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Environmental protection of the
Rio de la Plata and its Maritime
Front: Pollution Prevention and
Control and Restoration of Habitats
PROJECT: RLA/99/G31
OP8, Water body based operational
program
TDA
2000
www.freplata.org
SAP
2004
2006
Bi-national Executing Agency:
CONSORTIUM CARP-CTMFM
- Rio de la Plata Management Commission,
- Bi-National Technical Commission for the
Maritime Front
Freight traffic through the Rio de la Plata and its Maritime Front
(in thousands of tons)
( Sediment load: 260.000 t/day )
Heavy metal discharges (t/day)
into the Río de la Plata:
lead
chrome
6
7
Rio Uruguay: 1,6
1,6
Buenos Aires: 0,3
1,5
Sum:
10,1
Rio Paraná:
7,9
25.000
300.000
250.000
200.000
150.000
100.000
50.000
0
Río Paraná
Population growth (in thousands of
individuals)
23.000
21.000
19.000
17.000
15.000
13.000
11.000
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
9.000
year
5.000
9.496
7.000
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
year
Río Uruguay (Sediment load: 20.000 t/day)
URUGUAY
Buenos
Aires
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (in
US$)
Montevideo
Río de la Plata
(35.500km2)
15,000
14,000
13,000
Maritime Front
Industrial GDP (in millions of US$)
12,000
11,000
90.000
10,000
80.000
9,000
70.000
8,000
60.000
7,000
50.000
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
(215.900 km2)
2050
40.000
year
30.000
20.000
ARGENTINA
10.000
0
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
year
2030
2040
2050
Major trends in the project
area will increase the
pressure on the uses and
resources of the aquatic
ecosystem
Human impact on the aquatic
ecosystem threatens its uses and
resources in quality or quantity
Distribution of environmental stress on the main
uses and resources of the aquatic ecosystem
leisure
23%
fisheries
24%
transport
1%
freshwater
23%
flora and fauna
habitats
29%
The environmental impact has national and transboundary
components embedded in a complex system of overlapping
jurisdictions
National exclusive areas
Coastal Departments of Uruguay
City of Buenos Aires
Levels of jurisdiction:
Bi-national:  CARP-area, CTMFM-area
Municipalities of the
Province of Buenos Aires
National: Central/Federal Government of
Uruguay and Argentina  exclusive areas
CARP
Local: Province of Buenos Aires, City of Buenos
Aires, Municipalities of the Prov.of BA,
Departments  exclusive areas
Prohibition zone for pollution
activities
Province of Buenos
Aires
CTMFM
Land based point source and non point source
pollution by urban, agriculture and industrial
activities.
Seaborne pollution due to aquatic transport
activities
Alien species invasion due to maritime
transport activities
Active and passive distribution processes
generating transboundary effects of the
environmental impacts
International bodies
URUGUAY
Government of
Uruguay
6 Local
Governments:
Ministry of
Foreign
Affairs
- Colonia
- San José
- Canelones
- Montevideo
- Maldonado
- Rocha
UNDP
CARP
CTMFM
Planning
Agency
Advisory
Committee
4 other
Ministries*
Consortium
Executive
Board
ARGENTINA
Government of
Argentina
Ministry of
Foreign
Affairs
Government
of the
Province of
Buenos Aires
Inter-ministerial
committee
FREPLATA
Ministry
of
Planning
Government of
the
Autonomous
City of Buenos
Aires
Secretary of
Production,
Tourism and
Sustainable
Development
4 other
Ministries**
Coordination
Committee
Non
Governmental
Organizations
FREPLATA
Executing Unit
National and strategic action plan formulation
teams
CARP= Rio de la Plata Management
Commission, CTMFM= Bi-national Technical
Commission for the Maritime Front
*: Defense Ministry, Transport Ministry, Ministry
of Agriculture, Environment Ministry
**: Defense Ministry, Ministry of Economy and
Production, Ministry of Justice, Health and
Environment Ministry
Lessons learned and best practices:
Don’t get lost in endless scientific research during the TDA phase
but make sure that people are informed about the project and
encourage non governmental stakeholder participation.
FREPLATA Public opinion
surveys
analyzing stakeholder
opinion about the project
and environmental issues
FREPLATA permanent
exhibition 300 m2,
20.000 visitors JulyNovember 05
FREPLATA
communication
team
FREPLATA Bulletin
monthly information
brochure, 2000 copies
FREPLATA
Photography and painting contest
on environmental issues of the Río
de la Plata
FREPLATA video
e.g. in the ferry
Montevideo-Buenos
Aires-Colonia (1.5
million passengers per
year)
FREPLATA Fund
for environmental
education
(financing of NGO
activities)
FREPLATA web-site
7.000 visitors per month
(with more that 30
minutes)
FREPLATA cooperation
e.g. with “Marine World”
(co-financing of a first aid
room for injured sea
mammals and birds)
Lessons learned and best practices:
Launch pilot projects to find out if “good ideas” are really
working and look out for strategic partnerships to share
project experiences and resources of common interest.
Agreement for the joint
development of an
ecological early warning
system between
FREPLATA and the UNEPGEF Río de la Plata Basin
Framework Project
Agreement for data base
sharing between
FREPLATA and the UNDPGEF Patagonia Project
Agreement with the GTZ
Project GAPAS
(Environmental port
management in South
America) for co-financing of
FREPLATA Pilot Projects
Pilot Projects: Local
projects for
biodiversity protection
in Argentina and
Uruguay
Pilot Project in Uruguay: Cleaner
production and the reduction of
pollution by industrial waste
FREPLATAFREPLATA
communication
team
Pilot Project in
Argentina: Increasing
enterprise
performances by
cleaner production
Pilot Project in Argentina
and Uruguay: Bioassays
for the analyses of
ecotoxicology of
sediments
Pilot Project in Argentina and Uruguay: Bi-national network of
local governments for water quality monitoring in the Río de
la Plata