Environmental policy and administrative management

The National Park last serran I like to AO before chaque to the plain extending eastward , provides an environmental service conditioned by the presence of a cloud forest in their heights ms , where n is presented RUSHING around 1500 mm / a or . This forest maintains and regulates the flow of a number of streams that feed the Pilcomayo . The Aguarag and provides 70 percent of the water for the Gran Chaco Tarije or (Villa Montes, Carapari and Yacuiba ) the data includes human consumption which is captured by underground water . Similarly, the Aguarag and is the most important area of the system reload acu Toba Yrenda Tarije or aquifer ( SAYTT ) . The SAYTT , with an extension of approximately 350,000 km n is part of the Chaco and represents the most important reservoir of fresh water in this region ny one of the most significant in the South American continent. Ah the importance of promoting sustainable watershed management , micro basins , sub-basins and contributors. Despite the enormous importance it represents for n Provision of water and for the life of all people and biodiversity in general, do not have a comprehensive vision n the problem of environmental degradation and PN Aguarag there slash and burning great magnitude, deforestaci n , misuse and lack of soil management , limited mANAGEMENT dricos h n of resources , without advance planning n the n expansion of the agricultural frontier monoculture as z ma , soybeans and livestock to also n , poachers cutting timber and indiscriminate hunting jeopardizing biodiversity Aguarag National Park and , as a priority area defined by the PPD / UNDP -GEF . Added to all the above and as a result of Change Clim tico water resource is increasingly scarce, as noted in the ind gena Aguayrenda community , the drought is a recurrent phenomenon in all fen to you and affects its generality all families in agricultural production n , threatening food security , which is why the importance of promoting intervention n to structurally address the Integral Management of the Bolivian Chaco basin and especially in micro basins and PN Aguarag . In this context we see that as Alcald and governors attend this emergency situation n with palliative measures , such as the support given to families ndoles dot nimas m water by tanker amounts of water, seeds and other products that will mend their ways of life, but are only temporary palliatives , when the solution n must be aimed at a structural approach by pol p republics policies that internalize the comprehensive management of watersheds , which contribute to a better INFILTRATION PRESERVATI ny n the little water and generally towards better integrated MANAGEMENT n of natural resources and the environment . Faced with this situation n n Fundaci Chaco has seen the need to prioritize its institutional role in promoting projects the Comprehensive Watershed Management - MIC , which contribute to better environmental MANAGEMENT n together with local and regional institutions, for which is made viable a letter of intent with the Municipal Government of Aut nomo Yacuiba to contemplate in his 2014 POA counterpart funds for the project in the same proportion ny reverse the process of environmental degradation thro

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