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En este texto sistematiza una experiencia familiar de trabajo de cosecha de agua para la producción agropecuaria y para el consumo en la comunidad Phina Sallathiji del municipio de Corocoro, provincia Pacajes de departamento de La Paz en Bolivia.
Iris Ortega Balboa, de la ciudad de La Paz, Bolivia, es la ganadora del Concurso de Ensayos y Fotografías 2017 "Prácticas de Siembra, cosecha y uso del agua para el desarrollo rural".
“El agua es vida” se dice comúnmente, y este dicho tiene aún mayor sentido en comunidades del mundo rural latinoamericano donde habitan 65,6 millones de personas, incluyendo a unas 45 millones de personas de más de 800 pueblos indígenas (CEPAL.
La privatización de la Amazonía brasileña
Raúl Zibechi
Mauritania’s coastal waters are among the world’s richest fishing grounds. However, just as in many other countries around the globe, the sustainable use of this resource is under threat from illegal fishing and overfishing.
During the last few years, the donor community has increased its efforts to reduce the large amounts of fish lost in the distribution chain in artisanal fishery, an endeavour that ought to be welcomed in principle.
Integrated Watershed Management represents an option for the management of water catchment areas. However, what may sound good in theory often proves to be very difficult when it comes to practical implementation, as an example from the Lower Mekong Region shows.
Twenty-seven nations are classified as ‘water scarce’, a further 16 as ‘water stressed’. This situation, coupled with the fact that many surface and groundwater systems are shared between two or more states, has led governments to develop sustainable water management strategies.