AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoEl Niño Child Risks: UNICEF warns 25.8 million children across Latin America and the Caribbean face rising drought and flood threats as this year’s El Niño intensifies, with Bolivia among areas at elevated wildfire risk and Amazon river communities vulnerable to low water. Mercury From Gold Mining: Scientists brief Pope Leo XIV with findings that mercury from gold mining spreads through Amazon ecosystems and reaches people, including Indigenous communities in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Colombia. Bolivia’s Biodiversity Win: Researchers formally describe Bolivia’s Leopardus tilcayo (“tilcayo”), the first new cat species in over a century, highlighting the Yungas cloud forest’s hidden wildlife value. Amazon River Damage: Reporting on the Kaka River shows decades of gold mining have turned parts of the ecosystem into “dead beaches,” with contaminated water and major impacts on fishing and water supply. Botany for Bolivia: Bolivia’s 6th Congress of Botany opens in La Paz, focusing on plant biodiversity conservation and new collaborations to protect flora. Climate-Linked Storms in the Region: Paraguay’s severe storm linked to El Niño left thousands affected and damaged homes, crops, and power infrastructure.
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