Horizontal co-operation in drinking water supply and sanitation in the Caribbean

Se refiere a las actividades que sirven de antecedente a las actuales iniciativas de la CEPAL en el Caribe; describe los objetivos y el alcance de la cooperación horizontal; examina la experiencia del Caribe en materia de cooperación horizontal en el sector del agua potable y del saneamiento ambiental, y sobre esa base, identifica para el Caribe las principales consideraciones relativas al fortalecimiento de la cooperación técnica y económica en el sector.

Informe del Segundo Seminario Latinoamericano sobre Cooperación Horizontal para el Decenio Internacional del Agua Potable y del Saneamiento Ambiental = Report of the Second Latin American Seminar on Horizontal Co-operation for the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade

Incluye Bibliografía

Women and the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Central America: recent experience on horizontal co-operation in drinking water supply and sanitation

Presenta una visión somera del estado actual de la cooperación horizontal en lo referente al suministro de agua potable y saneamiento ambiental en los 6 países del Istmo Centroamericano. Describe las principales actividades que se han llevado a cabo, presenta los posibles campos de acción para la cooperación y recoge conclusiones generales.

Water supply situation in the LDC's of the East Caribbean at the beginning of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade: a brief note

Includes bibliography

IX Meeting of the Steering Committee for Cooperative Action on the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (IDWSSD), 15-16 April, 1982

Comenta aspectos principales sobre los cuales se centro el debate en la reunion.

Water supply and sanitation for the poor: the achievements of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade in Latin America and the Caribbean = Abastecimiento de agua y saneamiento ambiental para los pobres: los logros del Decenio Internacional del Agua Potable y del Saneamiento Ambiental en América Latina y el Caribe

Incluye Bibliografía

Abastecimiento de agua potable y el saneamiento ambiental para la población rural dispersa en América Latina = Drinking water supply and sanitation for the dispersed rural population in Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía

Right to health in Latin America: beyond universalization

Incluye bibliografía.

The right to an identity: birth registration in Latin America and the Caribbean

A disturbing token of child and adolescent vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean is that so many are deprived of any legal identity by failure to report their birth. This bars them from exercising basic citizen rights and can hinder their access to productive employment, social benefits and the justice system and deny them recognition as full citizens and the right to well-being, capacity development and political participation.

The right to education: An unfinished task for Latin America and the Caribbean

The right to education.Our newsletter once again takes on the challenges set forth by the Millennium Declaration and the human rights approach embedded in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In this issue, we will examine the right of children and adolescents to education.

Adolescents and the right to education

The inalienable right of all people to education is enshrined in various international covenants, conventions and agreements, yet the actual fulfilment of this right varies in quantity and quality from one country to the other. On average, the compulsory length of schooling in the countries of the region is 10 years. Half of these countries have already made all secondary education mandatory, which is eminently reasonable since it is commonly accepted as a minimum threshold for lifelong well-being and skills-building. The main article in this edition of Challenges discusses this subject in depth, and shows how far behind we are in ensuring that all adolescents have access to the education to which they are entitled. It focuses on the low secondary school-completion rate and low level of learning acquisition, the strong socioeconomic and sociocultural stratification, the lack of citizenship skills, and the persistence of a relatively high dropout rate at all levels of secondary education. The main challenge in guaranteeing the right to education lies in reducing learning and attainment gaps by helping the groups that are presently lagging behind the most. As is customary, there are also reports on relevant meetings and conferences held in the region over the past half-year, together with the opinions of experts and adolescents and success stories in promoting school attendance in Uruguay and the Dominican Republic.

Seasonal effects of wastewater to the water quality of the Caeté river estuary, Brazilian Amazon

A situação socioeconômica de Bragança depende principalmente dos recursos biológicos estuarinos e marinhos, que são influenciados pelos ciclos de marés e climatologia. Coletas oceanográficas (com medidas de variáveis hidrológicas, hidro-dinâmicas e microbiológicas) foram realizadas na área mais urbanizada do estuário do Caeté, para caracterizar a qualidade das águas no setor estudado. Durante o período seco, o estuário foi mais eutrófico e apresentou os maiores valores de temperatura (30,5°C em Out./06), salinidade (17 psu em Fev./07), pH (8,24 em Fev./07) e coliformes fecais (>1000 MNP/ 100 ml em Dez./06 e Fev./07). As espécies fitoplanctô-nicas Cyclotella meneghiniana, Coscinodiscus centralis e outras espécies r-estrategistas também foram observadas. A falta de saneamento básico foi responsável pela contaminação local, especialmente durante o período seco, quando o esgoto foi lançado mais concentrado no estuário, mostrando a influência humana na redução da qualidade da água estuarina estudada. A pesca é considerada uma das principais atividades econômicas do município de Bragança e, portanto, esta contaminação poderá afetar negativamente a qualidade ambiental deste ecossistema amazônico.

Soluble sugars and germination of Annona emarginata (Schltdl.) H. Rainer seeds submitted to immersion in GA3 up to different water contents

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)