Noticias sobre El Salvador

Agroclimatic information helps prepare for El Niño in Central America
Research on climate variability contributes to improving adaptation measures for farmers and institutions in the region.

Researchers remove microcontaminants from wastewater with magnetic nanoparticles
Article written by Felix Würsten.

FAO and WFP request US$72 million to provide food assistance in Central America
2.2 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have lost their crops due to rainfall and drought; 1.4 million urgently need food assistance.

Integrated management of public services: the basis for a real smart city
As cities all over the world are quickly becoming digitalised, there is an urgent need to address the new challenges of smart cities: water is one of them. Article written by Salvador Herrando Hervás.

US$35 million fund to help address climate change impact on farming in El Salvador
The project seeks to boost resilience of family farmers by transforming food systems and improving rural infrastructure.

The Green Climate Fund allocates $25 million to support FAO climate resilience project in Paraguay
Efforts will focus on combating deforestation and boosting farmers’ resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change.

Nexus Integra, IoT for the integration of water cycle management
Nexus Integra is a technology platform to control infrastructure associated with water resource management.

New UN decade on ecosystem restoration
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2021–2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

IWA and IDB launch the digital platform “AquaRating Community of Practice”
A digital platform with the purpose of promoting a transformation in the improvement of the management of companies in the water sector worldwide: AquaRating Community of Practice.

Lina Pohl: “Addressing water quality issues is a priority for El Salvador”
At SWM we want to take a closer look at the water situation in the Latin American region as a whole, so we have carried out a series of interviews on #WaterinLATAM.

The industrial sector, driving waste water treatment in Mexico
In a region such as Latin America and the Caribbean, where water resources are abundant, but unevenly distributed, and where only two thirds of the population have access to safe water, it is imperative to approach integrated water resource management from the point of view of sustainability.

Implementing rainwater harvesting systems with a geomembrane bag in Honduras and El Salvador
GWP Central America presents a new case study on the implementation of Rainwater Harvesting Systems with a geomembrane bag in rural areas of Honduras and El Salvador. Women are the main characters of the story.

Patricia Mejías: “30% of the world’s population lives in countries with high water stress”
The Water Dialogues, held in Madrid last October, are annual meetings held to discuss different topics, in order to promote the exchange of knowledge and experiences between Latin America and Spain with regards to issues of interest for the water sector.

The water path in Latin America
Representatives from public authorities, international cooperation and private companies get together to outline water challenges in the Latin American region