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Project Description
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Project Description
The project aims to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations in Southwest Florida Department to generate a micro-regional plan of watershed management Paso Severino , to submit to the provincial government and the OSE, the medium-term goal of that it is integrated into the National System of Protected Areas . The microrregi n Southwest Florida Department (localities Mendoza, 25 August, 25 de Mayo and Independence Cardal and rural areas ), where about 8,000 people live , is the territory in which the lake is inserted Paso Severino . The same conform to build a dam that SBI has a capacity of 70 million cubic meters of fresh water c , constituent system which supplies 62 % of the population of pa n s . This dam and its mirror covers an area of 20 km2 and has an average depth 3 m environment and its construction had a major impact on the microclimate ay geography of the region n . That impact by human actions among which stand out the excessive cutting of forest ind gena, overfishing and the impact of industrial effluents from the city of Florida and the waste of the dairy qu monkeys around Lake is acrecent . As a result of human intervention in this area , the quality of water they consume more than two million Uruguayan is at risk of losing the quality achieved for d ed . Down according to this, institutions p republics as the Municipality of Florida, the SBI and the Ministry of Livestock to , Agriculture and Fisheries have committed resources to conduct aimed at minimizing the impact of pollutants from the main source of shares water destined for Uruguay potabilizaci n , as well as local projects to generate sustainable local development in this area perceive a space of opportunities , not just restrictions. For these actions planned by state organizations can have a sustainable positive impact over time is necessary to strengthen the organizational capacity of civil society to create proposals , develop new forms of collective actuaci ny strengthen regional awareness of the policies referred to above problem .
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