AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoEl Niño Child Risks: UNICEF says 25.8 million children across Latin America and the Caribbean live in municipalities facing very high risks from El Niño-linked rainfall deficits or excess rain, threatening food, safe water, health care, education and child protection. Bolivia Biodiversity Spotlight: Scientists have formally identified Bolivia’s Yungas cloud-forest “tilcayo” (Leopardus tilcayo), the first new cat species in over a century, with genetic work confirming it as distinct and calling attention to habitat pressures. Amazon Water Damage from Mining: Reporting on Bolivia’s Kaka River links decades of alluvial gold mining to “dead beaches,” contaminated water, and major ecosystem change, including measurable shifts in water bodies in the Beni basin. Botany for Bolivia’s Future: Bolivia’s 6th Congress of Botany will run in La Paz (Sept. 30–Oct. 2), bringing researchers and students together to share plant-biodiversity conservation and restoration work. Regional Climate Disruption: New research warns a “super” El Niño could disrupt supply chains, commodity output and infrastructure, with drought risks in parts of Central America and flooding risks rising in key areas of Peru, Ecuador and Brazil. Storm Impacts: Paraguay reported severe storm damage affecting at least 4,000 families, with damage to homes, power and crops.
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