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28.03.2016
Closure meeting of the MWAR-LAC projectBrussels, Belgium, 24-25 February. The UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) initiated the project on Management of Water Resources in Arid and Semiarid zones of Latin America (‘MWAR-LAC’) in 2012 within the...[more] Category: General
19.10.2015
Final Meeting Report of the Glacier Retreat ProjectThe coordination meeting of the UNESCO-IHP project ‘The Impact of Glacier Retreat in the Andes: International Multidisciplinary Network for Adaptation Strategies’ took place 3-4 September in Santiago de Chile. Advances of the...[more] Category: General
14.10.2015
MWAR-LAC collaborates with Ministry of Agriculture on a new project funded by the British CouncilThe objective of the project is to generate the necessary tools for drought monitoring and assessment of drought vulnerability, with the aim to strengthen drought management and policy to move from crisis management towards...[more] Category: General
19.11.2014
International Expert Symposium “Coping with Droughts
The occurrence of droughts in Latin America and the Caribbean has a large impact on societies and local economies, causing long-term consequences for countries and their population (IDB, 2000). [more] Category: Events
17.11.2014
Flood and Drought Monitor for Latin America and the Caribbean conducts technology transfer in Santiago de Chile
Predicting current and future periods of flooding and drought is the main characteristic that the Monitor System for Latin America and the Caribbean offers. The Monitor was designed to forecast these phenomena. With the goal of...[more] Category: Research
08.08.2014
Reduce the vulnerability of water supply: regional workshop on techniques for projecting droughtWill there be sufficient water? With what frequency will droughts occur? How will we deal with the extreme events of water scarcity? Those questions and the challenge to create decadal projections, reliable at a regional and...[more] Category: Courses
04.08.2014
International Workshop on the Development of near-term climate scenarios for vulnerable watershedsIn the framework of the MWAR-LAC project and with support from the RALCEA project (managed by CAZALAC in colaboration with the Joint Research Center), this workshop will take place in La Serena, Chile, between 3 and 8 August[more] Category: Courses
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MWAR LAC - Managing Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Latin America and the Caribbean