WATER WITH NO BORDERSTRANSBOUNDARY WATER PLATFORM

Essentialfor our

development and survival

POPULATION GROWTH CLIMATE CHANGE

More Food More Energy Floodings Droughts EcosystemsDissapearance

BiodiversityLoss

WATER SECURITY

Ecosystms-Environment

Institutions and Governance

Socio-EconomicUrbanization

Climate-Physical

Water Security: Holistic Approach

Water Security

• Strategic plan for the next 5 years

• Increasing portfolio in water resources

• Cross-sectorial team

• Participatory process (clients)

• Expanding our scope - International Water approach

Scope…….??: International Waters

WHAT?

WHY?

Large Marine EcosystemsAquifersLakesOceanRiver Bains

• 71% of the total surface water flow in

LAC

• Cover almost 60% of the territory

• More than 40% of the population

resides

• Just the Amazon: 40% total freshwater

• SA- 38 TBs and CA- 29 TBs

• World’s Largest Shared Lake: Titicaca

Shared River Basins

Wetlands &Aquifers

Lakes

• World’s Largest Aquifer: Guarani

• World’s Largest Wetland: Pantanal

Increasing CC vulnerability and instability

Lack of governance and coordination

WSI: 40% !!!

Our strengths

TECHNICAL CAPACITY:

HYDROBID , NEXUS SYSTEM ASSESSMENT

TOOLS, REMOTE SENSING

CROSS-SECTORIAL AGENDA

NEXUS GROUP

LEADING NBS PROGRAM

(WATER FUNDS)

DEMAND DRIVEN:

DONORS & CLIENTS

POLITICAL ACCESS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AND

EXPOSURE

(SIWI, WWF..)

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST FUNDS

(GEF & GCF)

INVESTMENT RESOURCES AND LEVERAGE:

WRM & WATER QUALITY

Coordination Mechanism within GEF-IW

43%

28%

11%

8%

7%

Ministries, Water and Fisheries Agencies, WWF,CI, UNOPs, FAO

FAO, PAHO, Ministries, Water Agencies, OAS,UN-E

Ministries, NOAA, FAO, UNIDO

Ministries

OAS

Conservation International (CI)

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

OAS and Ministries

2%

1%

TNC, Environment Ministry, CCAD,UN-E

1%

1%

WHAT IS OUR

PLAN?

WATERS WITH NO BORDERS

A TRANSBOUNDARY WATER PLATFORM

Water PollutionLand Use Changes,

Erosion and Sedimentation

Loss of Biodiversity

Alteration of theHydraulic Regime

Climate Change & Hydroclimatic

Events

What are the Problems?

IneffecientManagement at the Tranboundary Level

IneffectiveGovernanceFrameworks

Objectives

Enhance GovernanceBuild Awareness & Technical Capacity

Create the Enabling Environment: Management Unlock Funding

General Specific

Maximize economic, environmental and social

welfare

Strengthened diplomatic relations

Contribute with compliance with SDG 6.5 in LAC, and

impact SDG 2 & 13

INSTITUTIONSGovernance

SCIENCEData & Information

FINANCINGSustainable Investment

PEOPLECapacity Building &

Management

Waters With No Borders

Thematic Components

South America

• 193,000 catchments and stream segments

• Average catchment area: 92 km2

• Average stream segment length: 11 km

Central America • 33,000 catchments and

stream segments• Average catchment area:

84 km2

• Average stream segment length: 10 km

It delineates more than 230,000 basins with their respective river segments along LAC

Caribbean

• 3,300 catchments and stream segments

• Average catchment area: 72 km2

• Average stream segment length: 11 km

Regional Hydro-Climatic Modeling

Analiza el efecto del cambio

climático sobre la

disponibilidad de agua y las estrategias de adaptación.

Cam

bio

C

limát

ico

Simula la carga de

sedimentos generada por dos

métodos: MUSLE y Gavrilovic

Sed

ime

nto

s

Simula el efecto de los embalses en

los flujos aguas abajo.

Emb

alse

s

Simula la interacción de

las aguas superficiales

y subterráneas mediante el

acoplamiento de Hydro-BID

con MODFLOW

Agu

as

Sub

terr

áne

as

Evalúa la variabilidad espacial y

temporal de la calidad

del agua en la cuenca.

Cal

idad

de

A

gua

Analiza la asignación de concesiones

de agua a diferentes usuarios

dentro de la cuenca.

Co

nce

sio

ne

s d

e

Agu

a

Próximamente

Módulos Hydro-BID

Herramientas de apoyo a la gestión de cuencas transfronterizas

National Aggregated Downscaled Sub-regional Dynamics/Investments

Energy

Water

Land

Water - Supply

Water - Demands

To be developed..Infrastructure,

investments

Land Use

Sub-Basin Systems Analysis

HydroBID Sub-Basins

HydroBID catchments Sub-region Focus

Region

WATER FUNDS

212,737 ha

(natural infrastructure)

23,784 families

participating in

projects

upstream

USD$160,

853,294 M

pooled

resources

+350 private

and public

partners

GUATEMALA

PERU

MEXICO

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

BRAZIL

24 8

Water Funds

createdIn 8 countries of

Latin America

w w w . w a t e r f u n d s . o r g

Big Data: Remote Sensing

Factibilidad lograda con 6 proyectos y 50% del presupuesto

Factibilidad lograda con 10 proyectos y 75% del presupuesto

Factibilidad no puede ser lograda con el presupuesto

Robust Decision Making and Uncertainty- RAND

600 futuros plausibles (300 condiciones de demanda y flujo x 2 condiciones de factibilidad de los proyectos difíciles)

OUR AGENDA

PILCOMAYO RIVER BASIN PANTANAL TRIFINIO PLAN-WATER SECURITY

AMAZON AQUIFERASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

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