International cooperation on transboundary aquifers in South America and the Guarani Aquifer case

Villar, Pilar Carolina

doi:10.1590/0034-7329201600107

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“…For instance, informal technical meetings behind closed doors known as the picnic-table talks between Israeli and Jordanian officials before the 1994 peace treaty are an example of informal pre-cooperation; these talks contributed to the subsequent official water cooperation after 1994 [43,44]. An instance of informal cooperation at the municipal level is the Salto-Concordia case of the GAS, where informal cooperation continued even after the GAS project was officially concluded [38,45]; in the GAS case, the regional treaty and GAS project were initiated by communication among the scientific and epistemic communities in the region. In the case of the Disi Aquifer, which is shared between Jordan and Saudi Arabia, informal political meetings of governmental authorities used to take place regularly in the past decades [46], and brought the two governments to signing the 2015 Disi Agreement; even if it is not yet fully operational although signed and ratified [47,48], the Disi Agreement is an example of informal cooperation in the preoperational arrangement phase.…”

Section: Making Informal Formal and Technical Talks Count By Adding mentioning

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Monitoring Transboundary Water Cooperation in SDG 6.5.2: How a Critical Hydropolitics Approach Can Spot Inequitable Outcomes

2018

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This article contributes to critical sustainability studies through an interrogation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their action towards improving access to water and sanitation. This is done through an analysis of ‘SDG 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all’, specifically focusing on Target 6.5: ‘By 2030, implement integrated water-resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate’, and its related Indicator 6.5.2, ‘Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation’. While on paper Target 6.5 might seem relatively unproblematic, this article shows that its implementation could have some unintended practical implications for countries sharing transboundary waters. This article fine-tunes SDG 6.5.2 by suggesting two additional qualitative steps to improve the indicator. These qualitative dimensions are deemed extremely important for two reasons: the first one is the need to unfold and tackle inequitable water agreements; the second reason is to assess, recognize, and promote the role of civil society, NGOs, and technical and informal cooperation as a positive path toward the actual achievement of formal cooperation. The two steps that we propose are deemed essential if the United Nations (UN) is going to include SDG 6.5.2 as a proactive tool in the achievement of “implementing integrated water-resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate”, as declared in the 2030 agenda.

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Section: Making Informal Formal and Technical Talks Count By Adding mentioning

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Monitoring Transboundary Water Cooperation in SDG 6.5.2: How a Critical Hydropolitics Approach Can Spot Inequitable Outcomes

2018

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“…A visão pretensamente neutra desses marcos busca imprimir a forma com a qual se lida com a água no cenário internacional, uma visão racional e econômica. A água, então, passa de dever do Estado para problema do mercado (VILLAR, 2016;RIBEIRO, 2008).…”

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A difícil construção de um sistema de governança para o Aquífero Guarani

Mariano

Leite

2019

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Este trabalho discute a construção de um sistema de governança para o Aquífero Guarani, uma das maiores reservas de água subterrânea do mundo, compartilhado por Argentina, Brasil, Paraguai e Uruguai. Embora a questão das águas subterrâneas seja estratégica no atual cenário internacional, nem sempre essa importância se traduz numa institucionalização adequada para o tratamento dessas águas, o que verificamos no caso do Acordo para o Aquífero Guarani assinado em agosto de 2010. Considerando que o Acordo do Aquífero Guarani possui em seu âmbito a base para que se pense na construção de um sistema de governança entre os países partes do Acordo, a hipótese deste trabalho é de que as preocupações com a salvaguarda da soberania e dos interesses nacionais dos países detentores da reserva desestimula os governos a uma maior preocupação com a institucionalização desse Acordo. Para tal, analisamos comparativamente o processo de ratificação na Argentina e Uruguai desse Acordo, e os debates suscitados nos congressos brasileiro e paraguaio.

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“…Table 1 synthesizes the cooperative institutional arrangements established by international treaties to address issues related to the management of the LPRB's water resources. There are 19 organizations involved in the management of the basin's water resources, though one is not yet functional (the Guarani Aquifer Commission for more information see Villar and Ribeiro (2011);Villar (2016). Cooperation takes place at different scales, ranging from the entire river basin to sub-basins, individual rivers and stretchers of rivers.…”

Section: Institutional Cooperative Arrangements In the La Plata Rivermentioning

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“…For example, the Guarani Aquifer System Project contributed to the signing of the Guarani Aquifer Agreement. However, the ratification process has been a long process, holding back the implementation of what would have been the only transnational institution dedicated to transboundary groundwater resources in South America (Villar, 2016). Only in 2017 did Brazil accept the agreement with the issue of Legislative Decree 52/2017.…”

Section: Institutional Cooperative Arrangements In the La Plata Rivermentioning

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Transboundary governance in the La Plata River basin: status and prospects

Villar

Ribeiro

Sant’Anna

2018

Water International

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The La Plata River Basin's transboundary institutional arrangement is a complex system with different geographical bases and scopes, including 14 international organizations, four technical committees and one groundwater commission (not yet implemented). This article examines this institutional architecture by outlining the characteristics of cooperative arrangements established under treaties as a way of analyzing how the process of water governance takes place between riparian states. The large number of institutions contrasts with the modest number of joint actions and projects, which prompts questions about their role in the governance process, especially considering the lack of transparency and information about their performance. ARTICLE HISTORY

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International cooperation on transboundary aquifers in South America and the Guarani Aquifer case

Cited by 17 publications

References 12 publications

Monitoring Transboundary Water Cooperation in SDG 6.5.2: How a Critical Hydropolitics Approach Can Spot Inequitable Outcomes

Monitoring Transboundary Water Cooperation in SDG 6.5.2: How a Critical Hydropolitics Approach Can Spot Inequitable Outcomes

A difícil construção de um sistema de governança para o Aquífero Guarani

Transboundary governance in the La Plata River basin: status and prospects

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