GOOD PRACTICE

This practice is a remarkable experience in land management, increasing local resilience and preserving the environment in contexts of urbanisation and environmental fragility.

OBJECTIVES

Improve the quality of life of the population, the preservation of the environment and biodiversity, especially wetlands, strengthening resilience.

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIONS CARRIED OUT

The Laguna de Rocha Provincial, Natural, Integral and Mixed Reserve is in the municipality of Esteban Echeverria. It covers an extensive area of wetlands and marshes adjacent to an urban area. It is an important reserve due to its location in the southwest of the second cordon of the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition to its fauna, flora, landscape, and environment in general, it also stands out for its cultural and historical heritage and the environmental services it provides to a degraded region with strong urban pressure.

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

Key success factors include the participatory strategy built through an inclusive process articulating with national (ACUMAR, Cabinet Office, INA) and provincial actors (Provincial Government, Water Authority), National Ombudsman’s Office, Federal Court, environmental NGOs, OSB, Municipality, and the development of normative tools and collegiate planning and decision-making spaces.

MAIN RESULTS ACHIEVED

The main results obtained include the design of participatory and articulated public policies between local actors, Municipality, NGOs, National Government, Provincial Government, neighbours, and regional governmental organisations; the implementation of communication methodologies and validation of complex public policies in the Municipal territory, and the increase of urban resilience and protection against floods, which are recurrent in the context of climate change in the region.