Title

Argentina: Rural planning and sustainable water resources use in Pillahuinco basin
Country
Argentina
Summary

The Pillahuinco basin is located in one of the most productive regions of Argentina. The major problem in the basin is surface water erosion causing a loss of soil productivity in the upper catchment of the basin. Therefore, there was a need to design a planning program aimed to reduce soil loss by surface water erosion and thus increase soil productivity, strengthening the hydrological dynamics in the Pillahuinco basin.
Related IWRM Tools
  • Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (
    B3.05
    )
  • Information Gathering and Sharing Networks (
    B4.01
    )
  • Geographic Information System (
    C2.01
    )
Keywords
Water Pollution Climate Change Erosion
Lessons Learned

The sustainable use of water resources and rural planning in basin was an important experience for IWRM. It involved different stakeholders in basin, implementing sustainable farming practices that aim to address surface water erosion, and to recover productivity of soil.

The joint action of the project participants (researchers, producers, public and private institutions as well as other stakeholders) made it possible to collect field data on biological, productive, environmental and social features of the basin under study.
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