By prioritising the recovery of natural capital and ancestral practices, communities in Guatemala are strengthening their resilience to climate change-induced droughts. The ‘Dry Corridor’ is an ecological region of Central America, which encompasses some of Guatemala, and is particularly vulnerable to increasingly irregular rainfall, suffering from both severe droughts and … [Read more...] about Developing sustainable livelihoods in Guatemala’s dry corridor
Ayme Sosa Villatoro
Experta de la División de Cambio Climático del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), lleva más de cinco años apoyando el diseño e implementación de iniciativas para la adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático, especialmente en el sector bosques y cambio de uso del suelo. Aymé apoya a países de Centroamérica en la transversalización de cambio climático a nivel estratégico. Es guatemalteca, ingeniera forestal de profesión y tiene una Maestría en Manejo y Gestión de Cuencas Hidrográficas del Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE).
How a bug small as a water drop can destroy 100 million trees in three years?
This is what happened in Honduras between 2013 and 2016, the pine weevil, a beetle the size of a drop of water attacked an area equivalent to 1 million soccer fields in forests (500,000 hectares). This represents 25% of the countries' pine forest. Sadly, 100 million trees were destroyed. The affected area represents the loss of coverage that would have occurred in Honduras' … [Read more...] about How a bug small as a water drop can destroy 100 million trees in three years?
The game against deforestation. Won or lost?
We are a few weeks away from Russia 2018 and we do not want to miss the most important match: the game against deforestation. In Guatemala, 115,000 hectares of forest are lost each year, equivalent to 450 soccer fields every day. Terrible, is not it? Although it is a country that still conserves 34% of its forests, with this rate of deforestation, in a period of 30 years it … [Read more...] about The game against deforestation. Won or lost?