Noticias sobre Bolivia
Climate crisis and anthropic pressure are destabilizing the Pantanal
By José Tadeu Arantes | Agência FAPESP
Fire in the Amazon associated more with agricultural burning and deforestation than with drought
By Luciana Constantino, FAPESP.
New study finds freshwater species populations suffer an 83% fall
Wildlife populations in Latin America and the Caribbean plummeting at a staggering rate of 94.
Study: Drought linked to higher diarrhea risk in children
Diarrhea is a leading killer of young children around the world, and cases often rise after heavy rains and flooding.
The Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, is at risk of collapse
Once a model for sustainable land use, scientists alert world to “the tragedy of the commons” afflicting one of Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystems.
Lake evaporation patterns will shift with climate change
For many people, warm summer days feature spending time swimming in a lake.
Water Finance and Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean. On the road to Dakar 2022
As part of the preparatory process for the 9th World Water Forum which will take plan in March 2022 in Dakar (Senegal), CAF, a member of the Board of Governors, organized the Conference on Water Finance and Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: On the road to Dakar 2022.
Neno Kukuric: “It is therefore urgent to conduct an assessment of groundwater in Latin America”
The 7th edition of the Latin America-Spain Water Dialogues will take place on October 6, 2021. Register here.
IAEA supports improved aquifer management in climate change affected Namibia
Namibia is the driest African country south of the Sahara Desert. Sandwiched between the Namib and Kalahari deserts with only five permanent rivers, Namibia is prone to droughts and suffers from limited freshwater resources.
New report shows impacts of climate change and extreme weather in Latin America and Caribbean
Climate change and extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food, water and energy security and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Mountaintop glacier ice disappearing in tropics around the world
Icecaps are losing mass rapidly, a new study indicates
Bolivia’s Tuni glacier is disappearing, and so is the water it supplies
By Monica Machicao. Scientists once predicted the glacier would last through 2025 but now warn its disappearance is imminent, as the climate changes, threatening worse water shortages in La Paz.
Extreme weather driven by climate change cost the world billions in 2020
Report identifies ten extreme events, influenced by climate change, that each caused $1.5 billion damage or more. Storm Ciara which struck UK and Europe in February cost $2.7 billion and killed 14 people. Floods, windstorms, tropical cyclones and fires killed thousands of people across the globe.
A journey through time: How ancient water systems inspired today’s water technologies
Where there is water, there is life.
Severe drought in South America
Large parts of South America are in the grip of a serious drought.
Water borrowing: An invisible, global coping strategy for household water issues
Nearly two billion people worldwide lack access to a safe, managed water supply.
Lost revenue is biggest Covid risk facing water utilities
Non-payment of customer bills poses the biggest Covid-19 threat to water utilities worldwide, research presented at the latest Water Action Platform webinar demonstrates.
With nature, not against it
Beyond human tragedy, COVID-19 poses a reflection on how we relate to each other and to nature. And it leads us to another vision of the problems that beset the human species.
Wastewater a resource that can pay dividends for people, the environment, and economies
The world’s wastewater – 80 percent of which is released into the environment without adequate treatment – is a valuable resource from which clean water, energy, nutrients, and other resources can be recovered, according to a recent World Bank report released.
Not everyone can wash their hands
The health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of handwashing with soap and water as one of the keys to halting the spread of the disease.