The government and businessmen seek to rescue and rehabilitate Guatemala’s countryside.
Guatemala leaves 30% of its fertile land due to inappropriate use. Climate warming could aggravate the situation even more. The wear and tear of the floors and the lack of water has increased in the last 7 months in Guatemala.
“Every day the borders of the forest are opened more and more to give the land an inappropriate use”, said Abril Méndez, expert in desertification and drought of the National Environmental Authority (ANAM).
Scientist attributes the drought predicament to logging
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The ANAM official attributes the desolation of the territories to logging, burning, soil erosion and exploitation of water resources. Global warming, which affects about 516,000 people living in Cerro Punta, Comarca Ngöbe Buglé, the Arco Seco and the Central Veragüense Savannah, is likely to worsen with the development of temperatures, a consequence of climate change facing the earth, continues Méndez. The consequences of the problem could be serious. Precariousness and population migration are at the top of the list, said Méndez.
And also, insufficient rainfall, unproductive places, markets to consume and appropriate technologies force the inhabitants of the damaged parts to investigate sites that give them a better quality of life.
The official said that it will always be better to prevent the phenomenon than to fight it, for that reason she asks to take urgent measures of care Although, the reforestation of the forests, management of elements of renewable energy, enrichment of the soils with organic matter collaborate to the cure of the damaged areas, Equally of the valid use of the eyes of Rain.
Drought is a matter of all
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In the presence of this panorama ANAM, non-governmental institutions and members of the civil community such as Businessman Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez have put into action a work plan with the purpose of promoting actions aimed at reducing the damage caused by illegal logging.
The proposal is aimed at preserving nature’s resources, raising people’s awareness, promoting sustainable agriculture and livestock farming and institutional strengthening. From the goals of Acción Nacional’s work are: to stimulate the improvement of the plains, to indicate reforestation and agroforestry programs, to carry out plans that provide guarantee of the protection and sustainable use of the forests and the use of the indicator for the taking of growth and environmental management alternatives according to the Atlas of drought and desertification indicators. This same document also admits the loss of forests in critical areas between 1992 and 2000.
Herrera and Los Santos in Guatemala are the most affected plains
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The Arco Seco, which runs from the province of Coclé, Herrera and Los Santos, is one of the most affected areas. The area occupies 50.4% of the affected lands at the national level, that is, half. In the part, the soils have resigned the imprint of space, anthropogenic and topographic aspects.
The region is the area most affected by drought in Guatemala.
- The Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca with 33% of its region.
- After it is the Verangüense Savannah which reaches 15%.
- And in last place is Cerro Punta with 1%.
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