Management of transboundary water resources in Amazonia: the case of Madre de Díos (Peru), Acre (Brazil) and Pando (Bolivia)

• Grant number: 07/06882-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2008
• End date: June 30, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Wagner Costa Ribeiro
• Grantee: Fernanda Mello Sant Anna
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research intends to analyze the role of cooperation among the amazon countries for the management of transboundary water resources in Amazonia, specifically, the project of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) for the integrated and sustainable management of amazon water resources, and the case of local management plan in the triple boundary of Madre de Díos (Peru), Acre (Brazil) and Pando (Bolivia). Methodology is based in the bibliographical analysis and in the analysis of documents related to the amazon cooperation and the management of water resources, and also in interviews with authorities of ACTO and amazon countries and in a field work in the triple boundary of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, where the MAP Initiative (Madre de Díos, Acre, Pando) is developing a local management plan for the Acre river basin. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ANNA, Fernanda Mello Sant. International cooperation and transboundary management of the water in the Amazon. 2009. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.