting
the preparation of the Second National Communication on Climate Change.
At a strategic level, UNDP has supported the completion of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), with funding
from GEF. The NBSAP process focuses on the assessment of requirements for the development of national capacity to address conservation
and sustainable use of biodiversity, including legislation at the national level. At the project level, again with funding from GEF,
UNDP is supporting the Titicaca biodiversity conservation project to promote the conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity
of Lake Titicaca through the design and implementation of community-based conservation, sustainable use and restoration activities,
and the development of a Biodiversity Management Plan.
UNDP has supported Bolivia’s programmes directed at ensuring compliance with the Montreal Protocol sine 1995. A total of 12 projects
in the refrigeration, foams and methyl bromide (Me. Br.) sectors have contributed to the significant progress achieved by Bolivia
with regard to protection of the ozone layer. The assistance programme currently being implemented includes: foam sector ODS phaseout
for two enterprises; a terminal Me. Br. phase-out project; and, a terminal umbrella project for the commercial refrigeration sector.
CONTACTS
Ms. Liliana Gonzales – liliana.gonzales@undp.org
Tel.: (591-2) 279-5544 Ext. 427
Fax: (591-2) 279-5820
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PARTNERS
Some of our Partners working with
UNDP and the Government in
Bolivia
Government of The Netherlands
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Bolivia MDGR 2002 http://www.undg.org/documents/2653-Primer_Informe_Espanol.pdf; 2 UNDP-GEF,‘Meeting the Climate Change Challenge, Sustaining Livelihoods’, 2004, available at:
http://www.undp.org/gef/undp-gef_publications/publications/climate_change_brochure2004.pdf
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