DEVELOPING THE LEGAL AND INSITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ... · (INPA-SINCHI-IIAP) HYDROCLIMATIC VULNERABILITY ATLAS OF THE AMAZON BASIN (1:1,000,000) ANALYSIS of hydroclimatic threats

DEVELOPING THE LEGAL AND INSITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSBOUNDARY DATA AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN THE AMAZON: RESULTS FROM THE GEF AMAZON PROJECT (ACTO-UNEP)

GLOBAL WORKSHOP ON EXCHANGE OF DATA AND INFORMATION IN TRANSBOUNDARY BASINS Geneva, 4-5 December 2019

Maria Apostolova

PRESENTATION CONTENT

I. THE AMAZON BASIN

II. CURRENT LEGAL BASIS AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

III. EXPERIENCES IN INFORMATION AND DATA SHARING AT THE BASIN LEVEL

IV. COMMON STRATEGY ON IWRM AND DATA SHARING

V. NEXT STEPS

THE AMAZON

THE LARGEST RIVER BASIN

approx. 6.1 Million km2

6,992 km / 1,000+ tributaries

LARGEST TROPICAL FOREST AND

MEGADIVERSE REGION IN THE

WORLD

40,000 Plant species identified

20% OF ALL FRESH WATER DISCHARGED

INTO THE OCEANS COMES FROM THE

AMAZON BASIN

220,000 m3 per second

44 MILLION INHABITANTS

385 indigenous peoples

8 Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia,

Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and

Venezuela

THE AMAZON COOPERATION TREATY ORGANIZATION (1998) / PERMANENT SECRETARIAT (2002)

Sovereignty, conservation and sustainable management of natural resources,

regional development reducing asymmetries, sustainable development, scientificand technical research and exchange of information, among others.

THE AMAZON COOPERATION TREATY (1978)

THE AMAZON COOPERATION STRATEGIC AGENDA

Conservation, protection and sustainable use of natural resources, indigenous affairs, knowledge

management and information sharing, health, infrastructure and transport, tourism, and climate

change.

Permanent forum for political dialogue, cooperation, exchange and knowledge

Platform for intergovernmental action and intersectoral coordination through MFAGenerator of reference regional information.

➢ Permanent virtual forum facilitating the information flow and exchange between

governmental institutions and authorities in the 8 member states.

➢ Reference center for regional scientific and technological information on biodiversity,

natural resources and socio-cultural diversity of the Amazon.

➢ Priority lines: water resources, forest cover monitoring, species of flora and fauna

endangered by trade, climate change.

El Coca Declaration of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (2013) established the

Amazon Regional Observatory

Tena Declaration of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (2017)

approved the operational mechanism of the Observatory

Regional Science, Technology and Education Meetings (2015-2017) -

structure of the Observatory, bylaws of the Steering Committee, needs of information

and services for the integration and development of the information platform.

THE AMAZON REGIONAL OBSERVATORY

INTEGRATED WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM

INTEGRATED WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM

Water Quality Display

WATER QUALITY DISPLAY

VULNERABILITY ATLAS

INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATION:

INTEGRATING BIODIVERSITY DATABASES(INPA-SINCHI-IIAP)

HYDROCLIMATIC VULNERABILITY ATLAS OF THE

AMAZON BASIN (1:1,000,000)

ANALYSIS of hydroclimatic threats

and VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

52 REGIONAL MAPS – documented

basis for response and adaptation

measures.

GIS-based WATER AND CLIMATE

VULNERABILITY DATA AND METADATA SET

(biophysical, social, economic, environmental and risk components)

REGIONAL HYDROMET NETWORK PILOT PROJECT:

South-South cooperation ANA Brazil/ABC

➢ Technical capacity building and coordination in

hydro-sedimentology, data collection platforms,

extreme events (270 specialists / 13 courses).

➢ Information exchange for effective WR monitoring

(280 specialist/ 7 events).

➢ Regional basic monitoring network project – 73

monitoring points defined.

➢ Pilot project implemented - 6 points in Bolivia,

Colombia and Peru (telemetric stations, water

quality and discharge measurement equipment).

STRATEGIC PROGRAMMING:

MAIN TRANSBOUNDARY ISSUES

STATEGIC ACTION PROGRAM: INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR IWRM

BASIN-WIDE COMPATIBLE MONITORING SYSTEMS ON:

WATER QUALITY

HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL MONITORING

EROSION, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND SEDIMENTATION (SATELLITE-BASED)

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AND VULNERABLE SPECIES

ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AND HEALTH OF UPPER CATCHMENT REGIONS

INTEGRATED REGIONAL INFORMATION PLATFORM FOR IWRM

➢ Data sharing protocols and legal instruments for the exchange of data between national institutions.

➢ Common monitoring protocols, harmonized sampling and analytical methods, agreed indicators and parameters.

➢ Regional operational framework.

➢ Training of experts and joint campaigns.

➢ Network of academic and research institutions.

✓ SHARING MONITORING DATA✓ REPORTING ON ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS✓ KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE TO POLICY

DECION-MAKING

• An effective integrated and sustainable management

of water resources at the basin level requires

national data and information sharing, and

generation and management of regional data.

• Technical cooperation and South-South initiatives are

essential for building trust and catalyzing the

development of legal and institutional frameworks

for data and information sharing.

FINAL REMARKS

• Capacity building and institutional strengthening at

the national level are prerequisites for generating

and sharing data and information at the basin level.

• Regional coordination and technical cooperation is

needed to ensure that data and information be

generated and available in compatible and

harmonized format in accordance with agreed

parameters and methodologies.

• Data and information sharing benefits both national

and basin-level water management.

FINAL REMARKS

Thank you

Gracias

Obrigada.