General Environment Backrounders
El Marco jurÃdico para la privatización del agua en El Salvador
Raul Moreno, 2005, Brot Foundation
The privatization of water in El Salvador would raise tariffs, have drastic effects on the quality of water, prevent the conservation of the resource, and would make it only available to those that have the money to pay. This study provides background informati...
Dirty Metals: Mining, Communities and the Environment
Earthworks and Oxfam America
Mining has harmful effects on communities and their surrounding environment. Open-pit mines cause environmental destruction by deforestation and leaching harmful chemicals into water sources. The mining industries usually come to an area with the promise of creating ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Central America: Summary 2009
UKaid 2009
The evidence is clear that greenhouse gases from anthropogenic activities are causing dramatic changes in the global climate. Central America is very vulnerable to these changes because of its socio-economic situation and its location between two continents and oceans. In addition, th...
UNDP El Salvador Annual Report 2010
The UNDP started working in El Salvador in 1975, and has projects in the areas of democratic governance, poverty and social investment, risk management, climate change and the environment, gender and violence prevention. This is a report describing the status of various projects undertaken by the...
El Salvador: Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture
World Bank, 2009
A summary of the current information related to climate change and agriculture in El Salvador. The Country Note describes the role of El Salvador in mitigation and adaptation to climate change. It specifically focuses on the impacts that climate change has had on the agricultura...
Diagnostico de recursos de la Zona Norte, 2007
SNC- Lavalin International
This paper is a diagnostic of the resources of the northern region of El Salvador, including the compilation of information about the natural, social, institutional and economic resources of the region. This includes an in-depth GIS analysis of the region and provides ...
Global Climate Change Risk Index 2013
GermanWatch
According to the Climate Risk Index, less developed countries will be the most affected by extreme weather events. The countries most affected by impacts of weather-related loss events such as storms, floods, and heat waves in 2011 include Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, El Salvador an...
Climate Change Risk, Perceptions and Development in El Salvador
E. Lisa F. Schipper, October 2006
This paper describes the perceptions of the people of Bajo Lempa of the effects of climate change and strategies that have been taken to adapt to these changes. It explains the vulnerability of El Salvador to climatic changes and how development can have either ...
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