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The
Andean Environmental Agenda contains both short- and medium-term
subregional actions that add value to national efforts and help
strengthen the capacities of the Member Countries with regard to
environmental and sustainable development issues. The first
section presents the key thematic and transversal areas and the
second, the topics proposed by one or several countries. Its aim
is to guide the actions of both the Council of Ministers of the
Environment and Sustainable Development and the Andean Council
of Environmental Authorities and, thereby, to facilitate the
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CLIMATE
CHANGE |
| The Andean Environmental Agenda for
2006-2010 provides for the formulation and organization of
the Andean Strategy on Climate Change - EACC and its
corresponding Action Plan, so that they can serve as a
basis for subregional coordination on the priority themes
of the countries and of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. Also
envisaged are the creation of capacities to evaluate the
effects of climate change on regional priority sectors/themes
and the coordination of joint positions in international
forums for negotiation on matters of Climate Change and
the strengthening of the participation of national
delegates. |
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BIODIVERSITY |
| The Regional Biodiversity Strategy for
the Tropical Andean Countries is one of the first efforts
of the subregion to develop an integrated platform for
community action, promoting cooperation among the Member
Countries and projecting them towards the rest of the
international community with a new identity, own and
unique. It is also one of the first strategies of a
community nature adopted on this topic by a group of
countries signatories of the Convention on Biological
Diversity, and it is a specific contribution to meeting
the goals of the Convention. At the same time, it is a
valuable instrument for enhancing the Andean peoples’ own
perception of the importance of their rich natural
heritage, and a fundamental one for ensuring the
sustainability of the Amazon Basin as a whole. It is also
a tool of great significance for constructing new kinds of
relationships among countries, regions, and continents. |
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WATER
RESOURCES |
| Fostering integrated management of water
resources in the subregion and promoting more access by
the population to water and sanitation services are
actions that are provided for in the Andean Environmental
Agenda. It also envisages actions aimed at producing a
purposeful and inclusive dialogue about the environmental
aspects of investments in water-related services in the
subregion and at formulating a Strategy that considers
guidelines and policies on integrated management of water
resources and water and sanitation. |
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DISASTER
PREVENTION AND RELIEF
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| The Andean countries have accumulated
experience in intraCommunity disaster prevention and
relief efforts in recent years. As a result, several
decisions have been adopted on this subject within the
framework of the Andean Integration System, giving them a
record of development in this area. Today, action is being
taken on three fronts: the Andean Committee for Disaster
Prevention and Relief (CAPRADE), the Andean Strategy for
Disaster Prevention and Relief, and the Support Project
for Disaster Prevention in the CAN (PREDECAN). |
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ANDEAN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA
2006 - 2010
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Agreement between the Government of the
Republic of Finland and the Andean
Community on the Installation Phase
of the co-operation in the Biodiversity
Regional Program in CAN Member Countries
Andean-Amazon Regions (BIOCAN)
June 18, 2007 |
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Memorandum of Understanding between the
United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD), the General
Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCA)
and Earth Council Geneva (ECG)
December, 2005 |
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Paracas Declaration
First Meeting of the Andean Community
Council of Ministers of the Environment
and Sustainable Development
Paracas, Peru, March 31 and April 1,
2005 |
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Joint Communiqué of the Environmental
Authorities of the Andean Community
Countries on the entry into effect of
the Kyoto Protocol
Lima, February 16, 2005 |
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Memorandum of Understanding between
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
and the General Secretary of the Andean
Community
September 2004 |
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Cusco Declaration on Access to Genetic
Resources, Traditional Knowledge and
Intellectual Property Rights of Like-minded
Megadiverse Countries
Cusco, November 29, 2002 |
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Conclusions and Recommendations - Group
of Action of Like-minded Megadiverse
Countries
Access to Genetic Resources, Traditional
Knowledge and Intellectual Property
Rights
November 27 and 28, 2002 |
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Statement of the Andean Environmental
Authorities
Quito, July 3, 2001 |
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Declaration by the Andean Committee of
Environmental Authorities (CAAAM)
Lima, September 6, 2000 |
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Ecuador to host international
meeting on climate change
Ecuador, Aug.13, 2007 |
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CAN and Finland
sign agreement to launch BIOCAN
Program in the Andean-Amazon
region
Lima, June 19, 2007 |
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Andean environmental authorities
propose that CAN
assume the region’s leadership in
climate change
Lima, June 4, 2007 |
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CAN and World Conservation Union
collaborate on environmental
issues
Lima, June 4, 2007 |
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During visit by Freddy Ehlers to
Madrid
Spain
ratifies support for CAN and
announces
increase in resources for
environmental matters
Lima, May 9, 2007 |
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Environmental
action plan for the CAN presented
in Spain
Lima, July 5, 2006 |
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Andean countries hail entry into
effect of Kyoto Protocol
Lima, February 16, 2005 |
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CAN and OTCA General Secretariats
join efforts
to promote sustainable development
in Amazon region
Lima, September 29, 2004 |
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General Secretariat of CAN
applauds joint actions to block
biopiratery and avoid the
consequences of global warming
Lima, June 11, 200 |
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Andean countries to lay the
groundwork for a regional strategy
on biosecurity
Lima, January 19, 2001 |
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Environmental authorities rule out
use of Fusarium oxysporum fungus
in Andean Community countries
Lima, September 7, 2000 |
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Decision 596: Creation of the Andean
Community’s Council of Environmental and
Sustainable Development Ministers |
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Decision 523: Regional Biodiversity
Strategy for the Tropical Andean
Countries |
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Decision 436 Registration and
Control of Chemical Insecticides for
Agricultural Use (1998) (Only in Spanish) |
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Decision 435 Creation of the Andean
Committee of Environmental Authorities
(1998) (Only in Spanish) |
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Decision 391 Common Regimes on
Access to Genetic Resources (1996) |
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Decision 345 Common Regime for the
Protection of the Rights of Obtentors of
new Plant Varieties (1993) |
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Decision 182 "José Celestino Mutis"
Andean System on Agriculture, Food
Security, and Environmental Conservation
(1983) (Only in Spanish) |
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