UBACyT research projects
Starting date of the project
July 1, 2011
Ending date of the project
June 30, 2014
Code
20020100100815
Type of project
Consolidated group
Title
Sustainability and Governance of water and ecosystems. Analysis of its Management in MERCOSUR and Colombia.
Director
Griselda Delia Capaldo
Contact
| MEMBERS | ||
|---|---|---|
| N° | Name | Category |
| 1 | Héctor Fernando Olguín Salinas |
Researcher trained |
| 2 | Clara María Minaverry | Research thesis student |
| 3 | Javier Iñigo Echaide | Research fellow |
| 4 | Mariano Damián Ferro | Research fellow |
| 5 | Cecilia Lucia Mantecon | Research fellow |
| 6 | Marta Rosa Vigevano | Investigator in training |
| 7 | Alba Puig | External collaborator |
Keywords
Water Governance
Sustainable Development
MERCOSUR and Colombia
Abstract
Director: Dr. Griselda Delia Capaldo Research Venue: Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas y Sociales A. L. Gioja, Faculty of Law – University of Buenos Aires Research period: 2011-2014 Governance, human sustainable development and ecosystem approach are an indivisible unit. The former embrace the State but transcends it by embracing the private sector and civil society. These three elements are at the core of sustainable development. On this ground, the specific objectives of the present project are: At macro scale (MERCOSUR): a) Identify indicators of effectiveness of environmental law by analyzing the work of Legislative, Executive and Judicial Powers of the MERCOSUR’s Member States, particularly Argentina b) Analyze the process, theoretical frameworks and legal asymmetries involved in those practices which try to convert the clean water in "commodity", and compare them with those that consider water as common good. Analyze the current water market and explore its empirical basis and paradigms. c) Systematize and analyze the national and international regulations applicable to coastal-marine management in the MERCOSUR’s countries. At micro scale (Case studies): d) Explore and identify the social representation of water in a few urban communities in Argentina that are riparian of some MERCOSUR river. e) Serious conflict scenario: explore and describe the consequences of armed conflict in Colombia, its adverse effects on the environment and water resources and the displacement of native populations. Identify the public policis to manage the case in the light of international humanitarian law. f) Low-conflict scenario: explore and describe the conditions for sustainable management in the MaB Reserve on the Paraná Delta (Buenos Aires), identifying the local and international competing policies. Analyze physical, chemical and biological features in selected waterways. Assessing social perception of water among residents of the reserve, with a view to setting up a monitoring network This is an intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary research, descriptive-explanatory and even predictive, since it also will explore the factors that influence individual and collective behaviour, in order to facilitate decision making by public authorities or private involved. Because one of the possible purposes of this research plan is to create a monitoring network in the Biosphere Reserve of the Paraná delta, the project can be also described as action research.