Noticias sobre Honduras
The water law in Honduras and its regulation
GWP Central America is one of the organisations contributing technically and financially to the consultation process and final draft of the regulation of the General Water Law of Honduras.
Guatemala’s children bear brunt of prolonged drought and rising heat
Climate change is driving worsening hunger as farm families struggle to get a harvest. By Anastasia Moloney.
MIYA presents WSC/ IDB Water Efficiency Program to help stop the water crisis in Latin America
Miya Bahamas has, over a six-year period, overseen the decrease in water loss around Nassau and developed strategies to promote water efficiency in the long term for the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC).
2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat and high-impact weather
The year 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat, retreating ice and record sea levels driven by greenhouse gases from human activities.
Germany contributes €1 million to support families in the dry corridor of Honduras
The Federal Republic of Germany contributed €1 million (US$1.1 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), supporting emergency food assistance to more than 16.000 families severely affected by the drought in the Dry Corridor of Honduras.
Alfonso Alonzo: “We expect that in 15 years all waste water will be treated”
Alfonso Alonzo, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala, is the president of the Conference of Ibero-American Water Directors (CODIA) since its 19th meeting in La Antigua, Guatemala, on November 5-8, 2018, until the 20th meeting, to be held in Dominican Republic in November 2019.
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.
Maureen Ballestero: “We need to explain the damage that the lack of sanitation causes”
Maureen Ballestero is an expert in water resource and natural resource management in Costa Rica; she has also supported for years the management of non-profit organizations.
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.
Pentair expands efforts to increase access to sustainable, safe water
In its continued efforts to transform the way safe water is sustainably delivered to people in need, global water treatment company Pentair and the Pentair Foundation announced a new collaboration with Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) to deliver clean water to the people living in Mathare, an impoverished settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
Greg Allgood (World Vision): “We have the knowledge to solve the global water crisis”
Next Friday, 22nd of March, we celebrate the World Water Day.
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