Energy
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In 1986, the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras concluded a
technical cooperation agreement known as the Trifinio Plan with the General
Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS) and the Inter-American
Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The unique characteristics of the Plan
area led the authorities of the three countries to protect part of it by establishing in
1987 the La Fraternidad Biosphere Reserve, comprising the Montecristo cloud forest
(the Reserves' nucleus) and a surrounding buffer zone suitable primarily for forestry. As
soon as the Plan was presented, in 1988, the countries began the dissemination and
negotiation processes essential to its implementation. Through successive documents of
understanding among the parties, the agreement has been extended to the present.
The Trifinio Plan consisted of a socioeconomic assessment and a strategy for
regional development, based on a set of 29 trinational development projects and numerous
national projects presented at the profile level. Among the elements shaping the strategy
is the need for actions in the energy sector. This sector is closely related to
environmental deterioration because of deforestation caused by the heavy demand for fuel
wood. It was therefore considered necessary to promote activities to increase the energy
supply through reforestation and to reduce household energy consumption with
better-designed stoves that would use less firewood.
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While today's low oil prices have reduced the sense of urgency
surrounding energy issues, most development practitioners realize that the current calm is
neither the end of energy problems in developing countries nor are these low prices likely
to continue indefinitely. Instead, it is the ideal time to reflect on recent experiences,
evaluating both successes and failures with an eye toward preparing for the future.
This document is intended for development and energy planners in the OAS member
states, international agencies and elsewhere. We hope that the lessons which the
Department of Regional Development (DRD) has learned through programs in integrated energy
development can be beneficial to others.
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An undertaking that attempts to provide renewable energy
policy guidance to policy strategists who operate across a spectrum of national
energy systems inherently contains both the flaws and the strengths of
“universal” or general concepts. Readers are asked to apply broad
conceptual ideas in a specific national context. The authors have used operative
or normative words with the objective of describing concepts neutrally - without
implying conceptual bias. This objective is difficult to achieve - especially
for multi-language translations. When possible, normative words are defined the
first time they are used in the text.
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