El Programa 21 y el manejo integral de los recursos hídricos en América Latina y el Caribe = Agenda 21 and integrated water resources management in Latin America and the Caribbean

Incluye Bibliografía

Informe del Grupo de Trabajo Intersecretarial sobre Recursos Hídricos en América Latina = Report of the Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Water Resources in Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía

Informe del Grupo de Trabajo Intersecretarial sobre Recursos Hídricos en América Latina = Report of the Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Water Resources in Latin America

Informe de la reunion sobre recursos hidricos cuyos puntos principales fueron: el examen y coordinacion de las actividades desarrolladas en el terreno y de las realizadas de acuerdo al programa ordinario en la esfera de los recursos hidricos, y arreglos para examinar la marcha de la aplicacion del Plan de Accion de Mar del Plata. Incluye temario, resumen de los debates, lista de participantes y de documentos.

Copenhagen +5: the Special Session on Social Development in 2000: issues of relevance to the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

La administración de los recursos hídricos en América Latina y el Caribe = The administration of water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean

Incluye Bibliografía

A guide to water resources administration in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Progresos en América Latina y el Caribe en materia de implementación de las recomendaciones contenidas en el Capítulo 18 del Programa 21 sobre gestión integral de los recursos hídricos = Progress achieved by the Latin American and Caribbean countries in the implementation of the recommendations made in Chapter 18 of Agenda 21 on integrated water resources management

Incluye Bibliografía

Regional review and appraisal of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000) in Latin American and Caribbean countries

This report indicates the main advances of the past 20 years based on the information provided by the region’s countries on implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, in response to the recommendations made in the final document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000) for the regional and global reviews that would take place in 2015, on the twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Conference (Beijing+20). The subregional report on the Caribbean (ECLAC, 2014c) has also been taken into account, which includes data from the country gender assessments prepared by the Caribbean Development Bank, the country poverty assessments and information provided by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Special session on Beijing +20 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Statement

The Special Session on Beijing+20 in Latin America and the Caribbean took place on 18 and 19 November 2014 in the framework of the fifty-first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Santiago from 17 to 19 November 2014. On that occasion the ministers and high-level authorities of the national machineries for the advancement of women adopted the following Statement.

Efficient Placement of Fault Indicators in an Actual Distribution System Using Evolutionary Computing

This paper proposes an evolutionary computing strategy to solve the problem of fault indicator (FI) placement in primary distribution feeders. More specifically, a genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to search for an efficient configuration of FIs, located at the best positions on the main feeder of a real-life distribution system. Thus, the problem is modeled as one of optimization, aimed at improving the distribution reliability indices, while, at the same time, finding the least expensive solution. Based on actual data, the results confirm the efficiency of the GA approach to the FI placement problem.

Herbicides in the upper Poxim River, Sergipe, and the risk of contamination of water resources

Increased agricultural activity in watershed areas has been causing concern over contamination by herbicides in agricultural areas. The problem becomes more important when contamination can affect water for human consumption, as happens with water from the Poxim river, which supplies the city of Aracaju, capital of the State of Sergipe. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of contamination by herbicides to both surface and groundwater in the upper sub-basin of the Poxim River, and to detect the presence of the active ingredients Diuron and Ametrine up-river from the sugar-cane plantations. Risk analysis was carried out using criteria from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the GUS index, and the GOSS method. It was observed that several active ingredients are at risk of leaching, demonstrating the importance of monitoring the river to control both the quality of water and the frequency and volume of herbicides used in the region. Based on the results, monitoring was carried out bi-monthly from July 2009 to July 2010 at two sampling points. Water samples were analyzed in the laboratory, where the presence of Diuron and Ametrine was noted. Water quality in the Sub-basin of the Rio Poxim is being influenced by the use of herbicides in the region. There was an increase in herbicide concentration in the surface water during the rainy season, possibly caused by soil runoff.

Managing water resources in dynamic settings: A multi-level, multi-stakeholder perspective

The aim of the present article is to contribute to the debate on the role of research in sustainable management of water and related resources, based on experiences in the Upper Ewaso Ng’iro and Pangani river basins in East Africa. Both basins are characterised by humid, resource-rich highlands and extensive semi-arid lowlands, by growing demand for water and related resources, and by numerous conflicting stakeholder interests. Issues of scale and level, on the one hand, and the normative dimension of sustainability, on the other hand, are identified as key challenges for research that seeks to produce relevant and applicable results for informed decision-making. A multi-level and multi-stakeholder perspective, defined on the basis of three minimal principles, is proposed here as an approach to research for informed decision-making. Key lessons learnt from applying these principles in the two river basins are presented and discussed in the light of current debate.