PROCUENCA-San Juan

Transboundary Diagnosis Analysis - Analysis of the Problems and their Root Causes

Table - Perceived Major Problems and their Root Causes (MsWord File)


PERCEIVED MAJOR PROBLEMS	TRAUNSBOUNDERY ELEMENTS	MAIN ROOT CAUSES	ACTION AREAS	Main Root Causes
The accelerating degradation of transboundary ecosystems	Damage to transboundary ecosystems. Loss of goods and services,biodiversity and ecosystems stability Decrease in quality of life. Increased poverty Loss of revenues	1 2 5 4 3	A B C	Inadequate Planning and Management	Conservation areas delimitations do not follow water basins delimitations Lack of integrated watershed/ coastal zone management plans Lack of reliable comprehensive and up-to-date information
Overexploitation of valuable natural resources	Loss of natural resources productivity Loss of potential income from agriculture, fishing and tourism Increased poverty Threat to biodiversity Change in coastal and inland waterway dynamics	5 1 2 3 4	A B C	Weak Institutions	Laws are not being complied Lack of financial resources for implementation of laws and programs Abundance of laws and regulations, but lack of adequate national and regional policies and institutional frameworks Weak institutional arrangements Lack of access to information for decision-making
Soil degradation and increasing sedimentation	Economic losses due to sedimentation Increased poverty Loss of wetlands Eutrophication of water bodies and the coastal zone Loss in water storage capacity of rivercourses	5 1 2 3 4	A B C	Insufficient Human and Institutional Capacity	Lack of watershed oriented environmental education programs Lack of financial resources at the local level (municipalities) Lack of research on sustainable technologies Lack of economic alternatives Weak or nonexistent management capacity Politics within local and central government institutions
Pollution of water bodies	Loss of biodiversity Increased poverty Deterioration of hygenic-sanitary conditions Lack of territory identification and settlement Accelerating increase of population	5 1 2 3 4	A B C	Pollution of water bodies	Loss of biodiversity Increased poverty Deterioration of hygenic-sanitary conditions Lack of territory identification and settlement Accelerating increase of population
High vulnerability to natural hazards	Increased poverty Human settlements in areas exposed to landslides (hill-side housing and agriculture) and flooding (riverside housing) Increase of surface runoff and flooding areas Decrease of flooding recurrence interval	5 1 2 4 3	A B C	Limited Stakeholder Participation	Historic centralization of decision-making processes Uncontrolled human migration patterns Weak coordination between state and society Lack of adequate information for decision-making
				Extreme Poverty	Low incomes, subsistence economies and poor sanitation Relative imbalance in employment and income-generating opportunities across the border Uncontrolled migration patterns High population growth

AREAS WHERE ACTION IS PROPOSED
Institutional Strengthening	Institutional arrangements Capacity Building and Institutional strengthening Infrastructure and renew increasing mechanisms
Integrated Planning and Management	Development of comprehensive river basin/ coastal zone management programmes Stakeholders involvement Strengthening of a basin-wide information system
Environmental Education	Training of different sectors, students, housewives, farmers, etc