AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoEl Niño & Food Security: The World Food Programme warns intensifying El Niño could push 49 million more people into acute hunger by end-2027, with Central America hit hardest as droughts and floods batter rain-fed farming. Mining Pressure on Nature & Communities: A new investigation says Nicaragua’s gold boom is expanding mining concessions into protected areas and Indigenous/Afro-descendant territory, driving deforestation and pollution that threaten clean water and subsistence livelihoods. Watershed Restoration Funding: WTM London’s record donation to Just a Drop is supporting Nicaragua watershed restoration via local partner El Porvenir, aiming to store more water underground and improve soil for farming communities. Renewables Push in Central America: IRENA opened a funding call for renewable energy projects across Central America and the Caribbean, including Nicaragua, prioritizing proposals before Sept. 1. OAS Moves Over Crackdowns: The OAS Permanent Council may call an emergency foreign-ministers session on Nicaragua amid concerns over election changes and crackdowns, with human rights abuses raised by regional rights bodies.
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