Where Rivers Meet the Sea: The Political Ecology of Water

List of Abbreviations

Abbreviations Brazil Municipal Level APA Area de Proteção Ambiental (Area of Environmental Protection) CENTEL  Central Única de Telecomunicações da Polícia (Central Police Telecommunications Office) RONDESP  Operação Rondas Especiais do Comando de Policiamento da Capital (Special Police Commando Patrol for the Capital) SEPLAM Secretaria Municipal do Planejamento (General Office of Municipal Planning) SETIN Secretaria Municipal dos Transportes e Infraestrutura (General Office of Municipal Transport and Infrastructure) SMA Superintendência do Meio Ambiente (Bureau of the Environment) State Level CODEBA  Companhia das Docas do Estado da Bahia (Docks Company of the State of Bahia) CRA  Centro Recursos Ambientais (Center for Environmental Resources; part of SEMA) xvi / Abbreviations EMBASA Empresa Baiana de Água e Saneamento (Bahian Water and Sewage Company; a private-public partnership) GERCE  Grupo de Repressão a Crimes de Extermínio (Group to Repress Crimes of Extermination; internal police squad in SSP) MP Ministério Público (Public Ministry, the independent body of prosecutors with offices at the federal and state levels) PM/BA Polícia Militar da Bahia (Military Police of Bahia; in SSP) SEMA Secretaria de Meio Ambiente (General Office of Environment) SEMARH Secretaria de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos (General Office of Environment and Water Resources) SEPLAN Secretaria do Planejamento (General Planning Office) SRH Superintendência de Recursos Hídricos (Bureau of Water Resources; part of SEMA) SSP Secretaria da Segurança Pública (General Office of Public Security) State and Federal Level UFBA Universidade Federal da Bahia (Federal University of Bahia) Federal Level AAdeAA  Asociación Argentina de Abogados Ambientalistas (Argentine Association of Environmental Lawyers) ANA Agênica Nacional de Águas (National Agency of Waters; part of MMA) CIRM  Comissão Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar (Interministerial Commission for Marine Resources) CPRM  Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (Company for Research on Mineral Resources, Geologic Services of Brazil) IBAMA Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Renewable Resources) MMA Ministério do Meio Ambiente (Ministry of Environment) MP Ministério Público (Public Ministry, the independent body of prosecutors with offices at the federal and state levels) SIAGAS Sistema de Informações de Água Subterrâneas (Information System of Subterranean Water; in CPRM) Abbreviations / xvii Argentina Municipal Level CAPM  Corporación Antiguo Puerto Madero (Corporation of the Old Puerto Madero) Provincial and Federal Level AA Aguas Argentina (Argentine Waters; subsidiary of Suez Lyonnaise) AySA Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos (Argentine Water and Sanitation) CEAMSE  Coordinación Ecológica Área Metropolitana Sociedad del Estado (State Society for the Ecological Coordination of the Metropolitan Area) CONICET  Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations) CPACF  Colegio Público de Abogados de Capital Federal (Public College of Lawyers of the Federal Capital) DPN Defensor del Pueblo de la Nación (Defender of the People of the Nation) ENOSHA Ente Nacional de Obras Hídricas y Saneamiento (National Entity of Public Water and Sanitation Works) INA Instituto Nacional del Agua (National Institute of Water) OSN  Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (National Sanitation Works) RHN Recursos Hídricos Nacionales (National Water Resources) UAC Unión de Asambleas Ciudadanas (Union of Citizen Assemblies) UNIREC Unidad de Coordinación del Proyecto Río Reconquista (Coordination Unit for the Reconquista River Project; in the Ministerio de Economía y Obras y Servicios Públicos, or Ministry of Economics and Public Works and Services) International Level EBY Entidad Binacional Yacyretá (Binational Entity of Yacyretá) ...