Thursday, June 16, 2011

The march of unsustainability in El Salvador gains speed

From "upsidedownworld" website:

In the last year, El Salvador has been cited in at least three reports issued by international institutions that have credibility among public officials, politicians and businesspeople. However, this grave situation has gone unnoticed since then, to the point where it is referred to as an exagerration or attempt to discredit certain actors.  According to ECLAC, we already suffer from hydric stress, meaning the availability of water for human consumption tends to be less than 1750 mts3 per person per year. In the 2010 Report of the Global Fund for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, our country tops the list of highest-risk countries in the world: 88.7% of the territory is considered at risk of disaster, and 95.4% of the population is at risk. At the same time, the organization Germanwatch located in El Salvador in the first place in the Global Climate Risk Index 2009.

For the full report, go to http://www.upsidedownworld.org/

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