Lead country
Ecuador
Participating countries
Peru, Ecuador
Project status
Closure
Implementing period
From July 31, 2015 to January 4, 2021
Project ID: 4402
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Technical team
- Oceans and Water Programme
Technical area(s)
- Protection of transboundary surface & groundwater resources in a changing climate
Landscape(s)
- FreshWaters
- Forests
- Deserts
Sub-landscape(s)
- Aquifers
- Tropical forests
- Semi-arid (cold winter) deserts
- Sub-tropical (hot and dry) deserts
- Mining sites
Transformed sector(s)
- Agriculture
- Livestock
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Direct support / Service Delivery
Strategy
- Management operation
- Governance
- Monitor inventory
Sub-strategy
- Improved soil and water management techniques
- Institutional framework
- Water quality/quantity
- Institutional Capacity Building
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Women
Gender equality
- Awareness raising (on gender)
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender responsive
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 6.5 Implement integrated water resources management
- 6.6 Protect, restore water-related ecosystems
- 6.4 Increase water-use efficiency, sustainable water withdrawals
Conventions and protocols
- Strategic Action Programme
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
About this project
Description
The project aims to enhance bi-national efforts of Peru and Ecuador for Integrated Transboundary Water Resources Management (ITWRM) in the three main aquifers and watersheds shared by the two countries in the Pacific Ocean drainage basin - Puyango-Tumbes, Catamayo-Chira and Zarumilla. It will give special attention to integrating groundwater concerns and opportunities and extreme manifestations of climate variability and change in the area, including the cyclicality of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).The aquifers and linked river basins Zarumilla, Puyango-Tumbes and Catamayo-Chira contain an important, but often highly variable, water supply that is essential to the region socio-economic development and to the integrity of its ecosystems. These resources are threatened by overexploitation, pollution and inefficient management, as well as by climate variability and change.
Objectives
Strengthening institutional, policy, legal and scientific-technical capacities to implement Integrated Transboundary Water Resources Management in Puyango-Tumbes, Catamayo- Chira and Zarumilla River Basins and Aquifers, integrating climate variability concerns.
USD $4,110,000
Grant amount
USD $20,483,600
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($4,110,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Autoridad Nacional del Agua
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