Objective More than 25% of South America is arid or semi-arid. A general lack of rational water management systems hinders the sustenance / recovery of ecosystems and human communities in these areas. The twin scourges of erosion and salinisation are prone to exacerbation by various human activities. Mining is the sector with the highest environmental impact, yet it contributes more to legal export earnings in the region than any other sector. There is clearly a need to rigorously review the effectiveness of existing policies, and to develop new approaches to river-basin management to ensure that such vital economic activity can be carried out in a manner which does not permanently damage fragile ecosystems and water resources upon which human communities depend in arid / semi-arid areas.CAMINAR has the general aim of contributing to the establishment of policy options, management strategies and technologies for the sustainable management of ecosystems in those river basins of arid and semi-arid South America, which are subject to impacts from mining. This aim will be achieved, using Peru, Bolivia and Chile as demonstration countries, through realisation of the following objectives: establish forums for dialogue on the ecological and water resources impacts of mining in arid / semi-arid river basins (at both national and regional levels); critically evaluate the effectiveness of existing regulatory strategies for mining in arid / semi-arid areas through studies of selected river-basins in the demonstration countries; develop guidelines for integrated water resources and ecosystem management in arid / semi-arid zones of South America with particular emphasis on mining impacts; develop decision support tools to facilitate participatory water management planning; and derive a set of principles for future policy development and implementation to protect fragile ecosystems and dependant human communities in arid / semi-arid regions. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographycartographygeographic information systemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologydrainage basinsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management Programme(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) INCO-2004-A2.3 - Managing arid and semi-arid ecosystems Call for proposal FP6-2004-INCO-DEV-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Address 6 kensington terrace Newcastle upon tyne United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASOCIACION CIVIL LABOR Peru EU contribution € 0,00 Address Urb. magisterial k-12. Ilo See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL SAN AGUSTIN DE AREQUIPA-PERU Peru EU contribution € 0,00 Address Santa catalina 117-arequipa Arequipa See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES Bolivia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenida villazon nº 1995, monoblock central La paz See on map Links Website Opens in new window CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS ECOLOGICOS Y DESARROLLO INTEGRAL Bolivia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Calle rosendo gutierrez 571- sopocachi La paz See on map Links Website Opens in new window CENTRO DEL AGUA PARA ZONAS ARIDAS Y SEMI ARIDAS DE AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE - WATER CENTER FOR ARID AND SEMI ARID ZONES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Chile EU contribution € 0,00 Address Av. cisternas s/n esq. anfion munoz La serena See on map Links Website Opens in new window SCHLUMBERGER WATER SERVICES CHILE LTDA. Chile EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenue kennedy 5757 floor 9, las condes Santiago See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address San francisco, 3 Oviedo See on map Links Website Opens in new window INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Av. rovisco pais 1 Lisbon See on map Links Website Opens in new window