Argentina
Buenos Aires Plateau will become a protected area
Thanks to the work of Aves Argentinas (BirdLife in Argentina) and the conservation NGOs, Asociación Ambiente Sur and Fundación Flora y Fauna Argentina, the ...
The wetlands of the High Andes are an evolutionary hotspot for the grebe family (Podicipedidae). This unique diversity is, however, rapidly being lost: in the past 30 years, 2 species have gone extinct and another 3 species are on the verge of extinction. Here we report on efforts to save three of these species, the Hooded...
The creation of the National Protected Area, ‘Campo de Piedra Pómez’, was formalised on 11 October 2012, with the signing of the formal decree. The new protected area, in the province of Catamarca, Argentina, has an area of 75,489 ha and includes Laguna Purulla, among other wetlands. It is the only site in Argentina where the...
CONDESAN (Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion) is a 10-year-old group of more than 70 organisations — national and international, public and private, and including universities, Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) centres, development NGOs, research institutions, government agencies, municipalities and producer associations. A key...
During 2006, InfoAndina led a meeting of the Andean Initiative (AI) of the Mountain Partnership (MP) held in Lima. This meeting was attended by representatives from the Initiative’s member countries, as well as from the Main Groups. The meeting was jointly called by InfoAndina and the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Department, with the financial support of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat...
Over the past decade, a multinational group of investigators has been working in concert to observe, understand and develop adaptations to climate change and its impacts on species, habitats and people in the uppermost reaches of the biosphere at high alpine field sites along the central Andes of Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.
The prices of maize, wheat, rice and other crops have more than doubled over the past two years. These price hikes have been catalysed by various factors including the rising cost of oil, biofuel subsidies in the US and Europe, the depreciation of the US dollar, the prolonged drought in Australia and restrictions on the export of rice and wheat by various countries including...
This publication, the first in a series of reports covering the state of the information society on an annual basis, focuses on the theme of participation. The report has three interrelated goals: surveying the state of the field of ICT policy at the local and global levels; encouraging critical debate; and strengthening networking and advocacy for a just, inclusive information society. It...
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