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43 million cattle and 14 million sheep in intensive systems depend on pasture for their feed (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
570 million livestock units exist, and more than 80% graze on pasture (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
25% of the world's beef supply and 10% of the world's milk supply come from South America (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
82% of wood fuel is used in Africa, Asia and South America; the rest in other regions (FAO, 2024).
FAO,2024
FAO.2024. El estado de los bosques del mundo 2024 Innovaciones en el sector forestal para lograr un futuro más sostenible.https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1676-el-estado-de-los-bosques-del-mundo-2024-innovaciones-en-el-sector-forestal-para-lograr-un-futuro-mas-sostenible
US$ 28 billion were lost due to droughts in South America between 1970 and 2019 (UNDP, 2024).
PNUD, 2024
PNUD.2024.Quedándonos secos: Abordando el estrés hídrico en América Latina y el Caribe
4.5 percentage points decreased the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in South America during 2022 with respect to 2021, which is equivalent to 18.4 million fewer people affected (CELAC, 2024).
CELAC, 2024
CELAC. 2024. Plan para la seguridad alimentaria, nutrición y erradicación del hambre de la CELAC 2030. Santiago.
1.2-1.3% was the average growth of the total volume of agricultural and food production per capita in South America between 1961 and 2020 (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
Díaz-Bonilla (2024)
Díaz-Bonilla, E. 2024, Reflexiones sobre el desarrollo agropecuario, rural y de los sistemas agro-alimentarios en América Latina y el Caribe.
100% of the urea used in Central and South America is imported (GGGI, 2024).
El 100% de la urea utilizada en Centro y Sur América es importada. (GGGI, 2024)
GGGI. 2024. Fueling the Future: A report on BioCNG – With Best Practices and Case Studies.
59% of economic losses in South America, between 1970 and 2019, were represented by floods, the most frequent cause of disasters (ECLAC, 2024).
59% de las pérdidas económicas en América del Sur, entre 1970 y 2019, fueron representadas por las inundaciones, la causa más frecuente de desastres. (CEPAL, 2024).
CEPAL (2024). La economía del cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe, 2023: necesidades de financiamiento y herramientas de política para la transición hacia economías con bajas emisiones de carbono y resilientes al cambio climático (LC/TS.2023/154),
77% of deaths and 59% of economic losses due to disasters in South America (1970-2019) were caused by floods, the most frequent event (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL, 2024
CEPAL.2024.La economía del cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe, 2023