Transcript of Environmental Indicators of the Latin American and Caribbean Initiative for Sustainable Development...
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- Environmental Indicators of the Latin American and Caribbean
Initiative for Sustainable Development (ILAC) Meeting of the Forum
of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean
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- Background The Initiative covers 6 thematic areas: 1.Biological
Diversity 2.Water Resources 3.Vulnerability, Human Settlements and
Sustainable Cities 4.Social Issues (including health, inequity and
poverty) 5.Economic Issues (including trade, production and
consumption patterns) 6.Institutional Issues
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- Continue indicators development The WGEI has agreed 33
indicators of the Initiative, out of a total of 49 existing
indicators Foster the elaboration of National ILAC Reports Ten
countries have published National ILAC Reports to date, three of
them in the past biennium: Panam (2010), Nicaragua (2011) and
Uruguay (2011). Promote the use of ILAC indicators at regional
level Regional Revision of Indicators 2011, a document with
regional data for all the indicators agreed by the WGEI. WGEI
achievements (2010 2011)
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- Objetivos de la Red Intergubernamental Acuerdo Marco WGEI
achievements (2010 2011) Promote the incorporation of countries of
the region to the WGEI In 2010, 12 new countries became part of
WGEI Member countries of WGEI since 2002 Member countries of WGEI
since 2010 BELIZE ANTIGUA & BARBUDA BARBADOS SAN KITTS &
NEVIS HAITI SAN TA LUCIA
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- Formulacin del Plan de Accin WGEI achievements (2010 2011)
Promote national capacity building in the elaboration of statistics
and environmental indicators Continue and further coordination with
the working group on statistics and environmental indicators of the
Statistical Conference of the Americas Training on the use of
geo-spatial tools for the construction of ILAC indicators Promote
the systematization and institutionalization of ILAC indicators
monitoring at national and regional level
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- Objetivos de la Red Intergubernamental Work Plan 2012 - 2013
1.Strengthen and continue the development of ILAC indicators
methodological sheets in the thematic areas approved by the Forum,
achieving consensus among all countries of the region 2.Foster the
elaboration of National ILAC Reports and the update of those
already published 3.Promote the use of ILAC indicators at regional
level 4.Strengthen the Working Group on Environmental Indicators
through regular meetings, incorporation of new countries and
thematic areas where indicators can be applied 5.Promote concrete
activities with other groups and similar initiatives at regional
level: WGES, SCA, CAN, CCAD, CARICOM, MERCOSUR
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- Work Plan 2012 - 2013 6.Promote training on the use of
geo-spatial tools for the construction of indicators: Geographic
Information software for the web portal 7.Promote the incorporation
and active participation of Caribbean Small Island Developing
States 8.Promote the systematization and institutionalization of
ILAC indicators monitoring at national and regional level (national
system of environmental information).
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- Objetivos de la Red Intergubernamental Recommendations to
strengthen ILAC The structure of ILAC indicators needs review to
achieve greater internal consistency and clarity in their
interpretation. A modification in the indicators structure,
re-naming information categories is proposed: BEFORETHEMATIC
AREAGOAL INDICATIVE PURPOSEINDICATOR AFTERTHEMATIC
AREAOBJECTIVESPECIFIC OBJECTIVEINDICATOR BEFORE Water Resources
Management Water supplyImprove technology to increase water use
efficiency in industry, agriculture domestic consumption Domestic
water consumption per household AFTER Water Resources Management
Improve water supply Increase water use efficiency in the
industrial, agricultural and domestic sectors Efficiency in water
use in the domestic sector
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- Recommendations to strengthen ILAC WGEI urges Governments to
strengthen the offices of environmental statistics through:
National policies to improve the management of environmental
information More human resources and capacity development More
allocation of financial resources Creation of Environmental
Information Systems Horizontal and triangular cooperation
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- Recommendations to strengthen ILAC The gap between demand and
availability of environmental information in the region continues
growing Some reasons: Limited technical capacity in the
institutions in charge of attending information demands Growing and
varied demand of information by the Government and society
Solutions: National policies oriented to improve environmental
information management schemes Widen information supply and
maintain updated, transparent and accessible registries
Institutional coordination
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- Recommendations to strengthen ILAC WGEI makes available its
strength, the technical capacity of the group and the results of
its work to the Forum of Ministers Contribute to countries
preparation towards the upcoming United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development (Ro+20) Use of indicators for sustainable
development initiatives and goals that will be eventually approved
during this Conference.
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- Recommendations to strengthen ILAC The WGEI ratifies the
importance of the following topics, largely included in the ILAC:
Environmental aspects, topics identified in the regional
consultation process of the GEO-5 Report: Environmental Governance,
Biodiversity, Water, Soil and Climate Change. Economic aspects,
monitoring the sustainability in production and consumption
patterns. For this, the WGEI proposes to work in collaboration with
the Council of Government Experts on Sustainable Consumption and
Production. Social aspects, to measure the vulnerability of
population to extreme natural disasters and socio-economic crisis
at global, regional and national level.
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- El portal de indicadores ambientales ILAC: www.geodatos.org
Thank you UNEP ROLAC: Secretariat of the WGEI