Third Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership at Rio+20| Iguassu ITEREI

From: ngiterei

To: info@mountainpartnership.org ; pavilion@mtnforum.org

Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 9:07 AM

Subject: CONFIRMATION+information on ITEREI to Third Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership

1. Name of organization: guassu Iterei Centro de Referência do Movimento da Cidadania pelas Águas Florestas e Montanhas 2.
3. Country where your organization has its headquarters: Brazil 4. Name of contact person: Pedagogue Léa Corrêa Pinto 5. Email address to be used for correspondence: ngiterei@uol.com.br 6. What is the purpose of your organization? The Center “Iguassu Itereí”- focus “Water, Forests, Mountains, Citizenship,” the prism “in situ”, the spatial unit of the river system, the watershed (MBH), specifically the MBH and the Cassador Basin/ Sector Itereí a watershed producing fresh water. It is an initiative of Itereí, based on extensive consideranda, and the National Movement of Citizens For Water, in line with the policies global, national, state and municipal. Aims to popularize the knowledge of “Waters, Forests and Mountains” and sensibiilize about its importance to humanity, such as elements and environmental commodities. The Center for Citizenship Movement Reference For Waters, Forests and Mountains IGUASSU Itereí values ​​on the curative preventive action, provides for the involvement of the community and around the Hunter MBH, civil society, as well as the inclusion of all actors. Envisions a consolidated action in knowledge, research and technology, and locally in the diagnosis of the socio-environmental participative MBH. Within this vision of a dynamic and holistic quantum and the Centre for Citizenship Movement Reference For Waters, Forests and Mountains hotels Itereí proposes to contribute to the formation of a sustainable society, care for and preserve the integrity of current MBH and the headwaters of the Hunter Itereí wealth, overcoming conflict in progress, interact with autonomy, with the Watershed Committee From From From Ribeira Iguape E-CBHRB South Coast, and other forums and boards, including as “empowerment” and seed for other similar actions, the inauguration of Reference Center of the Movement of Citizens For Waters, Forests and Mountains hotels Itereí, was discussed and agreed upon at the Fifth National Meeting of the Movement in Petropolis, continuing the public actions and documents in defense of Waters, Forests and Mountains of the coordinating body Itereí since 1978. 7. Briefly describe the programmes and activities of your organization in areas relevant to the Conference. Also indicate in which country or countries they are carried out. Iguassu Iterei Centro de Referência do Movimento da Cidadania pelas Águas Florestas e Montanhas is an active member of EarthDay network, as well as of World Water Day Comunity producing acts and EE on this matter . Iterei has co-organized several environmental conferences on state level for the Environamental Sector as we have co-organized the !st São Paulo Rio +20 Seminar and apresaded the word on Rio+20 suject we also have particpated of Zero Draft, and contributied to shape the profile of mountains in the “Zero Draf, as you can see at

http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=510&nr=713&menu=20

Iguassu Iterei Centro de Referência do Movimento da Cidadania pelas Águas Florestas e Montanhas (ITEREI)

Rio+20 Proposal

1. PES incentives for preservation for all natural mountain areas

2. Alert with dependence and addiction with compensation mechanisms

3. Support Sustainability based upon ecotourism, research, art, artcrafts, no polluent industries, agroecology and traditional mountain knowledge

4. Increase dialogue between government sectors, and government levels

5. Support a Stronger Civil Society

6. Increase inter‐institutional dialogue

7. Further institutionalization of participation instruments

8. Raise awareness of mountain issues on political agendas

9. Consolidate or create specific mountain initiatives where appropriate

10. Improve sustainable mobility and sustainable technology for infrastructure

11. Improve knowledge and information systems

12. Improve data on natural mountain disaster

13. Increase availability of academic and traditional knowledge for specific SMD purposes and decision makin

14. Coordinate research priorities for implementing SMD

15. Consolidate or create specific national or regional mountain initiatives

16. Research and monitoring of climate change adaptation mechanisms, especially with regard to water availability

8. Is your organization active at the national, regional or international level?
(select one) national 9. Please post a BRIEF annual report of your organization, including a financial statement and a list of financial sources and contriutions, including governmental contributions.
(PDF and Word documents only please, maximum 3 pages) IguassuITEREI2012.pdf

It is located on Altantic Caostal Range southeast fo Sao Paulo State in-situ at Rainforest Mountains, has local actions, and global and national acitons thorouhgt internet Its aone of the most active Reference Center of The movimento da cidadania pealas aguas, and includes Moountinas and forest.

12.  IguassuITEREI.pdf

The secretariat considered the relevance of the work of the applicants on the basis of their background and involvement in sustainable development issues, particularly in the process of follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development and evaluated  ITEREI and its delegates are competent and its activities relevant to the work of the Conference, the secretariat made  recommendations to the General Assembly for its decision on the accreditation of those non-governmental organizations and other major groups.

APPROVED BY THE UN  General ASSEMBLY