Integrated Water Resources Management: Institutional and Policy Reform
(10/99, En) Vea también Medio Ambiente
The Latin American and Caribbean region has an abundance of hydrological resources whose geographic distribution is heterogeneous. Growing water demand has increased contamination of ecosystems and water sources ?including groundwater and coastal zones, as well as conflict for competitive use of the resource.
There is consensus among the international community that water is a renewable but limited resource that requires an integrated and participatory approach management. Because of the different competitive uses of this resource, water is recognized not only as a social commodity but as an economic one as well.
The Latin American and the Caribbean countries have begun a modernization process in their hydrological resource administration and they have acquired experiences by emulating water management practices in other countries in the region, and in other regions of the world.
Similar to other South and Central America proceedings this publication documents the results of the seminar/workshop that took place in June 1997 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, organized by the Caribbean Council for Science and Technology (CCST), and cosponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Commonwealth Science Council (CSC), the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World Bank, the Inter-American Water Resources Network (IWRN) of the Organization of American States (OAS), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The workshop convened government officials and experts of the Latin American and Caribbean region and international organizations to discuss the different countries experiences in water related problems while proposing guidelines to solve them.
The event brought together regional governments and donor countries to support the management of water resources in accordance with the universally adopted Dublin principles. The event also supported the formulation of common strategies and the channeling of assistance from international organizations towards subregional countries in a coherent way.
By co-sponsoring the event and the publication of the proceedings, we hope to contribute to the subregional efforts to solve the most urgent problems related to conservation, and rational use and management of valuable water resources.
Ultima actualización: 08/05/07
