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jeanette.noack
on Fri, 10/25/2024 - 05:40
General Information
Resolution
49154
IUCN Constituent
Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
Meso and South America
Country/Territory
Guatemala
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
No other Members are/have been involved
IUCN Commissions
No Commissions are/have been involved
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Environmental Law Alliance Wordwide, Honduras Envirommental Law Institute, Land Contamination sources Protocol
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Capacity-building
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Capacity-building workshops to take and analyze water samples from the Motagua River in order to establish the values of the quality parameters of those natural waters in the Lower Motagua River Basin and that affect the Mesoamerican Reef System This acciones has been implemented in the UICN resolution WCC-2020-Res-015-ES
Cooperación en las zonas de agua dulce transfronterizas para garantizar la conservación de los
ecosistemas, la resiliencia ante el clima y el desarrollo sostenible
Cooperación en las zonas de agua dulce transfronterizas para garantizar la conservación de los
ecosistemas, la resiliencia ante el clima y el desarrollo sostenible
Status
Completed
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Analysis of water samples to establish the values of the water quality parameters of the Motagua River, especially heavy metals.
Status
Completed
Challenges / obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution
No obstacles were encountered
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Expand the program to accumulate more water quality monitoring time to report and compare at least 3 years of work monitoring the waters of the Motagua River in various sites in the basin.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
The results showed that the levels of the water parameters were well above the acceptable percentages and in the case of heavy metals, they also exceeded the permissible limits.The results, after having been analyzed by the scientific team, motivated ADA2 to proceed to share them with the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance, the governing body for water and sanitation in Guatemala and which is in charge of defending the health of children. population.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description
It should be noted that based on the results that have been obtained and the monitoring of water quality that we need to continue developing, the alliance will continue to be strengthened with other actors that have been considered important, such as the case of the judges of the Agency. Judicial and prosecutors of the Public Ministry to develop training activities on this topic.
Future action / activity
Field activities
Description
Prepare community monitors so that in the future these groups that live in the basin can contribute to the solution of their own problems and have a broader vision of the problems that affect them.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Insist on monitoring water quality, considering the middle and lower basin of the River.
III. Additional Information
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Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member