Rose Alabaster CoChair GEOGLOWS Steering Committee Side Event GEOGLOWS and the Harmonization of GEO Water Activities GEOGLOWS ENGAGEMENT WITH PRIVATE SECTOR November 2012 Paper to GEO IX Plenary Engaging Private sector in implementation of GEOSS ID: 658845
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Socio-economic issues of the water crises and policy linkages
Rose Alabaster, Co-Chair GEOGLOWS Steering Committee
Side Event: GEOGLOWS
and the Harmonization of GEO Water ActivitiesSlide2
GEOGLOWS ENGAGEMENT WITH PRIVATE SECTOR
November 2012: Paper to GEO IX Plenary : Engaging Private sector in implementation of GEOSS;
July 2013: Paper to GEO EXCOM – update on GEO engaging private sector;
January 2014: GEO Ministerial Council confirmed the objective to work with the private sector with an Article in the Declaration asking GEO to broaden and strengthen among others private sector engagement
May
2014:
EARSC – Reflection paper on GEO and the Private sector
May 2017:
GEOGLOWS meeting in Tuscaloosa – decision to prepare framework for GEOGLOWS engagement with private sector.Slide3
GEOGLOWS ENGAGEMENT WITH PRIVATE SECTOR
Objective:
To establish the framework for more effective, sustainable and relevant practice and partnerships with the private sector - leverage
private capital, expertise, innovation in EO
Policy Drivers:
Policy Drivers: SDGs
(means of
impl
.); SDG Compass;
OECD and UN guiding principles; United Nations Global Compact: Others: World Bank; UNESCO, ILO, UNIDO, UNDP etc Timeframe: 6 months - Draft in 1st Qtr 2018Partnerships: GEO + GEOGLOWS
Building vibrant and systematic partnerships with the private sector is a vital prerequisite for the successful implementation of a transformative
agenda
.
Potential contribution: finance
, technology, skills, reach and
innovation. Slide4
SDGs
bestow unprecedented power and expectations on the private sector as a development agent. This raises the risk that the private sector will conduct ‘business as usual’, but under the reputational mantle of the SDGs.Unsustainable business practices and impacts if the partnership fails to focus on areas of highest impact
(in its sphere of influence) NOT ONLY on areas most beneficial to their bottom line.
Business models must align business agendas with societal aims. i.e. clear
P
ublic NOT Commercial
benefits in using the EO data
Addressing changing interests and/or policies (reputational risks)
OPEN DATA – ADDRESSING THE
PUBLIC-COMMERCIAL
DILEMMASlide5
APPLICATION OF EARTH OBSERVATIONS IN SUPPORT OF A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR WATER SUSTAINABILITY (PILOT)
Objective: To develop a methodology for environmental characterization (in this case water resources) using Earth Observations (EO) that can be used to reveal environmental and (social) indigenous vulnerabilities.
Target Beneficiaries: Indigenous communities in Meta suffer
disproportionate limitations on their enjoyment of their economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR).
Methodology
:
Baseline
characterization of the water
resources:
information developed through the project GFOI to establish the change in forest cover (work developed by the
Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales de Colombia (IDEAM).Research: Mapping of the legal/policy framework; EO data - mapping of water resources (including ecosystems and wetlands); land-use and human settlements
mapping.
Policy influencing:
Consultations with Policy and decision-makers and beneficiariesSlide6
Contributes to SDGs: 3,6, 10,16,17
Access to water by local communities Land-useWater quality
EO as a baseline for advancing
i
nterlinkages between the SDGs Slide7
Partnerships: Pilot studies - in partnership with the Indigenous Authorities of two reservations in Colombia, located within the municipality of Puerto
Gaitan, Meta, who are the decision makers in this project.
Beneficiaries:
Corozal-Tapaojo
Reservation
Piapoco
and
Saliba
Tribes: A community of 1200 indigenous people of which 700 are women and children. There are only about 3,000 Piapoco speakers left today in the world. Dom Planas ReservationSikuani Tribe (Domo Planas): A community ( Sikuani language ) of 2595 indigenous people. There are only about 19,700 Sikuani
people in the
world.
Project Implementation NGO:
Fundacion
EnvironmentLex
– Colombia (Policy legal review –social/economic aspects) + GEOGLOWS
Cross SBA (Societal Benefit Areas) linkages:
Characterization of the water resources (GEOGLOWS); Evaluation of the conditions of the wetlands ecosystems (GEO Wetlands), baseline for biodiversity evaluation (GEO BON); land use and human settlement mapping (?)
Partnerships and
Cross SBA (Societal Benefit Areas)
linkages Slide8
Achievements until 2017: In fulfilment of its mission, EnvironmentLEX has represented indigenous reservations in legal matters affecting the fundamental rights of the culture, religion, environment, political and economic aspects. Earth observations and legal documents have guided the study and proof in several cases to restore the equilibrium between development and environment.
EnvironmentLEX is a non-governmental organization whose main object is the study of circumstances that compromise the existence of indigenous communities in Colombia, including those related to the environment, with the purpose of advancing legal actions to guarantee the protection of the natural resources. Slide9
Thank You
Rose Alabaster Email: rose.alabaster@gmail.com
Pedro Felipe Gutierrez Email:
environmentLex@gmail.com