ORGANIZATION OF
AMERICAN STATES |
ISARM AMERICAS
TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS
OF THE AMERICAS |
INTERNATIONAL
HYDROLOGICAL PROGRAMME |
UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas
Programme - Transboundary Aquifers of the Americas
The UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas Programme is a
regional initiative launched at the
IAH-ALHSUD Congress in 2002 at Mar del Plata, Argentina, and results
from the joint effort by UNESCO-IHP and DSD/OAS to set up the ISARM
Programme in the American hemisphere.
The worldwide
ISARM (Internationally
Shared Aquifer Resources Management) Programme is a multi-agency effort
aimed at improving the understanding of scientific, socio-economic, legal
institutional and environmental issues related to the management of
transboundary aquifers. The Programme operates through a joint coordination
committee of experts from UNESCO-IHP, IAH, FAO and UNECE.
As the leading agency in
coordinating the American Programme, OAS has focused its efforts on helping
American countries become involved in carrying out the programme’s tasks.
Among the most important
steps of the programme has been the collection of data on transboundary
aquifers. Through preliminary questionnaires sent to the countries, the two
organizations have assessed the prevalence of transboundary aquifers in the
Western Hemisphere in order to identify critical case studies while creating
a comprehensive Inventory of the transboundary aquifers for the Americas.
The IWRN and IHP Focal
Points of the American countries and the ISARM Americas National
Coordinators readily responded to the requirements of the Programme; they
started collecting information for the Inventory and filled up the
Preliminary Questionnaires.
UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas
Contacts:
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Enrique Bello
Department of Sustainable Development - DSD
Organization of American States
OAS Office in Argentina
[email protected] |
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UNESCO-IHP:
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Maria Concepcion Donoso
UNESCO-ROSTLAC Regional Hydrologist
UNESCO Office in Uruguay
[email protected];
[email protected] |
Alice Aureli
Hydrogeologist
Division of Water Sciences
UNESCO – Paris
[email protected] |
IAH:
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Shammy Pury
Chairman for the Comission for Transboundary Aquifers -TARM
International Association of Hydrogeologists - IAH
[email protected] |
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