Implemention of Integrated Watershed Management Particies for the Pantanal and Upper Paraguay River Basin

PRO J ECT RES ULTS AND BEYOND

I MPLEMENTATI ON OF I NTEGRATED W ATERS HED MANAGEMENT PRACTI CES FOR THE PANTANAL AND UPPER PARAGUAY RI VER BAS I N

ANA/ GEF/ UNEP/ OAS

The Pantanal/Upper Paraguay Project

Promote the sustainable development of the basin through theimplementation of the strategic activities identified in the UpperParaguay Basin Conservation Plan (PCBAP) and the elaborationof a Strategic Action Program for the Integrated Management ofthe Pantanal and the Upper Paraguay Basin SAP

Background

1996-1997: Designing the Project - 3 Public Consultation Workshops(Cuiabá, Corumbá, and Campo Grande) - more than 200 stakeholders -60 key institutions - more than 45 proposals based on the PCBAP1998: Project approved by the GEF (UNEP Implementing Agency,OAS International Executing Agency, SRH/MMA - National ExecutingAgency (2000), ANA National Executing Agency (from 2001).

Cost and Financing

GEF Grant

Co-financing Government of Brazil

UNEP/OAS

Total Cost of the Project

US$

US$

US$

US$

6,615,000

9,513,000

275,000

16,403,000

Objectives

Project Location

Paraguay River Basin(Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay)1,095,000 km 2 - part of La Plata Basin (3,100,000 km 2)

Upper Paraguay Basin(Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay) approximately 600,000km2 362,376 km 2 in Brazil States of Mato Grosso (48%)and Mato Grosso do Sul (52%)

The PantanalOne of the largest wetland areas on the planet 147,574 km2

Link between the biomes of the Brazilian Cerrados andthe Chaco plains of Bolivia and Paraguay

Brazilian National Heritage Area (1988 Constitution) Ramsar protected areas (1998) UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2000)

Project Location

Paraguay River Basin(Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay)1,095,000 km 2 - part of La Plata Basin (3,100,000 km 2)

Upper Paraguay Basin(Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay) approximately 600,000km2 362,376 km 2 in Brazil States of Mato Grosso (48%)and Mato Grosso do Sul (52%)

The PantanalOne of the largest wetland areas on the planet 147,574 km2

Link between the biomes of the Brazilian Cerrados andthe Chaco plains of Bolivia and Paraguay

Brazilian National Heritage Area (1988 Constitution) Ramsar protected areas (1998) UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2000)

Project Structure and Execution

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

44 Activities Institucional partners (direct execution):

Federal institutions (4), State agencies (2), Municipal agencies (3), NGOs (5)

Institucional participation: more than 250 institutions

Componentes

I - Water Quality and Environment Protection;

II - Conservation of the Pantanal;

II - Land Degradation;

IV - Stakeholder Involvement and Sustainable Development;

V - Organizational Structure Development;

VI - Integrated Watershed Management Program Implementation.

Main ResultsI. Water Quality and Environment Protection: Sound Scientific and Technical Basis for the basin managementThe mercury contamination in the UPRB isconfined to a few specific regions, without threatof transboundary transport and contamination.

More than 16,900,000 tons of sediments areretained in the Pantanal each year, resulting inthe expansion of the flooded areas.

Mapping and characterization of meander cuts in the Taquari River: The Arrombados Zé da Costa and Caronal (11,000 km 2) cause permanent floods in the Paiaguas Pantanal region.

Implementation of Water Resources InformationSystem for water users in the Upper ParaguayRiver Basin.

Water Quality Reports for the Pantanal/MS,elaborated and published for 1999-2003.

The volume of fish production in the Taquari Riverhas been reduced by 20% during the last 15 years.

Main ResultsII. Conservation of the Pantanal:Preserving the natural habitat through Conservation Units and Sustainable Tourism

Definition of Strategies for the Participative Action for the Biodiversity Conservation in the UPRB and Prioritization of Conservation Targets

Creation of the State Park of the headwaters of the Taquari River Source (30,600 ha) and elaboration of the Park Management Plan

Definition of area and strategies for the implemen-tation of the Pantanal-Cerrado Ecological Corridor

Creation of the State System of Conservation Units in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul

Management Plans for the buffer zones of the Acurizal, Penha, and Dorochê natural reserves, protecting the Pantanal National Park

Geo-referenced Information System supporting the management and monitoring of the illegal live-animal trade.

Main ResultsIII. Land Degradation:

Rehabilitating Critical Areas

Rehabilitation of an abandoned gold mine (3 ha,approximate volume of 280,000 m 3 ) in the city ofPoconé (MT) and creation of a Mining Thematic Park

Development of the Protection and Recovery Plan forthe area of the Paraguay River headwaters (10,000 ha)

Consolidated proposal for the Integrated Environmental Management of Solid Waste for the 19 municipalities of the Miranda and Apa river basins.

Implementation of sustainable soil use practices: Non-tillage planting in the Upper Taquari

Main ResultsIV. Stakeholder Involvement and Sustainable Development: Including People, Municipalities, and the Private Sector in Developing Solutions

Environmental Education Program for the Tourism Sector in the Miranda River sub-basin

Aquaculture source of alternative income for local producers in the Taquari river basin

Bringing Environmental Education to Local School and Communities: Education and training program for local environmental agents

Public-private partnerships: Methodology and training for sustainable management of the buffer zones and areas of nesting grounds in the Pantanal de Barão de Melgaço

Community enpowerment and Sustainable Economic Activities: Live bait collectors the new members of the State Fishing Council

Main ResultsV. Organizational Structure: Improving Institutional and StaffingCapabilities for Integrated Water Management

Environmental Management System for the borderMunicipality of Corumbá, including formulation ofenvironmental legislation, implementation of environmentallicenses, and GIS information system.

Establishing institutional partnerships and strengthening environmental bodies in the states of MT and MS.

Strengthening local governments: training of the Inter-municipal Water Resources Consortia in the Miranda and Apa sub-basins (CIDEMA) and the Taquari river basin (COINTA)

Training of more than 1,000 public managers, community voluntary agents, and NGO representatives in watermanagement issues.

Hydrological Model for the Pantanal and the UPRB

Creation and implementation of ICMS Ecológico, an eco-tax stimulating the establishment of Conservation Units in MS

Assesment of the impact of water charges in the Cuiabá river basin estimated income: US$ 20,5 million (10 years)

Main ResultsVI. Strategic Action Program for the Integrated Management of the UpperParaguay River Basin

Diagnostic Analysis of the Basin - DAB

112 stakeholders 40 institutions

Strategic Action Program for the Integrated Management of the Pantanal and Upper Paraguay River Basin SAP

5 public events 363 participants from the government and NGO sector,

and civil society members more than 60 institutions

DAB - Basin Problems and Related Critical Issues:

Related To Anthropogenic Actions

Related To Hydrological System Flow

Related To Socio-political Organization

Water PollutionSoil DegradationBiodiversity Loss

Critical EventsEmerging Water Use ConflictsSocial and Economic Losses

Political and Institutional Weakness and Lack of Implementation of the Instruments for Water Resources Management

The Strategic Action Program - SAP

The Strategic Action Program was prepared between February and August 2004 on the basis of the results from the feasibility studies and demonstration projects, the causal chain analysis of the basin critical issues of the DAB, and the series of debates held during the DAB/SAP preparation process.

The 8 DAB/SAP public events involved 478 representatives from 60 basin institutions

Strategic Actions and Selected Activities SAP

Strategic action program for the integrated management of the Pantanal and Upper Paraguay River Basin SAP

ComponentComponent IStrengthening of Integrated Water Resources Management Institutions

ComponentComponent IISustainable Development and Protection of Biodiversity

ComponentComponent IIISoil Conservation and Rational Land Use

1.II.1 Deployment of management instruments and strengthening of links between institutions

Strategic Actions

I.2 Partnership:Brazil Paraguay

- Bolivia

I.3 Monitoring and control of flows and water quality

II.1 Environmental protection of the Pantanal

Strategic Actions

II.2Establishmentof Conservation Units

II.3 Guidelines for the use of environmentally sustainable methods and techniques

III.1 Strengthening of the system for the control of land use and settlement on the Plateau

Strategic Actions

III.2 Soil Conservation on the Plateau andin the Pantanal

Activities Activities Activities Activities Activities Activities Activities Activities

Sustainability of the Strategic Actions: Programmed Investments

Federal and State Pluriannual Plans Investments(2004 a 2007): US$ 149,100,000

Other Investments for the Basin:

Pantanal Program (MMA/States of MT and MS/IDB);

ISARM Americas Program Transboundary Aquifers of the Americas(UNESCO OAS)

Water Resources Observatory in the UPRB (FFEM)

NGOs Programs and Projects

US$ 30,500,000 from the Federal GovernmentUS$ 65,500,000 from the State of Mato Grosso US$ 53,100,000 from the State of Mato Grosso do Sul

Framework Program for the La Plata Basin (Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay/GEF/UNEP/OAS)

Guarany Aquifer System Project (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay /GEF/World Bank/OAS)

Unprecedented Mobilization of Basin Stakeholders

116 public events

4,533 participants

258 organizations (47 federal, 30 state, 55 municipal, 66 NGOs, 45 private enterprises, 3 international organizations, 12 foreign-country institutions)

Water Quality Reports for the Pantanal/MS (1999-2003)

International Seminar for the Integrated Management of the Transboundary Apa River (Brazil-Paraguai)

Seminar on Strategic Actions for the Transboundary Integrated Management of the UPRB (Brazil-Bolivia)

DVD Introducing the Pantanal/UPRB Project (Portuguese, English, and Spanish)

VHS Ecological Corridor Pantanal-Cerrado

DVD Taquari River: Problems and Solutions(Portuguese and English)

NGOs 26%Municipalities 22%Federal 18%Private 17%State 12%Other Countries 4%Internacional Organization 1%

Global Benefits and Lessons Learned: Protecting the Largest Wetland in the World and Globally Important Natural Area

Lessons with potential application in other parts of the world:Integrating natural resource values into human economic development programs and policies

Identifying and implementing appropriate practical measures that balance human use of important ecosystems with the ecological requirements of such systems

Protecting critical ecosystems, including riparian forests, wetlands, and floodplains while protecting and sustainably harvesting species of economic importance by using innovative approaches such as aquaculture that provide traditional people with alternative economic opportunities

Including people, municipalities, and the private sector in developing solutions to water use conflicts in a complex river basin

Disseminating information throughout the basin and providing feedback to basin stakeholders and communities on the achieved results

Encouraging community action through developing and utilizing local knowledge for thesustainable exploitation of natural resources

Coordinating activities and strategies between the three countries involved for sustainable and integrated water resources management of the transboundary basin

Communication and Dissemination

www.ana.gov.br/gefap/

3,000 copies in portuguese

of the SAP/DAB for national distribution

2,500 copies in english of the SAP/DAB for worldwide dissemination

including III GEF IW Conference in Rio de Janeiro

2,000 copies in portuguese of the SAP/DAB Executive Summary

2,000 copies in english of the SAP/DAB Executive Summary

All Project Documents, Products, and Results are available in Portuguese and English at:

National Water Agency ANA

Paulo Lopes Varella Neto Program and Project Superintendent

GEF Pantanal / Upper Paraguay National [email protected]

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