Rodrigo Contento indicando donde debe firmar el Sr ////// representante de ¿???, a su lado la representante legal del SNV, el Presidente del CECC William Zuri, ¿??? Del Proyecto Bosque Seco y Cecilia Pacheco del Programa Podocarpus.

El Presidente de la CECC William Zuri hablo de la iniciativa que ha tomado el consorcio y agradeció el apoyo expresado por las otras instituciones.

En términos generales, la cuenca Catamayo–Chira, que reúne las cuencas de ambos ríos, tiene una área de 16,800 km2, de los cuales, 7,950 km2 están en el Ecuador y los restantes 9,850 km2 en Perú. El río tiene su origen en la Cordillera Occidental de los Andes al sur de la Provincia de LOJA, sobre los 3,600 m y descarga sus aguas al Océano Pacífico, pasando  por el Perú.

La confluencia de los ríos Catamayo y Macará dan lugar al río Chira que, luego de un corto recorrido a lo largo del límite fronterizo, ingresa en territorio peruano para recibir los aportes hídricos del río Quiroz (3,020 km2), del río Chipillico (1,176 km2) y de otros afluentes de menor magnitud. En el lado Ecuatoriano, además de los dos ríos señalados, es importante mencionar la cuenca del río Alamor.

La longitud total de la cuenca binacional es de 315 Km., de los cuales 196 son recorridos en territorio Ecuatoriano y el resto en territorio Peruano.

 

En la reunión que se llevo a cabo el pasado mes de Junio; en El Museo Central de Loja vemos a representantes de el DFC, SNV, CECC, Bosque Seco y Programa Podocarpus firmando un acuerdo interinstitucional para trabajar juntos en la conservación de la Cuenca Catamayo Chira.  Para mas información: CECC@condorhuana.org

The Binational Plan comprises, on the Ecuadorian side, 68 cantons located in the provinces of El Oro, Loja, Zamora, Morona, Orellana, Pastaza, Sucumbios, and Napo; on the Peruvian side, 129 districts in the departments of Amazonas, Cajamarca, Loreto, Piura and Tumbes.  The region embraces an area of 403,342 square km (10% are coastal territories, 5% highland and 85% Amazonian) and harbours a population of 4.5 million (1.6 million on the Ecuadorian side and 2.9 million on the Peruvian side).  Of this total, 2.3 million live in rural zones. In the borders exist numerous native communities of Ecuador and Peru.  These communities are extremely poor, with little connection to the market economy, and maintain their own ethnic and cultural identity.  This population lives of the land (hunting, fishing, and agriculture) and performs supplementary commercial activities, which include trade in handicrafts and medicinal plants.  It is estimated that 20% of the soils are arable, 10% fit for pastures, 65% for forestry and protection use, and 5% barren.  Hence, Peru and Ecuador are endowed with substantial natural wealth in flora and fauna, for whose preservation areas recognised by the State for the protection of the natural resources and the biodiversity of the region termed “Protected Natural Areas” have been established. The main constraints on the war against poverty and backwardness of the border region are the following: (1) precarious social infrastructure, (2) insufficient infrastructure for development, (3) scant technology and feeble organisation of the producer sector, (4) limited number of titled properties, (5) limited knowledge of the potentials of the river basins, and (6) insufficient resources to cope with the adequate management of the Protected Natural Areas.

 

Social Indicators of the Border Region

 

Ecuador %

Peru %

1. Poor Population

73.1

60.0

2. Dwellings without water

77.5

59.8

3. Dwellings without sewage

75.8

71.4

4. Dwellings without electricity

47.8

59.1

5. Malnutrition index

42.8

49.7

 

 

 

 

Firma del acuerdo Interinstitucional que busca el fortalecimiento y apoyo del CECC (Consorcio Ecuatoriano para la Gestión Participativa de la Cuenca Catamayo-Chira) que a su vez ha estado trabajando en conjunción con su contraparte Peruano el IRAGER (Instituto Regional de Apoyo a la Gestión de los Recursos Hídricos), formando el CCB (Comité de Coordinación Binacional);  para buscar acuerdos binacionales en la protección de La Cuenca binacional que  provee agua para ambos Países.

 

En el pasado día Viernes se dio lugar en el Museo Central de La ciudad de LOJA un grupo de OG’s, ONG’s, Universidades, Escolares, Científicos y Estudiantes con el fin de presenciar el convenio Interinstitucional firmado entre el CECC(Consorcio Ecuatoriano Cuenca Catamayo Chira), SNV (Fondo de Los Países Bajos), PBS (El Proyecto del Bosque Seco, EL Programa Podocarpus y ¿?????? (FEPP maybe??) Además de escuchar de las exposiciones de Proyectos realizados en el Bosque seco.

 

Con una nutrida participación por parte de las 22 instituciones que conforman el Consorcio para la Conservación de la Cuenca Catamayo Chira y otras instituciones, personas y representantes de la media se llevo a cabo la firma del acuerdo de apoyo para el CECC.

 

The execution of the Binational Plan for Development of the Border Region for the period 2000-2009 will require an investment in the vicinity of  US$3,000 million, a fact which will demand great effort on the  part of Ecuador and Peru and the decided support of the international community.  The people and Governments of Ecuador and Peru trust that the international community will acknowledge the efforts carried out by both countries in their quest for peace, adjudging the nature of the task which lies ahead to secure this longed-for peace through the development of the borders.  It is expected that the international community will commit itself effectively to support the execution of the Binational Plan through the “Consultative Group in Support of the Consolidation of Peace”, which will meet in November under the sponsorship of the Inter-American Development Bank. It is hoped that this support shall be granted in the form of donations, debt swaps, and credits granted under concessional terms.

 

Objectives of the Binational Plan.- The Binational Plan for Development of the Border Region aims at fostering the productive and social development of the border regions of Ecuador and Peru and at supporting the integration of both countries, in harmony with the protection of the environment.  The Plan has three main objectives:

1.      To promote the productive and social development of the border region, in harmony with the protection of the environment to the end of balancing the level of development relative to the rest of the national territories and raise the living standard of the population.

2.      To promote the economic integration of the border regions and achieve a better articulation with the rest of the territories of both countries.

3.      To promote the preservation of the biodiversity and the protection of the environment as well as the strengthening of the cultural identity of the native communities that inhabit the region.

In accordance with these objectives, several specific objectives are introduced among which the following are to be noted: (1)improvement of the infrastructure required for productive development and for meeting the basic needs of the population; (2) development of plans for the sustained management of resources and for the protection of the environment; (3) provision of technical and financial assistance to achieve the sustained utilisation of the resources of the region; (4) development of projects concerning the preservation of the identity of the cultural values of the native communicates and aimed at the improvement of their living standards; (5) strengthening of the institutions concerned with the productive and social development which operate in the region;  and (6) promotion of private investment.