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2 O '9 D Global Water Partnership GWP - Central America C3 1! LIBRARY IRC PO Box 93190, 2509 AD THE HAGUE Tel.:

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4 Principles and Policies on Water Resources' In Central America, there is a clear awareness of the importance

5 flimlhalbflttaimtts woftlh Guatemala Drinking water Sanitation Urban Rural Belize Drinking water Sanitation Urban Rural Honduras Drinking water Sanitation Urban Rural Nicaragua Drinking water Sanitation Urban Rural El Salvador Drinking water Sanitation Urban Rural Costa Rica Drinking water Sanitation Urban Rural Panama Drinking water Sanitation Urban Rural Source: CCAD, 1998: Estado del ambiente y los recursos naturales en Centroamérica, (WRI; UNEP y UNDP, 1992: World Resources «t Gm<_ CentraLAmerica

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7 Supported

8 Area: 23,000 km 2 Population: inhabitants Growth Rate

9 Belize Watersshed Boundaries

10 Demography Belize!s population

11 Area: km 2 Population: inhabitants Growth Rate of Population: 2.6% GNI / per capita: US$1.680 Water resources per capita (1999) : m- 1 / capita Water withdrawal (%

12 Guatemala is divided into 10 physiographic provinces: Llanura Costera del Pacifico, Pendiente Volcánica Reciente, Cadena Volcánica, Tierras Altas Cristalinas, Tierras Altas Sedimentarias, Depresión de Izabal y del Montagua, Planicie Baja Inferior de Peten, Cinturón Plegado del Lacandón, Plataforma de Yucatán y Llanura Costera

13 Natural Phenomena Recurrence Integrated FÍSICA [ : I [ Fuente: Proyecto de Asistencia Técnica y Generación de Información, CATIE-ESPREDE) Fuente: Proyecto

14 Vulnerability Social Vulnerability TOTAL [ SOCIAL [

15 Area: km 2 Population: inhabitants Growth Rate of Population: 2.7% GNI

16 Hurricane Mitch, Honduras Photography: Jaime Valdés mountain terrain interacts with the atmosphere, general circulation causes different rain systems in the Caribbean and Pacific runoffs and the inter mountainous central zone (Pastrana, 1976, quoted

17 1999. This last indicator is highly influenced by the economic effect provoked

18 Area: km 2 Population: inhabitants Growth Rate

19 rainy season is from May to October. 3% of the rain falls

20 Mapa Hidrogeológico

21 Area: km 2 Population: inhabitants Growth Rate

22 Lake

23 «River, Nicaragua Photography: Rodo Córdoba, IUCN Drinking water and sanitation subsector: The drinking water availability for the rural area is 30% and for the urban area is 70% (data of 1997). The urban population represents

24 Nicaragua already has an Action Plan for Integral Water Management (PARH), the Government has not implemented.

25 Area: J km 2 Population: inhabitants Growth Rate of Population: 1.8% GNI / per capita: US$3.570 Water resources per capita (1999) : m 3 / capita Water withdrawal (% of water resource): 5,1% Urban population access to an improved water source (year 2000): Urban population access

26 Demography Costa Rica' population

27 Reventazón, Pacuare, Chirripó and Sixaola rivers (this last

28 3. Promote

29 Area: km 2 Population: inhabitants Growth Rate of Population: 1.7% GNI

30 'ocas

31 Canal de Panamá Panama has a total forest coverage of km 2, about 3 8.6% of

32 Canal operation. The Pacific runoff comprises a territory wider than the Caribbean. It is formed by more than

33 BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES ALIDES 1994: Alianza para el Desarrollo Sostenible. Arteaga, O., 1994: Infraestructura Administrativa y de Datos Básicos para la Planificación de Recursos Hídricos en el Istmo Centroamericano. Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM), Comité Regional Recursos Hidráulicos (CRRH). Banco Mundial 2001: "The Little Green Data Book", Washington, D.C. Banco Mundial 2001: "The Little Data Book", Washington, D.C. OMM, BID, 1996: Conferencia sobre evaluación y estrategias de gestión de recursos hídricos en América Latina y

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