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Environment
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934-001; IR 1.4CENTRAL OPERATING UNIT: Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade: Environment (EGAT/ENV)
PROGRAM TITLE: Natural Resource Management of Freshwater and Coastal Programs
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Improved Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Principally Forests, Biodiversity, Freshwater and Ecosystems, and Agricultural Lands, 934-001; IR 1.4 Increased Conservation and Sustainable Use of Coastal and Freshwater Resources
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,560,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,965,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2008Summary: USAID programs support improved management of freshwater ecosystems and coastal resources, which contribute to improved environmental management and economic growth. . Activity areas addressed by the program include:
- Strengthening the individual and institutional capacity of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations, and government institutions involved in freshwater and coastal resources management;
- Promoting new initiatives that help communities identify, value, and better manage freshwater and coastal resources under their control;
- Increasing public awareness of and participation in freshwater and coastal resources management; and
- Improving the design and implementation of policies that affect water use and improve management.
Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will provide technical and managerial support for mission activities in integrated water and coastal resources management; work on a new "Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Incentive Fund" initiative to provide competitive matching grants to missions that either do not currently have a program in the water sector or want to integrate their present activities; support activities with the Global Water Partnership (an international working partnership of government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies, and others working in water management), supporting the UNEP Global Program of Action for Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution; and design a new "Public-Private Sector Partnership" engagement in aspects of water and coastal resources management in USAID-presence countries. The program uses the IWRM approach, which focuses on the river basin or aquifer as the context in which resource allocation and management decisions are made. The approach employs participatory and transparent planning and implementation processes, wherein stakeholders jointly determine how to meet society’s long-term needs for water and coastal resources while maintaining essential ecological services and economic benefits.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources requested in this Budget Justification to continue to provide strategic technical and managerial support for mission activities in integrated water and coastal resources management. Plans include continued synthesis and dissemination of lessons learned from the program’s varied portfolio of activities, and increased donor collaboration. This program will also provide leadership to the U.S. Government delegation to the Third World Water Forum scheduled for March 2003 in Japan.
Performance and Results: The program promoted decentralized water resources management in Morocco and El Salvador, helped the Central Asian Republics formulate improved policy for sustainable water resources management, and supported Jordan in implementing improved water policies to manage its chronic water deficit. In addition, the program contributed to decentralized and integrated coastal management in Indonesia, Mexico, and Tanzania, and helped create municipal and national marine reserves in Indonesia, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Under the Coastal Resources Management Cooperative Agreement with the University of Rhode Island (URI), three site-based coastal resource management plans were put in place in Indonesia and resulted in 1,845,359 hectares under improved management. Under the URI Agreement 3,252,860 hectares under "improved management" have been achieved worldwide. By adopting lWRM approaches, local communities became more effective natural resources managers. Institutional strengthening of NGOs improved their effectiveness to implement IWRM programs. Host-country governments promoted effective natural resource policies and programs, and developing countries benefited economically as freshwater and coastal resources were sustainably utilized and conserved.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: This program is implemented through the University of Rhode Island, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, International Water Management Institute, Development Alternatives, Inc., Associates in Rural Development, Inc., and PA Consulting, Inc.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
934-0014 Increased conservation and sustainable use of coastal and freshwater resources DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 3,398 Expenditures 2,468 Unliquidated 930 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 3,200 Expenditures 1,570 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 6,598 Expenditures 4,038 Unliquidated 2,560 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 2,560 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 2,560 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 2,965 Future Obligations 9,407 Est. Total Cost 21,530
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