Abstract
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes 17 Goals (SDGs) that provide a roadmap for joint action by world countries to fulfil human needs and expectations, with equity and with environmental sustainability. SDG 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation directly focuses on freshwater, while others include different water and sanitation targets (SDG 3, 11, 12 and 15). In Patagonia, the true challenge to meet the SDGs is not related to the availability of resources, which are plentiful, but to the judicious use of them, which needs the backing of relevant science and strong governance. We present our view of the state of the art of both fields in the region. Specifically, we analyse how Chile and Argentina are not doing very well in implementing integrated water resource management (IWRM), a specific goal within the 2030 Agenda, thus indicating significant weaknesses in both science and governance. Both countries have been slow at developing ecosystem-level science and have a tradition of natural resource management as a top-down, closed-door, and bureaucratic process. We analyse some of the underlying causes for these weaknesses and identify opportunities for promoting more integrated, multidisciplinary research, based on the perspective of ecosystem services, which promotes an environmental view of water security problems within a socioecological framework; it also provides an ideal support for science-based governance structures, with strong consultation mechanisms and the participation of multiple stakeholders, and able to deal with the uncertainties associated to ecosystem-level studies.
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Pascual, M.A., Mataloni, G., Quintana, R.D. (2022). Reaching Out for the UNDP Sustainable Development Goals in Patagonia. In: Mataloni, G., Quintana, R.D. (eds) Freshwaters and Wetlands of Patagonia. Natural and Social Sciences of Patagonia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10027-7_18
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