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Document Author(s): IRG , USAID

This document describes and analyzes the variety of climate change risks for the different climactic regions of Peru including the Huasta reigon. It discusses the progress of climate change and how it is impacting NWP in the region and what steps have been make to try to mitigate the impact. It demonstrates how the climate change is affecting Nature which in turn hurts Wealth. It also sheds light on the fact that Power is the a major anvenue for dealing with climate change, but empowering local communities enough to influence national policies is difficult. Additionally, it shows how a NWP solution for climate change is difficult because the scope of the impact of climate chage is very different depending on the climactic region and policy makers will be hard pressed to find solutions that work in each region without negative ramifications in other regions.

Reviewer: Kelly Gibbons

Review Date: 2013-01-25

Publisher: USAID

Document type(s):

• Country-based case study

Star rating: ★★★★

Regions:

• Latin America and Caribbean - South America

Country: Peru

County/District: Huasta

Donor: USAID

Natural resource(s):

• Biodiversity
• Irrigation Water
• Rain Water
• Field Crops
• Groundwater
• Surface Water
• Coastal Zone
• Forest

Ecosystem service(s):

• Biodiversity
• Watershed

NWP Principles - Nature

• Promoted local land use planning and appropriate resource tenure systems - [Relevant]
• Built capacity and invested in human resources - [Relevant]
• Improved information and knowledge management systems - [Relevant]

NWP Principles - Wealth

• Promoted or developed economic strategies for natural resource management - [Relevant]

NWP Principles - Power

• Procedural rights for all people, especially vulnerable or marginalized groups - [Relevant]
• Local stakeholder input into public decisions and policy - [Relevant]

Tools used

• Land use planning
• Water rights
• Information/knowledge management technology
• Participatory Planning
• Water harvesting

Constraints

• Environmental/productivity - [Yes]
• Governance/empowerment - [Yes]
• Economic/income generation - [Yes]

Solutions

• Environmental/productivity - [Yes]
• Governance/empowerment - [Yes]
• Economic/income generation - [Yes]

Impacts

• Environmental/productivity - [Yes]
• Governance/empowerment - [Yes]
• Economic/income generation - [Yes]

Additional Discussion Topics

• Governance - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]
• Economic - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]
• Resources - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]