Title: Executive summary of the environmental and social safeguards compliance evaluation
Abstract:The main goal of the Ceara Integrated Water Resource Management Project (PROGERIRH) for Brazil is to meet the demand for the drinking water supply system and secondly, to promote development of irriga...The main goal of the Ceara Integrated Water Resource Management Project (PROGERIRH) for Brazil is to meet the demand for the drinking water supply system and secondly, to promote development of irrigation and fisheries and the protection of aquatic communities and settlement. The development of irrigation is to be coupled with an integrated plan for the use of the reservoir. It will increase a sustainable water supply for multiple uses, and improve the efficiency of the state of Ceara's integrated water resources management system, thus decreasing the vulnerability of poor populations to cyclical drought. It will further promote soil and vegetation management in tributary watersheds, to enhance water conservation, in turn, minimizing erosion. Natural water storage mechanisms will be maximized, through adequate management of critical micro-basins, and groundwater resources. Moreover, it will promote the improvement of land use through the appropriate management of micro-basins. The project is apt to undergo some negative environmental impacts, but there are also several measures to mitigate them. The most severe of these impacts are: 1) loss of natural habitats; 2) ecological impact of reservoir water releases on fresh water stream flows over coastal estuaries and their vegetation, fishes, and other species; 3) increasing salinity of the reservoirs; 4) inter-basin infestation of unwanted and harmful fish species; and 5) water-borne diseases.Read More
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-11-13
Language: en
Type: article
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