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Managing Flows for Sustainable Development

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Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
Cities:
Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Basins: Limpopo, Zambezi
Project SDGs:
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Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
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Sustainable Withdrawals
Progress to Date: 0 NA
Services Needed: No services needed/offered
Desired Partner: Business
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2007  »  Dec. 30, 2007
Project Website: www.waterandnature.org/en/regions/east-southern-africa/past-...
Contextual Condition(s): Quality
Additional Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created, Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Beneficiaries: Manufacturers, Ecosystems, Local communities / domestic users
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: Between $100,000 - $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: Other
Project Source: User
Profile Completion: 87%

Project Overview

The project aimed to build awareness and capacity for environmental flows assessment in the basin and identify institutional and legal mechanisms for mainstreaming environmental flows. Interest in environmental flows in the region had been promoted by the South African Water Law, which like the water policy in Tanzania, calls for prioritization of water allocation to meet the basic needs of people and nature. Learning was a major focus of the project.

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The project aimed to build awareness and capacity for environmental flows assessment in the basin and identify institutional and legal mechanisms for mainstreaming environmental flows. Interest in environmental flows in the region had been promoted by the South African Water Law, which like the water policy in Tanzania, calls for prioritization of water allocation to meet the basic needs of people and nature. Learning was a major focus of the project.

Project Results

To catalyse understanding of environmental flows and applications in development

Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: Quality
Project Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created, Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Manufacturers, Ecosystems, Local communities / domestic users
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: Between $100,000 - $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: Other

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