Cows in first, second or more calvings

Proportion of cows with first, second, or more calvings in El Salvador: First-calf cows: 40%; Second-calf cows: 26%; Three-calf or more cows: 34% (Castro-Montoya, 2023)

Curvas de lactancia en El Salvador y otros parámetros productivos - Joaquín Castro-Montoya - Congreso lechero 2023

Perches and shelters for forest restoration

In montane forests in Bolivia, the installation of bird perches and bat shelters increased seed rain and seedling density by up to 3-5 times compared to degraded areas dominated by ferns.

Mayta, C., López, C. L., Villegas, M., Aguirre, L. F., Hensen, I., & Gallegos, S. C. (2024). Bird perches and artificial bat roosts increase seed rain and seedling establishment in tropical bracken-dominated deforested areas. Restoration Ecology, 32(6), e14197

Food Crisis Worsened by El Niño

43.2 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean do not have sufficient access to food, in a context worsened by climate impacts associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024)

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA, 2024.

Dry Corridor Faces Food Crisis

1.7 to 2.7 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua may require food assistance by March 2024 due to the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon in the Central American Dry Corridor (WFP, 2024).

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA, 2024.

GuyMIS Maps 21,354 Hectares of Mangroves

GuyMIS reports 21,354 hectares of mangrove extent in Guyana in 2020, including 12,142 hectares of losses and 4,845 hectares of gains between 2015 and 2020. The system also records 32 restoration projects implemented between 2010 and 2020, including 19 seedling plantations and 13 green-grey infrastructure projects.

Evidence detail

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Gestation length Holstein cows El Salvador

Gestation length of Holstein cows in El Salvador: Average: 274.7 days (Castro-Montoya, 2023)

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Birth weight og Holstein cows El Salvador

Birth weight of Holstein cows in El Salvador: Average birth weight: 34.45 kg (Castro-Montoya, 2023)

Curvas de lactancia en El Salvador y otros parámetros productivos - Joaquín Castro-Montoya - Congreso lechero 2023

Lactation peak in dairy cows El Salvador

Peak lactation in dairy cows in El Salvador. Holstein: 27.4 kg/day 63 Brown Swiss: 24.0 kg/day 64 Jersey: 21.3 kg/day 58.6 kg (Castro-Montoya, 2023)

Curvas de lactancia en El Salvador y otros parámetros productivos - Joaquín Castro-Montoya - Congreso lechero 2023

Complementarity between data collection

The combined strategy of using surveys and satellite images allows for measuring mechanisms (adoption, credit) and returns, offering consistent evidence.

La estrategia combinada de utilizar encuestas e imágenes satelitales permite medir mecanismos (adopción, crédito) y rendimientos, ofreciendo evidencias consistentes.