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Hectares of agricultural land

01/01/2024 Go to Evidence

4.9 million hectares of agricultural land in Guatemala, of which 3 million are crops and 1.16 million (39%) are basic grains, corn and beans (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, 2024).

Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación del Gobierno de la República de Guatemala (2024). Política Nacional de Riego 2024-2033.

Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación del Gobierno de la República de Guatemala (2021). Determinación de la Cobertura Vegetal y Uso de la Tierra a Escala 1:50,000 de la República de Guatemala, año 2020. Guatemala. https://www.maga.gob.gt/download/Cobertura-vegetal-uso-de-la-tierra-21.pdf

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.

LAC growth during 2014-2023

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

0.9% was the average growth in 2014-2023, less than half of the 2.0% recorded in the “lost decade” of 1980-1989 (ECLAC, 2022).

CEPAL, 2022

CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Chile). 2022a. Balance preliminar de las economías de ALC, 2022. Reporte técnico LC/PUB.2020/17-/Rev.1. Santiago, Chile, ONU.

Fossil fuels

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

60 billion dollars (1.3% of GDP) were spent by Latin American and Caribbean countries on fossil fuel subsidies in 2020 (IDB, 2023).

60.000 millones de dólares (1,3% del PIB) gastaron los países de América Latina y el Caribe, en subsidios a los combustibles fósiles en 2020. (BID, 2023)

BID( 2023) Con el calor y el agua al cuello: nueve caminos hacia un desarrollo resiliente al cambio climático. Washington DC

Zoonotic diseases

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

75% of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are of animal origin (FAO, 2023).

El 75% de las enfermedades infecciosas emergentes que afectan al ser humano son de origen animal (FA0. 2023)

FAO (2023).Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Briefing note,

Sector: One Health
Area: One Health

Inorganic fertilizers

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

201 tons of inorganic fertilizers, composed of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, represented global demand in 2020 (GGGI, 2023).

201 toneladas de fertilizantes inorgánicos, compuestos por nitrógeno, fósforo y potasio, representaron la demanda global en 2020. (GGGI, 2023)

GGGI. 2023. Fueling the Future: A report on BioCNG – With Best Practices and Case Studies.

Bioenergy

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

9% of global energy demand is covered by bioenergy, which already constitutes an important source of energy worldwide (GGGI, 2023).

El 9% de la demanda energética global es cubierto por la bioenergía, que ya constituye una fuente de energía importante a nivel mundial. (GGGI, 2023)

GGGI. 2023. Fueling the Future: A report on BioCNG – With Best Practices and Case Studies.

Bioenergy

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

By 2050, bioenergy will represent 25% of the total primary energy supply (GGGI, 2023).

Para el 2050, la bioenergía representará el 25% del suministro total de energía primaria. (GGGI, 2023)

GGGI. 2023. Fueling the Future: A report on BioCNG – With Best Practices and Case Studies.

GHG emissions

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

4.4 billion tons of CO₂ annually from food loss and waste account for 8% of global anthropogenic emissions (FAO, 2011).

4,4 mil millones de toneladas de CO2 al año son generadas por la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos a nivel mundial, lo que representa alrededor del 8% del total de emisiones antropogénicas de gases de efecto invernadero. (FAO, 2011)

GGGI. 2023. Fueling the Future: A report on BioCNG – With Best Practices and Case Studies.